| Oct. 23, 2010 March 11, 2012 Peter Serko: Transformation: Art Changes a City | August 7, 2011 January 8, 2012 Kids Design Glass | October 31, 2009 October 30, 2011 Fertile Ground: Recent Masterworks from the Visiting Artist Residency Program | October 9, 2010 October 16, 2011 Masters of Studio Glass: Richard Craig Meitner | July 17, 2010 June 19, 2011 Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows | July 11, 2009 September 19, 2010 Incoming: Selections from the Permanent Collection | May 16, 2009 July 5, 2010 Contrasts: A Glass Primer | November 11, 2006 October 11, 2009 White Light: Glass Compositions by Daniel Clayman | September 14, 2008 June 14, 2009 Dale Chihuly: the Laguna Murano Chandelier | September 14, 2008 April 19, 2009 Dante Marioni: Form | Color | Pattern | February 16, 2008 March 8, 2009 Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass | February 23 August 24, 2008 Hot shop The Museum of Glass features a 7,000-square-foot (650 m²) hot shop amphitheater that provides seating for 145 guests to watch live glass blowing demonstrations. The hot shop contains both a hot glass studio for blowing and casting glass and a cold working studio. Hot shop activity is streamed live through the Museum of Glass’ website and is also archived online. The Museum of Glass hot shop also provides residencies for both visiting and featured artists. Visiting Artist Program The Museum of Glass hosts internationally acclaimed and emerging artists through its Visiting Artist Residency Program. The residencies range in length from one day to several weeks, and a piece is selected from each residency for inclusion in the Museum’s collection. Most residencies are streamed online through the museum’s website and conclude in a Conversation with the Artist lecture. Since its opening, the Museum of Glass has partnered with Pilchuck Glass School to produce the Visiting Artist Summer Series in which artists who attend or work at Piilchuck are invited to a residency at the Museum of Glass. The first ever visiting artist to the Museum of Glass was Dale Chihuly at the museum’s opening in 2002. References External links www.museumofglass.org Art museums and galleries in Washington (state) Museums in Tacoma, Washington Art museums established in 2002 Glass museums and galleries in the United States Museum of Glass Museum of Glass