• BIDDLE GALLERY,

2840 Biddle
Ave., Wyandotte; (734) 281-4779.
Work of Joyce Gottlieb and other
Michigan artists through April 30.
• ART HOUSE STUDIO & GALLERY,
4111 W. 12 Mile, Berkley; (248)
336-9990. "Sculptural Glass & Metal
Works" by Israel Nordin April 6-30.
• TOUCH OF LIGHT STUDIO
& GALLERIE OF HANDBLOWN
GLASS, 23426 Woodward, Ferndale;
(248) 543-1868. "Spring Glass
Show" with work by Dennis
Rosenblum and others April 5-28.
• EPIPHANY, 770 Orchard Lake
Road, Pontiac; (877) 560-4021.
Glass blowing demonstrations 11
a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 31, and
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 21.
• GALLERY: FUNCTIONART/PRISM,
21 N. Saginaw, Pontiac;
(248) 333-0333. "A Glass Act '01:
Advancement," featuring both func-
tional and sculptural studio art glass,
March 31-May 20.

BEAIONG GLASS BARRIERS from page 67

Frolic's mother, Jeanette Nestel, a
late-starting bronze artist, served as a
role model for her daughter, who had
her first show when she was 40.
Frolic was a teacher trained in
English literature. Then, "I took a
course and got glass fever," says the
artist, who ultimately got a degree at
the Ontario College of Art.
Through the Glass Arts Society,
Frolic connected with a New York
gallery, Leo Kaplan Modern, and
exhibited there. That show led to
many others, with interest in her work
spreading to Europe, particularly
Germany and France.
"I try to travel to all the galleries, go
to the openings and reach," Frolic says.
"I tell students that life is long and
they have time to work on their art."
Weinberg's pieces continue a series he
started a few years ago, but the expres-
siveness is different in some ways. The
newer pieces are explained in depth in
the current issue of Glass magazine.
"I wasn't sure how far I would take this
series, but it's surprised me," Weinberg
says. "These works have so much to do
with my life in Rhode Island...
Describing his environment as a
salt marsh turning into a mud flat at
low tide," Weinberg creates his buoy
forms from discarded ones that wash
up on the beach, coating the exteriors
with metal and glass fused together.
He incorporates the idea that these

• GALLERY XVM, 18 N. Saginaw,
Pontiac; (248) 745-8875. Exhibition
March 31-April 30 for gallery's
grand opening with reception 7-10
p.m. Saturday, March 31.
• HABATAT GALLERIES, 7 North
Saginaw, Pontiac; (248) 333-2060.
Hub of events and space for interna-
tional artists, such as Dale Chihuly,
March 31-May 6.
• ARIANA GALLERY, 119 South
Main, Royal Oak; (248) 546-8810.
Emerging artists through April 30.
• BARON GLASSWORKS, 838 Railroad,
Ypsilanti; (734) 482-8829.
Glassblowing demonstrations and
classes with fees Sundays, April 1, 8,
15, 22 and 29.

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forms are bartered by man and nature
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Weinberg also has done Judaica,
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