Re-experience; glass as performance art: Charlotte Potter and Robin Rogers at TEDxRVA

For conceptual artists, designers and professors Charlotte Potter and Robin Rogers, glass is more than an object—it's also a performance. Charlotte and Robin met in their current positions as Programming Director and Assistant Manager of the Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio. Both artists have been trained as traditional glassblowers; Charlotte holds an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and Robin received an MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. These individual artists create sculptures, installations and performances that have been exhibited worldwide at galleries, museums, and art festivals.

The two have been identified as pioneers in developing glass as a performance and conceptual medium. They have collaborated to create numerous art experiences, most notably the Grand Point Weird in Burlington Vermont and the acclaimed Third Thursday Performance Glass Series at the Chrysler Museum of Art.

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