DIY Snow Globes

Make your own glass snow globe with artist Nora Ligorano, as she takes you down the icy slopes and snow-capped roof tops of Bushwick's 3rd Ward. Learn the 101's of globe construction, from water solutions, algecides, glues and sealants, to sourcing parts and materials for your next globe. This class includes a short presentation on building interior landscapes and narrative scenery in the confines of a tiny globe.

Not just for Disney, snow globes have a rich and historical 134-year lifespan, starting with the Eiffel Tower in France in 1889, highlighted by the infamous "Rosebud" in Citizen Kane in the 40's, and "occupied" by the Simpsons in the recent opening of their episodes.

Each participant will construct a 4" glass snow globe, start to finish, and leave with a sourcing list for materials and coveted trade secrets from a seasoned globe maker.

Optional: Students should bring whatever tiny plastic or ceramic figures they'd like to include in their globes--no more than 1.5" wide x 1" high x 1.5" thick. The instructor will also have some figures on hand.

Instructor
Nora Ligorano is a graduate of MICA and a New York based artist who has continued an ongoing collaboration with Marshall Reese since the 90’s. Their work in new media, sculpture, limited edition multiples and installation encompasses a wide range of genres, focusing their investigation on the impact of technology on culture and our society, the associations and meanings that the media brings to images, language and speech in politics. Many of their sculptures and installations reinterpret and reexamine older forms of technology - using objects that signify truth, authority and manifest cultural historicity. Their edition works, using objects such as underwear, mirror glass and snow globes, are conceived as a vehicles for social critique.

Ligorano’s and Reese’s work has been exhibited widely, including Cleveland Museum of Art, and Dennison Museum, Ohio, Portland Museum of Art, OR, Museum fur Angewandte Kunst (MAK) inFrankfurt, Germany, Gallery Tanya Rumpf, Haarlem, Holland, MIT MediaLab, MA, and in NY: Park Ave, Armory, Museum of Arts & Design, the Neuberger Museum of Art, Kent Gallery, The Kitchen, the Sculpture Center, Ligorano and Reese are represented by Catherine Clark Gallery in SF, and Jim Kempner Fine Arts, NYC.

Their work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum, the New York Public Library, The Getty Research Institute, Yale University, SFMOMA , Clark Institute, Scripps College, and numerous public and private collections. Awards include: Jerome Foundations, NYFA, NYSCA, the NEA and Fulbright.

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