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Monday, April 23, Darren blows glass in the TV studio at Channel 2 WDTN

Sunday, April 1, 1-5pm, Columbus Museum of Art

Darren did a live demonstration, a "Glass Experience", in conjunction with the Columbus City Schools Day For Families at the museum. The museum is located at 480 East Broad St, Columbus, OH 43215.

The Cincinnati Art Museum Presents...
"Trial By Fire" New Glass Work by Darren Goodman

Exhibit runs September 24, 2011 through January 1, 2012

Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive

Read about the exhibit on the Art Museum's website

See a slide show of the setup and photos from the opening day

GLASS EXHIBITION AT THE CARNEGIE VISUAL AND PERFORMING CENTER IN COVINGTON KENTUCKY...

On Friday, October 21, Darren Goodman's newest exhibition was on fire, literally! Goodman and a team of artists blew hot molten glass and created a spectacular installation on site at the museum's opening reception, October 21. The installation (which was created during the reception) was installed in the gallery, just minutes after it was blown! This is a totally new approach to working with blown glass... fire and art. For more information about the exhibition, visit http://www.thecarnegie.com/galleries/gallery.php?page=current_show

CAM Announces 4th Floor Award Winner

(April 4, 2011, News Release from The Cincinnati Art Museum)

The Cincinnati Art Museum has announced the winner of its second biennial 4th Floor Award for regional contemporary artists -- Darren Goodman of Waynesville, Ohio. He will receive $1,000 and a solo exhibition in the art museum’s Vance-Waddell Gallery this year from Sept. 17 through Nov. 27th.

According to a museum press release issued today, he earned his BFA from Bowling Green State University and apprenticed under glass master Leon Applebaum in Corning, N.Y.. Godman was commissioned by Ferrari to create trophies for the International Challenge Races (2009. From 2005 to 2007 he taught private classes in glass, and coordinated a glassblowing class for Wyoming High School students. In his work, Goodman explores color in glass and is inspired by natural forms. In his most recent installation, 2010's Tears of Joy, Goodman built on the “mistake” of molten glass falling to the ground. Using the same action, he created massive blue drops that were suspended together inches above the floor. In both his installations and individual pieces, Goodman endeavors to utilize the properties that are found solely in glass.

Three finalists each receive $500 -- Terence Hammonds, Casey Millard and Alice Pixley Young, all of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Darren Goodman describes his new show "Glass Experience".

The first show was held at the Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavillion.

Here's a clip that appeared on Fox TV in Toledo on January 28, 2011, after Darren's glass blowing demonstration at the Toledo Museum of Glass.

On exhibition now through February 27, 2011

Tears of Joy at Roho Gallery, Cincinnati Oh.

Uniques Glass Blowing Demonstrations of Tear Installation

January 28, 2011, 7-10pm Toledo Museum of Glass Museum

http://www.toledomuseum.org

Visiting Artist Moving on Fast Track

At age 29, Darren Goodman already is impressing the national art community. For the past 10 years he has traveled the world, learning from many great masters in the field of glass. In 2004, just a year after earning his BFA at Bowling Green State University, he started his own glass studio in Cincinnati. In 2009, Ferrari commissioned him to create trophies for winning drivers in Ferrari Challenge races. Goodman will demonstrate his talents from 7–10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28 at the Glass Pavilion. Admission is free. Goodman’s work is sold in galleries across the country. Vetrobottle Set #15, seen here, along with other examples of his work, is available for purchase in the Museum Store featuring Collector’s Corner. (This article is from the Toledo Museum's recent e-mail blast)

January 23, 2011 10-4, Glass Axis in Columbus, OH.

For more information please visit... http://glassaxis.org

Glass Blowing Demonstrations

Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010, Noon - 4PM

You're invited to my studio to watch me work.

It's not necessary to RSVP. Just show up.

3712 N State Route 42, Waynesville, OH 45068, 513-934-0225

DIRECTIONS FROM CINCINNATI:
   Take I-71 north and get off at exit 28.
   Go right (north) on Route 48 North.
   Go 5.5 miles, and turn right on Route 42 North (6th traffic light - Frisch's on the left)
   Go 3.3 miles to 3712 N State Rt 42.
   My house is on the right and it is light green. It's the 2nd driveway past the bright yellow school bus sign.
   It comes up pretty fast, so start slowing down when you see the school bus sign.

More events in November 2010...

November 13th - Opening reception and exhibition at Neusole Glassworks, 6-9pm. Glass blowing demonstrations from Noon - 6pm. I will be demonstrating at 5:00 pm. For directions visit www.neusoleglassworks.com

November 18th - My new work will be featured at the Artist's Reception at Brian Gibson Antiques,1985 Madison Rd, Oakley (Obrianville), OH, 5-8pm.

November 26th - Opening Exhibition for new installation "Tears of Joy". RoHo Gallery, 209 Woodward, Cincinnati, OH, 6-10pm

November 14, 2009

The Red Tie Gala, a benefit to the Ronald McDonald House for Cincinnati Children's Hospital, will take place on November 14 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Cincinnati. One of the featured live auctions will be a $2500 VetroBottle Trio and glass art experience from Darren. Click for details.

