Current Exhibit
Passages and New Dimensions
A Culmination of Glass Sculptures from Chad holliday
OPENING NIGHT: Friday May 10th 7:00p.m.
Once again we are approaching opening night at the Art House. This month we are proud to feature the work of Chad Holliday. This is our first exhibition featuring a solo glass artist. And what a show it's turning out to be. Chad's approach to glass is incredibly unique. If you think you know what glass art looks like - drop in this Friday night and find out how much more it can be. Because he does it so well - we are snagging some words about this show from good friend of the arts Chip Chandler. We hope to see you all here Friday night! Doors open at 7:00pm and close at 11:00pm.
Passages and New Dimensions A Culmination of Glass Sculptures from Chad Holliday
By Chip Chandler chip.chandler@amarillo.com
Glass artist Chad Holliday thinks he's cracked the sixth dimension in his latest works. Yes, the sixth. Holliday, an assistant professor of art at West Texas A&M University, will show off the last five years' worth of his work in a show opening Friday at Process Art House, 700 S. Van Buren St.
An opening reception kicks off at 7 p.m. "Passages and New Dimensions: A Culmination of Glass Sculptures from Chad Holliday," which runs through June 11, is an "exploration into extra dimensions," Holliday said. Sculptures, naturally, deal in three dimensions, and the fourth dimension - time - is equally important to the works, Holliday said. But in these works, he's working with interior dimensions in his solid glass castings - what he calls his fifth dimension - and then adding facets to the glass to move light from the inside out - his sixth dimension. "In a sense, it's kind of sculpting with light as the primary medium," Holliday said. "It's more about the essence of the form and trying to give the viewer as much information as possible with as little information as possible - maximizing the potential of the form, basically." "Chad has brought a new energy and conceptual methodology to the sculpture program at WT," gallery owner Jacob Breeden said. "We are proud to feature the amazing diversity represented by his body of work here."