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After 50 Years, Glass Art Pioneer Still Sparkles

Susan Logue

Published November 07, 2012

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the studio art glass movement, which transformed glass from being merely functional into art, at times high art. Dale Chihuly is a pioneer of that movement. A new exhibition of his work opened recently at the Virginia museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. VOA's Susan Logue reports.


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