Dick Weiss Explained

Richard Weiss (born 1946 in Everett, Washington) is an American glass artist.

He is part of the American Studio Glass Movement. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He is a teacher at Pilchuck Glass School and is primarily known for his large installations such as the work at The Seattle/Tacoma Airport^{[1] [2]} and his collaborations with Walter Lieberman with the name of WD40+.^[3]

Permanent collections and commissions

• City of Everett, Everett, WA
• City of Seattle, Seattle, WA
• Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY^[4]
• , Germany^[5]
• Pilchuck Glass School, Pilchuck, WA
• Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England^[6]
• Chapel, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
• Edmonds Woodway High School, Edmonds, WA
• General Dynamics Corp., Falls Church, VA (With Sonja Blomdahl)
• Kenai Community College, Homer, AK
• Kent Senior Citizen’s Center, Kent, WA
• Kentwood High School, Kent, WA
• M’Connell Foundation, Redding, CA
• North Central High School, Spokane, WA
• Opera House, Seattle, WA
• Port of Shanghai, China^[2]
• Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, WA^[7]
• Sitka Lutheran Church, Sitka, AK
• University of Washington, Seattle, WA^{[8] [9]}

External links

• • Henry Art Gallery - University of Washington - Article on a project of Dick Weiss'

Notes and References

1. Web site: For AW and Cow on its side. Port of Seattle. 7 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120621201259/http://www.portseattle.org/Sea-Tac/Passenger-Services/Airport-Art/Pages/Concourse-D.aspx. 21 June 2012. dead.
2. Web site: Art in Embassies - El Rio 2003. art.state.gov. 7 June 2012.
3. Web site: wd40 glass art article . Web.media.mit.edu . 2012-12-20.
4. Web site: Homage to the Abstraction Creation Group | Corning Museum of Glass . Cmog.org . 2012-07-02.
5. Web site: Kategorie: schoensee . Glasmuseum Frauenau. Home . Glasmuseum-frauenau.de . 2012-07-02.
6. Web site: Baroque | Weiss, Dick | V&A Search the Collections . Collections.vam.ac.uk . 2012-07-02.
7. Web site: For AW and Cow on its side . Portseattle.org . 2012-12-20 .
8. Web site: Dick Weiss at the Traver Gallery . Travergallery.com . 2012-07-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130109074216/http://www.travergallery.com/gallery_artist_details/Dick-Weiss.aspx?&da=resume&upcoming=0 . 2013-01-09 . dead .
9. Web site: About « Dick Weiss Glass Art . Dickweissglass.com . 2012-07-02.