“We have some interesting works of art to compliment the animal exhibits,” said Jackson Andrews, the Tennessee Aquarium’s director of husbandry and operations. Works from Chihuly’s Macchia series will be on display at the Aquarium along with other stunning works from glass masters Stephen Powell, Cork Marcheschi and Thomas Spake. The Living Art Museum is an artist-run museum and exhibition space with the aim of preserving and exhibiting contemporary art and being a forum for experiments and international discussion about art.

Guests will marvel at the way artists like world-renowned Dale Chihuly infuse glass with striking colors and patterns while creating works of art that appear to flow with a graceful motion and rhythm. Each species has a unique motion, rhythm, color and pattern. These delicate and mysterious creatures of the deep have intrigued people and fueled artistic expression for centuries. In the exhibition Jellies: Living Art at the Aquarium, while jellyfish and studio glass may seem like a strange combination, they share many characteristics. In addition, several videos of the artists at work are available for viewing in the galleries.Īlthough no animals will reside at the Hunter, art installations at the Museum will extend and complement what visitors experience inside the Jellies exhibit in the Aquarium’s Ocean Journey building. Over 20 artists are on view in the Hunter’s spectacular glass exhibition.

Artists in the exhibit include Dale Chihuly, Stephen Rolfe Powell, William Morris, Catharine Newell among others. The artists you will see at the Hunter use glass in different ways – as sculptures, as vessels and as ways to tell stories. Today an artist can blow glass alone or with just a small team of assistants. Traditionally, glass could only be made in factory settings, however, advances in technology in the mid-20th century allowed individual artists to be involved in all aspects of the process. The United States is considered the birthplace of the studio glass movement. The Tennessee Aquarium and Hunter Museum are linked by a walking corridor which leads guests through an outdoor sculpture garden and across a unique glass bridge. This unusual exhibition, on view at the Tennessee Aquarium, features jellyfish–some of nature’s most ethereal creatures–alongside breathtaking glass sculptures.īefore or after your visit to the Aquarium and Jellies: Living Art, visit the Hunter, where more spectacular glass awaits. Hunter Museum and Tennssee Aquarium Team Up to PresentĬome experience some of the best American studio glass as part of the special exhibition Jellies: Living Art.

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