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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
 
2004-2016             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
2007-2010            Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI
2006-2016            Dancing Eye Gallery, Northville, MI
2010-2016            Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
2012-2016            Glass Growers Gallery, Erie, PA
2007-2016            Grosse Pointe Center of Art, Grosse Pointe, MI
2005-2016            Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2012-2016            House of the Potter Gallery, North East, PA
2015-2016            Pittsburgh Center of the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2013-2016            Sensory Winery and Gallery, Ripley, NY
2012-2016            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