November 6th-8th Sofa Expo

SOFA (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art) is considered to be the most premier art show in the world for modern glass, wood, ceramics, jewelry and sculpture. Galleries from all over the world come to exhibit the artists they represent, and collectors come to see all of the best work being created in one place!

This year at Sofa the BIGG exhibition (breakthrough Ideas in Glass Globally) to which I was a part of, had a representation of work from the exhibition in Columbus. This was very exciting for me to participate and attend SOFA this year as a Artist!

Also at SOFA was a lecture about BIGG with the panel of jurors from the exhibition. The jurors were Lino Tagliapietra (www.linotagliapietra.com), Tina Oldknow (director of Corning Museum of Glass), and Gallery owner Tom Hawk (www.hawkgalleries.com). The lecture consisted of jurors and Artists talking about the success of the exhibition. I was very excited to be present and able to speak of how wonderful of an exhibition it was!

One of the many wonderful experiences for me at Sofa was that right next to the Bigg Exhibition was an incredible display of guitars! Dale Rabiner, owner of DHR Music Experience (www.dhrmusic.com) invited me in to strum some of the most incredible guitars I've ever played! I was fortunate to play several tunes with jazz guitarist Joel Cross. The experience was super fun!

This Summer the work from BIGG will again travel to the New York SOFA Expo.

September 2009

In September, I was commissioned by the Holocaust and Humanity to create a work of art that would be given to famed attorney Stanley Chesley at the “Light into the Future” event at the Hyatt in downtown Cincinnati in honor of his help in securing $10 billion in settlements for Holocaust survivors.

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory invited me on stage at the September 10th event to present the piece to Mr. Chesley, where I kindly said a few words and presented my piece.

My piece created with golden hues and crystal clears.

September 2009

On September 17, I was given the honor to come back to my alma mater, Bowling Green State University, and work as one of the first visiting artist’s as a part of the grand reopening of the glass studio on campus. Besides teaching my techniques in the studio, I also touched on the importance of business skills in order to become a successful artist outside of college.

Scott Darlington, the Director of the Glass program at BGSU, was able to obtain many grants from the State of Ohio and completely reconstruct and renovate the entire studio this past summer. BGSU was where I was introduced to glass blowing and where I created my first glass pieces that I really felt the need to go back to my glass blowing roots. I was very fortunate to be a part of the program when I was in college in 2000, so it was a wonderful opportunity to give back to my alma mater and help out the current students.

Overall, it was great getting to see the new studio and the positive energy that all the students showed throughout my visit. The students had an incredible time helping me create my Ferrari VetroBottles that reached nearly 4 feet tall. It was very rewarding to give back to the students at BGSU and I am really looking forward to working with the students in the near future.

September 2009

Recently, I attended the final race of the Ferrari Challenge Racing Series at the New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey from September 18-20, 2009. Besides the exciting race, there was tons of vintage Ferrari’s being showcased from the 1930’s to 1970’s along with the 430 Scuderia challenge cars.

Since the Wheaton Arts & Cultural Center was just moments away from the race track, I had the opportunity to take the Ferrari race car drivers into the glass studio

FERRARI CHALLENGE...

In the spring of 2009, I signed a contract with the Ferrari North America Team as the maestro for creating the trophies for this season’s upcoming races for the International Ferrari Challenge. After creating two prototypes, both individually unique “VetroBottle trophies,” the team chose me as the perfect artistic complement to the International Ferrari challenge races.

I have now created over a hundred and seventy-five bottles, and have traveled to Florida, Atlanta, Wisconsin, and Montreal, to see some of the greatest racetracks around the world and to present each winner with his prize. While I attended the Ferrari race at Elkhart Lake, WI on June 28th, I also managed to appear with my Ferrari pieces in a glass exhibition in Escanaba, MI.

BIGG EXHIBIT IN COLUMBUS OHIO...

In Columbus, Ohio, from July 10th to October 10th I will be featured in an exhibition called BIGG (Breakthrough Ideas in Glass Globally) in conjunction with Stuben (Corning NY) and Hawk Galleries. The pieces, being displayed in the BIGG exhibit, are a collection of distinguished bottles varying in size and color. With elongated necks and beautifully formed bodies, they exemplify another magnificent interpretation of the glass bottle, simple in design with delightfully transparent fragility. Upon my arrival to the premier of the exhibit, I was honored that my pieces were situated in the entrance as the colorful focal point in this internationally acclaimed exhibit!

CAREER DAY...

Although recently I have been spending most of my time in the shop or traveling to races, exhibitions, and workshops, kids constantly remind me of the main reason why I continue to blow glass—“because it’s fun.” At the beginning of the summer I volunteered to talk for career day at Five points Elementary in Springboro, Oh. I would like to thank my friends from Five Points Elementary who are able to find joy and offer sometimes the perfect refreshingly simplistic interpretation of my pieces—reflective of their own whimsically beautiful sense of life. During career day, I conveyed a believable message to the kids as someone who has not sacrificed their happiness for success. At the end if the day, I gave all the kids a rose and reminded them to “stop and smell the roses,” to absorb the simple beauties of life, a message I convey through my work. Like clockwork they all stooped to inhale.