Booth Art Academy Fused Glass Class

A touch of class…with glass!

The Booth Museum’s Booth Art Academy is underway! Artists of every skill level have flocked “back to school” to learn about various art techniques ranging from pottery to drawing taught by many well-known and talented instructors.

Licha Nicholson will be instructing a fused glass class that will be held from October 16 through the 18. In this class, each member will learn the secrets behind creating beautiful pieces of fused glass and will have two completed pieces to take home.

About the Instructor:
Licha Nicholson has created glass art, first stained and later, fused glass since 1983. She is a graduate of the famous Pilchuck Glass School founded by glass artist Dale Chihuly and patrons in 1971. She is currently the owner of Sundance Glass in Marietta, Georgia where she creates her beautiful one of a kind works of art. In the Spring of 2007, an exhibit of her work was on display at the Booth Western Art Museum.

The class meets October 16-18 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The class fee is $80 for Museum members and $100 for non-members. This fee includes supplies and firing in the kiln. The class will be held at the Resource Center building at 1 North Gilmer Street.

To register, call central scheduling at 770-607-3686. Click HERE for more information about the classes available through the Booth Art Academy.

The Booth Museum will host “Art for Lunch” on October 3 at 12:15 p.m.

It’s all about the leather!

“Art for Lunch” is your chance to learn how the stunning leather and beadwork objects in the exhibition Beautiful Utility: Decorated Objects from Cowboy and Indian Culture are made. Master leather and bead artisans will join Director of Special Projects Jim Dunham as he facilitates an interactive session that will include examples of work and short demonstrations.

Among those scheduled to participate are saddle-maker Rod Kibler, Karla VanHorn of Purdy Leather, and Alan Soellner of Chisholm’s Trail Old West Leather.

So visit us each month for a special lunch hour with the Booth Museum! “Art for Lunch” takes place on the first Wednesday of each month. Lectures by artists and historians coincide with current exhibits in the museum. Everyone is invited to learn more about the exhibits featured in our museum. Admission is free for members and included with Museum admission for not-yet members.

Photograph (upper right):

© Heiser of Denver, CO, Carved,
and Silver Mounted Saddle with Tapadaros, ca.1920,
Formally Owned by Boxing Promoter Tex Rickard (1871-1929)
Winchester Woodfire Grill and Gallery, Canton, GA collection R.L. Glosson, owner