4 upcoming events with the ceramics and glass tag

Get ready for a night packed with creativity, comedy and live performances! Join us as IPR's Pop of Culture guests take the stage to share their talents.

Enjoy live music by Free Joel and Caleb McCoach; a standup comedy showcase featuring Dafina Kirk and Jeff Crone, hosted by Ray Toffer; an arts market with local artists and authors; and a live taping of Pop of Culture!

Admission includes pizza from Downtown Farm Stand, drinks, and one alcoholic drink ticket for The Guardian Brewing Company beer, with a cash bar available.

Glass artist Kit Paulson will elucidate her 25 years in glassmaking. In Paulson’s body of work, delicate detail and historical precepts converge to create objects that strike a fragile balance between the known and the unknown object. Predominantly working in borosilicate glass, Paulson’s intricate networked forms showcase a complex craft.

From beginnings in furnace glass, through sidetracks in production work, and forays into flameworking, Kit will describe the trajectory of her work and the ideas that accompany it. 

This event is sponsored by the School of Art and the Marilyn K. Glick Center for Glass.

This event is free and open to the public.

About the Artist

Kit Paulson received her MFA from Southern Illinois University and her BFA from Alfred University. She has taught across the United States and internationally at schools including Penland School of Craft; Pilchuck Glass School; Corning Museum of Glass; Bildwerk Frauenau, Germany; National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland; and Canberra Glassworks in Canberra, Australia. Kit has completed residencies including the S12 Gallery in Bergen, Norway, the Tacoma Museum of Glass and most recently, a three-year residency at Penland School of Craft. She has received scholarships from Pilchuck Glass School, Corning Museum of Glass, Pittsburgh Glass Center, The Windgate Foundation and the Glass Art Society. Her work has been published in New Glass Review editions 36, 37, 38 and 41 and is in the permanent collection of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum. She is currently a studio artist in Penland, North Carolina.