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

Tom McGlauchlin
DVB 68 Santa Monica Image
Blown glass, glass enamels, pastel, colored pencil
1994/2002 16 x 12 x 4

Tom McGlauchlin (born 1934; resides Toledo, OH)

Tom McGlauchlin earned a B.S. in 1959 and an M.S. in 1960 in Art from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. From 1957-60 he studied pottery with Harvey Littleton. In 1962, he attended the first workshop on glass blowing at the Toledo Museum of Art conducted by Littleton and Labino. From 1971 to 1984, McGlaughlin served as Professor and Director of the Glass Program at the Toledo Museum of Art. McGlauchlin currently operates The Glass Studio in Toledo, Ohio. In 2002, he received the Ohio Designer Craftsmen Award for Outstanding Achievement; he is also the recipient of three grants from the Ohio Arts Council. McGlauchlin has been awarded important commissions such as a suspended glass installation entitled A Free Verse In Color at Bowling Green State University, in Ohio; and A Mountain For Toledo, a plate glass and stainless steel sculpture in the lobby of the SeaGate Center. McGlauchlin has been in noteworthy glass exhibitions throughout his career, ranging from early, seminal shows such as American Glass Now at the Toledo Museum of Art, to Wisconsin’s Glass Masters, organized by the Fairfield Public Gallery in 2000. His work is contained in public collections ranging from the Johnson Wax Company Collection of American Crafts, in Racine, WI, to the Smithsonian. McGlauchlin explores the possibilities of facial expression on pastel-colored glass to convey human emotions.

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