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Barbara Thomas Yerace
4615 Backus Rd
Erie, PA 16510
734-717-1136-Studio
barbarayerace@gmail.com
Yeraceglass.com
EDUCATION
1978-1982 Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA – BFA – Glass and painting
1982 Pilchuck School of Glass, Seattle, WA – Environmental Sculpture
1982-1983 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH – Glass and Sculpture
1987 Penland School of Crafts, Spruce Pine, NC - Glassblowing
1998 The Studio of Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY - Lamp-working
2006 Sonoran Glass Academy, Tuscan, AZ - Glassblowing
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004-2021 Yerace Glass Studio, Erie, PA – Glassblowing and lamp-working
2002-2011 Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI – Lamp-working and jewelry instructor
2005-2011 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI – Lamp-working instructor
1996-2004 Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI – Hot glass instructor
2007-2015 Grosse Pointe Center of Art, Grosse Pointe, MI
1982-1983 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH – Glass and sculpture instructor
1986-1989 The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI – Glass gaffer and instructor
2008-2011 Water Street Glass Studio, Benton Harbor, - Hot glass instructor
GALLERIES
1985-2016 Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2018-2021 Artlore Gallery, Erie, PA
2007-2010 Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI
2006-2021 Dancing Eye Gallery, Northville, MI
2010-2016 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
2012-2021 Glass Growers Gallery, Erie, PA
2007-2016 Grosse Pointe Center of Art, Grosse Pointe, MI
2005-2016 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2012-2021 House of the Potter Gallery, North East, PA
2020-2021 Painted Finch Gallery, Corry, PA
2019-2021 Portage Hill Gallery, Westfield, NY
2015-2020 Pittsburgh Center of the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2013-2016 Sensory Winery and Gallery, Ripley, NY
2012-2021 TREC: Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie, PA
2010-2015 Water Street Glassworks, Gelato Gallery, Benton Harbor, MI
EXHIBITIONS
2015 Campbell Pottery, Edinboro, PA “FIRE & ICE” – Collaborative Exhibition with
Carol Posch Comstock
2014 Urarro Gallery, Erie, PA “BUSTED” Solo Exhibition
2008 Down River Council for the Arts, Taylor, MI “COLLECTIVE CONSTRUCTIONS”
Collaborative sculpture with Valerie Mann
2007 Smartshop, Kalamazoo, MI – GLASS MONTH Exhibition
2004-2011 Signature Artist Group Exhibitions
2006 University of Michigan- Dearborn, Berkowitz Gallery- Michigan Glass Artists
2004 Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI “GLASS CONNECTIONS”
2004 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI – “GLASS REFLECTIONS”
2002 Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI “WOMEN IN GLASS”
2004-2005 The Community House, Birmingham, MI “OUR TOWN” Best of Show
1999-2010 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI – “GIFTS OF ART”
PUBLICATIONS
Jenkins, Cindy. Making Glass Beads. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1997.
Laura Donefer’s Glass Fashion Extravaganza - Corning Museum of Glass. Blurb, 2009.
Laura Donefer’s Toledo Glass Fashion Madness –Toledo Museum of Glass. Blurb, 2012.
PROJECTS
1983 Christo: “Surrounded Islands” Biscayne Bay Greater Miami FL
4615 Backus Rd
Erie, PA 16510
734-717-1136-Studio
barbarayerace@gmail.com
Yeraceglass.com
EDUCATION
1978-1982 Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA – BFA – Glass and painting
1982 Pilchuck School of Glass, Seattle, WA – Environmental Sculpture
1982-1983 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH – Glass and Sculpture
1987 Penland School of Crafts, Spruce Pine, NC - Glassblowing
1998 The Studio of Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY - Lamp-working
2006 Sonoran Glass Academy, Tuscan, AZ - Glassblowing
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004-2021 Yerace Glass Studio, Erie, PA – Glassblowing and lamp-working
2002-2011 Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI – Lamp-working and jewelry instructor
2005-2011 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI – Lamp-working instructor
1996-2004 Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI – Hot glass instructor
2007-2015 Grosse Pointe Center of Art, Grosse Pointe, MI
1982-1983 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH – Glass and sculpture instructor
1986-1989 The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI – Glass gaffer and instructor
2008-2011 Water Street Glass Studio, Benton Harbor, - Hot glass instructor
GALLERIES
1985-2016 Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2018-2021 Artlore Gallery, Erie, PA
2007-2010 Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI
2006-2021 Dancing Eye Gallery, Northville, MI
2010-2016 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
2012-2021 Glass Growers Gallery, Erie, PA
2007-2016 Grosse Pointe Center of Art, Grosse Pointe, MI
2005-2016 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2012-2021 House of the Potter Gallery, North East, PA
2020-2021 Painted Finch Gallery, Corry, PA
2019-2021 Portage Hill Gallery, Westfield, NY
2015-2020 Pittsburgh Center of the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2013-2016 Sensory Winery and Gallery, Ripley, NY
2012-2021 TREC: Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie, PA
2010-2015 Water Street Glassworks, Gelato Gallery, Benton Harbor, MI
EXHIBITIONS
2015 Campbell Pottery, Edinboro, PA “FIRE & ICE” – Collaborative Exhibition with
Carol Posch Comstock
2014 Urarro Gallery, Erie, PA “BUSTED” Solo Exhibition
2008 Down River Council for the Arts, Taylor, MI “COLLECTIVE CONSTRUCTIONS”
Collaborative sculpture with Valerie Mann
2007 Smartshop, Kalamazoo, MI – GLASS MONTH Exhibition
2004-2011 Signature Artist Group Exhibitions
2006 University of Michigan- Dearborn, Berkowitz Gallery- Michigan Glass Artists
2004 Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI “GLASS CONNECTIONS”
2004 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI – “GLASS REFLECTIONS”
2002 Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI “WOMEN IN GLASS”
2004-2005 The Community House, Birmingham, MI “OUR TOWN” Best of Show
1999-2010 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI – “GIFTS OF ART”
PUBLICATIONS
Jenkins, Cindy. Making Glass Beads. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1997.
Laura Donefer’s Glass Fashion Extravaganza - Corning Museum of Glass. Blurb, 2009.
Laura Donefer’s Toledo Glass Fashion Madness –Toledo Museum of Glass. Blurb, 2012.
PROJECTS
1983 Christo: “Surrounded Islands” Biscayne Bay Greater Miami FL