DISCLOSURE: THE WHITENESS OF GLASS

Center for Craft, Asheville, NC. September 30, 2022 - January 27, 2023

Disclosure: The Whiteness of Glass is a research-based exhibition by the artist collective Related Tactics (Michele Carlson, Weston Teruya, and Nate Watson) that examines systemic racism, exclusion, and inequity in the field of glass. Much like a game of telephone, Related Tactics invited a series of artists to creatively translate demographic data about the glass field. The exhibition showcases three iterative stages of interpretation: originating data visualizations by Related Tactics; artist instruction responses by Joyce Scott, Ché Rhodes, Einar & Jamex de la Torre, Cheryl Derricotte, Corey Pemberton, and Emily Leach; and glass responses by Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez, Vanessa German, Helen Lee, Pearl Dick, Kim Thomas, and Raya Friday. Their original dataset was produced for a 2020 essay in New Glass Review, published by Corning Museum of Glass, and included demographic data of tenured faculty in glass programs, directors and board chairs of craft institutions, and directors and board chairs of glass community organizations. 

Artists: Related Tactics, Einar & Jamex de la Torre, Cheryl Derricotte, Pearl Dick, Raya Friday, Vanessa German, Emily Leach, Helen Lee, Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez, Corey Pemberton, Ché Rhodes, Joyce Scott, Kimberly Thomas

Role: Organizing curator, exhibition management, curatorial research, interpretive writing, installation

Photography by Jordan Whitten, ℅ Center for Craft