Can't get enough of Netflix's glassmaking competition show Blown Away? Join us for Connected by Glass | Blown Away Season 4: The Inside Scoop, for an exclusive behind-the-scenes event with the Season 4 winner, contestants, and more!
Hot Glass Team manager and glassmaker featured on the Mobile Hot Shop in Episode 9 Eric Meek will dive into the work (and drama) of Blown Away. Stars Gemma Hollister, Ryan Thompson, and Morgan Peterson-with the Museum's Venetian glass expert and Episode 9 Evaluator, Bill Gudenrath-will be live in our Amphitheater Hot Shop to share what it is like to be part of this groundbreaking series and answer audience questions.
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Gemma Hollister
Gemma Hollister is a glassblower and emerging artist from Philadelphia, PA. She began working with glass at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Glass in 2021. She was awarded the Windgate-Lamar Fellowship from the Center for Craft in 2022. Gemma currently works full time at her production studio, Antolini Glass Co., which she co-owns with her partner. While not working at her own studio, she travels to work as a teaching assistant and glassblower.
Morgan Peterson
Morgan Peterson is based in Seattle, and has worked for many notable artists, including Buster Simpson and Bruce Mau, and is a full-time team member for Dale Chihuly. She is heavily involved with Pratt Fine Arts and Pilchuck Glass School as a member of the staff and an instructor. Her work has developed into a unique system of metaphor and imagery based on themes of satire through pop culture and addiction. In 2020, she exhibited a virtual solo show through Habatat in Royal Oaks, MI. She completed her first solo exhibition at Seattle’s Method Gallery in October 2021.
Ryan Thompson
Ryan Thompson is a glass artist and designer living and working in Toledo, OH. Upon graduating with his BFA, he began working at the Toledo Museum of Art, the birthplace of the studio glass movement. In 2018, Ryan moved to Detroit to take a full-time position at the Greenfield Village Glass Shop at the Henry Ford Museum, where he specialized in historic reproductions and contemporary objects. Recently, Ryan left his position at the Henry Ford Museum and, with his wife, ceramicist Kayla Kirk, took ownership of the Gathered Glass-an established studio offering functional and sculptural glass as well as public art and commissions.