Join us for PGC's most important fundraiser on Friday, September 22 from 6-11pm at Rockwell Park in Point Breeze.
Not only is Art on Fire a fun party and unique experience, it also generates over 10% of the annual operating funds for PGC in ONE night! Proceeds support free public programs and glass education for anyone who wants to learn and create.
Art on Fire is a great opportunity to buy handmade glass art while supporting artists and Pittsburgh Glass Center. Over 150 one-of-a-kind glass art items by internationally renowned glass artists and emerging glass artists will be included in the silent auction. An exclusive curated collection of 22 items will be in the live auction, including this year's signature work of art by Mel Douglas. Anyone can participate in the silent auction online using a tablet, computer or mobile phone.
If you are in need of an ASL interpreter or other accommodations for this event, contact Program Director Valerie Bundy at vbundy@pittsburghglasscenter.org.
2023 HONORARY ARTIST
MEL DOUGLAS
Mel Douglas has worked as an independent studio artist since graduating from the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University in 2000. In 2020 Douglas was awarded a PhD for her practice-lead research investigating how studio glass can be understood through the aesthetics of drawing. In addition to winning the 2020 and 2014 Tom Malone Prize, a prestigious award through which a work is acquired each year into the collection of the National Gallery of Western Australia, Douglas has received several major awards including the Ranamok Glass Prize in 2002, the International Young Glass Award in 2007 from Ebeltolft.
In 2019 her work was the inaugural acquisition for the NGA's Robert and Eugenie Bell Decorative Arts and Design Fund. Douglas' work is held in the private collections and public institutions internationally, including the Corning Museum of Glass, New York, the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA; the Ebeltoft Museum of Glass, Denmark, and National Gallery of Australia, Australia.