American Studio Glass: A Survey of the Movement
May 15 - August 24, 2003

Dan Dailey
Anguish
Cut and polished Vitrolite glass, plated brass, aluminum frame
1984 39.75 x 42.5 x 7.75
Photo Credit: Susie Cushner

Dan Dailey (born 1947; resides Kensington, NH)

Dan Dailey earned a B.F.A. at Philadelphia College of Art in 1969, and an M.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design. Today he maintains a glass studio in Kensington, New Hampshire, and serves as Professor at the Massachusetts College of Art, where he founded the Glass Department in 1973. Dailey has taught at numerous other glass programs including RSDI, Pilchuck Glass School, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, and lectured throughout Europe, Japan, and the United States. Dailey has served as an independent artist and designer for Cristallierie Daum, in Paris and Nancy, France for the past twenty years. He has also worked for Fenton Art Glass Company and Steuben. Daily has been a recipient of fellowships from both the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, and numerous awards. In 2001 alone, Dailey was honored with the President’s Distinguished Artist Award from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, and the Masters of the Medium Award from the James Renwick Alliance. Daily is a past President of the Glass Art Society. One-man exhibits include a major retrospective at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. Over 40 museums in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Japan possess his work. Dailey has produced a range of work including architectural commissions such as lamps, mirrors, and large cast glass murals. This diversity and his versatility are reflected in the vessel and flat work selected for this exhibit.

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