The Rakow Commission
Inaugurated in 1986 by The Corning Museum of Glass, the Rakow Commission supports the development of new works of art in glass.
2010 Rakow Commission Artist
Luke Jerram
Jerram will create a flameworked and blown glass sculpture for his “Glass Microbiology” series which explores the tension between the beauty of his sculptures, the deadly viruses that they represent, and the global impact caused by these diseases.
His Commission will be unveiled at the 2010 Seminar on Glass.
List of artists who have received the commission
This program, which provides $10,000 each year, is made possible through the generosity of the late Dr. and Mrs. Leonard S. Rakow, Museum Fellows, friends, and benefactors of the Museum. Each commissioned work is added to the Museum's collection and is displayed publicly for the first time during the annual Seminar.
The Rakow Commission encourages artists working in glass to venture into new areas that they might otherwise be unable to explore because of financial limitations. Over the years, recipients have ranged from emerging to established artists. Presently, the commission is awarded to professional artists whose work is not yet represented in the Museum's collection. Artists are nominated by the curator of modern glass, and one is selected by a Museum curatorial staff committee. Any artist from any country working in glass is eligible, but there is no formal application procedure.
Artists who have received the Rakow Commission are:
- Luke Jerram (2010)
- Isabel De Obaldía, Rey del Cenote (2009)
- Zora Palová, North Sea Waves (2008)
- Debora Moore, Host IX-Epidendrum (2007)
- Tim Edwards, Drift (2006)
- Nicole Chesney, Present (2005)
- Silvia Levenson, It's Raining Knives (2004)
- Preston Singletary, Never twice the same (Tlingit storage box) (2003)
- Jill Reynolds, FAMILY MATTER (2002)
- Yoichi Ohira, Nostalgia (2001)
- Josiah McElheny, Untitled (White) (2000)
- Klaus Moje, Niijima 10/99-B1 (1999)
- Michael Scheiner, Bearing (1998)
- Ann Wolff, Untitled (1997)
- Lino Tagliapietra, Hopi (1996)
- Jirí Harcuba, Two Portraits: Václav Havel and Vladimír Kopecký (1995)
- Ursula Huth, Mataram (1994)
- Fritz Dreisbach, Commemorative Pokal (1993)
- Jacqueline Lillie, Neckpiece (1992)
- Hiroshi Yamano, From East to West (1991)
- Lyubov Ivanovna Savelyeva, Peace, Love (1990)
- Diana Hobson, Copper the Color of Magic (1989)
- Toots Zynsky, Pajaritos en la Cabeza and Cabellos de Angel (1988)
- Howard Ben Tré, Dedicant #8 (1987)
- Doug Anderson, Finders Creepers (1986)