Michael Hatch
Past Exhibitions
2015
Grand Bohemian Gallery - Asheville, NC Impending Spring - 2 Person show with painter Rebecca King
2014
The Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture - Delray Beach, Florida
Cornell Museum National Juried Exhibition
Montgomery Museum of Fine Art Auction - Montgomery,AL
2013 -
Maria V. Howard Arts Center - Rocky Mount, NC
56th Annual Art Exhibition -
2012 -
Maria V. Howard Arts Center - Rocky Mount, NC 55th Annual Art Exhibition-
Handmade In America Gallery - Asheville, NC Craft as Object
Grovewood Gallery - Asheville, NC LOL Humor in Craft -
The Bascom Center For The Arts- Highlands, NC V is for Vase
TRAC Gallery - Spruce Pine, NC Glass in the Mountains - 50 years of glass in Western North Carolina
2011
TRAC Gallery - Spruce Pine, NC Up From the Ground - EnergyXchange Group Show
TRAC Gallery - Spruce Pine, NC
Fall Celebration -
Upstairs Artspace - Tryon, NC Something to Crow About
2010
Center For Craft, Creativity & Design - Hendersonville, NC Models of Sustainability
Green Hill Art Center - Greensboro, NC Winter Show
The Bascom Center For The Arts - Highlands,NC American CraftToday
Upstairs Gallery - Tryon, NC Materials Unexpected
2009 - Angels and Devils Folk Art Gallery - Asheville, NC
2008 - Quatro Vetro Asheville Area Arts Council - Asheville, NC
2007 - Beyond Expectations Folk Art Center - Asheville, NC
2006 - Winter Show 2006 Green Hill Art Center - Greensboro, NC
2006 - Sangre de Cristo Series The Bender Gallery - Asheville, NC
2005 - Western North Carolina’s Legacy of Glass Asheville Area Arts Council - Asheville, NC
2004 - Sangre de Cristo and Stovepipes Kittrell/Riffkind Gallery - Dallas, TX
2004 - Colored Idols - Sangre de Cristo Series Sky People Gallery - Asheville, NC
2003 - American Craft Council Southeastern Spotlight Blue Spiral Gallery - Asheville, NC
2002 - Walking On Air Blue Ridge Motion Picture Studios - Asheville, NC 2
002 - Liberty Museum Auction Liberty Museum - Philadelphia, PA
2002- 24th Annual Art Show Reece Museum - Johnson City, TN.
2001- American Craft Council Southeastern Spotlight Arrowmont School of Crafts - Gatlinburg, TN
2001-International Goblet Exhibition Centro Studio Vetro - Murano, Italy
2001-Passion Afire City Centre - Seattle, Wa.
2001-Hand Crafted Rocky Mount Arts Center - Rocky Mount, NC
2000-01 - Endings and Beginnings Asheville Art Museum - Asheville, NC
2000-Artist Presentation & Slide Retrospective Asheville Art Museum - Asheville, NC
2000 - The Coming of the Crows Glass /Mixed Media Installation - ZoneOne Asheville, NC
1999 - Born of Fire II Upstairs Gallery - Tryon, NC
1998 - Finalist - Urban Glass Martini Competition St. Regis Hotel - New York, NY
1996-97 - Pilchuck Auction Westin Hotel - Seattle, WA
1997 - Italian Maestros and their American Counterparts Etherton Gallery - Tuscon, AZ
1997 - Venetian Goblet Symposium -Demonstrator & Exhibitor Glass Art Society Conference - Tuscon, AZ
1997 - The Fort - Santa Fe, NM
Organized a group of artists in the building of a small house created from blown glass, concrete, and found objects.
1994-96 - A Gathering of Glass Sable V Gallery - Wimberly, TX
V.C.U. Mobile Glass Crew
Set up temporary glass furnaces and demonstrated for the public
1993 Chrysler Museum - Norfolk, VA Glass Lover’s Weekend - Guest Speaker: Harvey Littleton
ORGANIZATIONS
Southern Highlands Craft Guild
Board of Trustess 2016-present
Standards Committee 2010-2016
Artist's Business Roundtable
Weaverville Art Safari
Steering Committee
EDUCATION
2000 Penland School of Craft - Penland, NC Advanced Solid Working - Pino Signoretto
2000 Penland School of Craft - Penland, NC Glass Enamel Techniques - Walter Lieberman
1997 Pilchuck Glass School - Stanwood WA Advanced Solid Working - Pino Signoretto
1996 Pilchuck Glass School - Stanwood, WA Advanced Glass Blowing - Dimitri Michaelides
1994 Studio Access to Glass - Corning, NY Venetian Glass Blowing - William Gudenrath
1989 Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond, VA B.S. Sociology & Anthropology
1986-89 Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond, VA Glass Working Course work - Kent Ipsen
WORK EXPERIENCE
2016 - 2019 Southern Highlands Craft Guild - Board of Trustees
2010 - 2016 Southern Highlands Craft Guild - Standards Committee
2010 - 2013 Energy Xchange - Artist in Residence
1998 - 2008 Crucible Glassworks - Asheville, NC Founder & Studio Artist in hot glass studio/gallery
1997 - 1999 Various Studios - Asheville, NC Freelance Artist, Gaffer, and Studio Assistant
1993 - 1997 Tesuque Glassworks - Santa Fe, NM Artist in Residence, Shop Technician, Gaffer , Assistant
1990 - 1993 Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond, VA Teaching Assistant
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2010 Baptismal Pitcher Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Mt. Holly, NC
2009 Baptismal Font Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Mt. Holly, NC
2007 Architectural Lighting Yurko Designs - Asheville, NC Affy Awards
2005 Asheville Film Festival, Asheville, Nc
2005 Architectural Lighting Peerless Nightclub - Knoxville, TN
2004 Baptismal Font Montreat College, Asheville, NC
2004 - 2007 Bicycle Jousting Tournament - Trophies LAFF Festival - Asheville, NC
Assisted Fritz Dreisbach with design and production of trophies for Glass Art Society Golf Tournament -Tuscan, Az Conference.
1995 - 1997 Big Tesuque Run - Santa Fe, NM
DEMONSTRATIONS AND UNIQUE SESSIONS
Energy Xchange - Artist in Residence - daily demonstrations
Clay Days - Cane rolling demos Folk Art Center - Asheville
NC LAFF Festival Demmonstrations including “Six foot disappearing Goblet” demo
Crucible Glassworks - Asheville, NC 1998 - 2009 Ongoing public demonstrations and workshops
Great Southern Glassworks - Asheville, NC Performance Demo - Three gallon coffee cup, saucer & boiling coffee.
1997
Peter Vanderlin Studios - Santa Fe, NM First Silica Open Trophy Team- assisting Fritz Dreisbach
Glass Art Society Conference - Tuscan, AZ Demmonstrator - Venetian Goblet Symposium
1993
Toledo, OH Glass Art Society Conference Student Demonstrator & Exhibitor
V.C.U. Mobile Glass Crew
Set up temporary glass furnaces and demonstrated for the public
1991 Autumn Daze Festival - Richmond, VA
Contact
Crucible Glassworks - E-mail - GlassHatch@aol.com
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