Granite Calimpong
American glass artist
Granite Calimpong
Nationality American Alma mater University of California, San Diego University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design Known for Glass art Website www .granitecalimpong .com
Granite Calimpong (born 1982/83[ 1] ) is a Pacific Northwest glass artist . He received an undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts at University of California San Diego in 2007.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] In 2013 he was artist-in-residence at Pittsburgh Glass Center for six weeks.[ 5] [ 6] [ 3] Calimpong was a Master of Fine Arts candidate at University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design as of 2018.[ 4]
In July–August 2018, Calimpong was scheduled to be an instructor at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts .[ 7] He has also taught workshops at the Pilchuck Glass School and the Penland School of Crafts.[ 8]
His glass art is both blown and cold worked, and described as "form based".[ 9]
References
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Danielle Maestretti (November 17, 2015), "Part of the Process" , American Craft , American Craft Council (December 2015–January 2016 issue)
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The enchanted forest of Pilchuck Glass School (auction catalog), Pilchuck Glass School , October 2015, p. 12
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Glass artists’ Everett show about experimentation Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Everett Herald
^ a b Granite Calimpong graduate student biography , University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design , retrieved 14 January 2018
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"Halfway to somewhere: Brent Rogers & Granite Calimpong, Feb. 7 – Apr. 20, 2014" , official website , Pittsburgh Glass Center, retrieved 2017-12-25
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Kurt Shaw (March 22, 2014), "Glassworkers' collaboration creates inventive objects" , Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
^ Program – Session 4, July 29-August 10, 2018 , Haystack Mountain School of Crafts , retrieved 2018-03-10
^ "Granite Calimpong" . School of Art + Art History + Design, University of Washington .
^ "Halfway to somewhere" , Penn Avenue
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