Transparent Truths: Earth's Story In Glass

In this limited docuseries, hosted by museum curator Jodie Nelson, meet artists who are shaping the future and redefining glassmaking. Through these curator-led conversations, you'll encounter climate-focused artists who skillfully transform their life journeys into extraordinary glass sculptures, exploring Earth's urgent, resilient, and fragile relationships. These works of art offer a transparent truth about the complexities of our connection with the Earth.

PLUS: Behind-the-scenes interviews with the artists!

  • Transparent Truths Earth's Story In Glass

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Meet the Makers

  • Learn Holgate’s unique perspective on art and environmental awareness as she reflects on microplastic consequences.

  • Inside the peak of the sculpture’s thick carved glass swirls, there floats a single transparent glass bottle filled with water — and potent message for us all.

  • Her passion for giving new purpose to found glass bottles by melting them down to a molten liquid before sculpting them into beautiful sconces

  • Steve’s visual vocabulary has turned to our environment, global warming, and the vanishing beauty of our natural world.

  • Hear the intricate details of their quest to guard against forgetting, the erasure of women, and the loss of feminine wisdom

  • Mary is an ecofeminist integrating natural sciences, environmental perception, arts education, and peacemaking in glass.

  • This adventurous, gutsy woman is a record keeper of time; her art offers viewers a glimpse into the fragility of our ecosystems through glass, a material that holds, refracts, and reflects light.

  • Listen as we dive into everything—from subjugation and underwater ecosystems to espionage inside the world of industrial glass!

  • Discover how this Yale alum abandoned the “white box” approach to art-making, bringing creativity into our daily passage.