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making — "I sustained minor burns on my hand and
thought my face was going to melt off" — he's satisfied
applying his creativity toward enlightenment.
In the 1970s and '80s, explains Hampson, there were
very few outlets for glass artists to exhibit their work, except
"alongside macrame and ill-formed pottery. We gave it
some dignity. We put it on pedestals, literally, and started
exhibiting glass in the same manner used to exhibit sculp-
ture."
He won't admit that he was on a mission, though; he
thinks he has spent the last 34 years just having a whole lot
of fun — and receiving an education right along with
everyone else.
"I didn't have real strong aspirations," says Hampson. "I
was jurying a glass exhibition at the Birmingham
Bloomfield Art Association with a stained-glass artist; and
we realized we were both working on a few different
exhibits taking place in the spring, so I thought it would be
interesting if we combined all these events together."
So Hampson began soliciting schools, institutions, muse-
ums, galleries and then-Gov. William Milliken, who, as a
result of Hampson's efforts, declared April to be Michigan
Glass Month. Habatat, which originated as a multimedia
art gallery, became dedicated to artists working in glass.
"My business partner at the time thought I was crazy,"
recalls Hampson. "He said 'Why are you soliciting competi-
tors to create a glass exhibition?' And I really didn't have
much to defend myself with, except a feeling."
He was right. Hampson has revolutionized the world of
art glass, and as a result, much of that revolution has taken
place in Michigan, even though he runs galleries in other
states as well. The invitational has been honed to a juried
selection of the most elite, most notable or most worthy of
recognition, and it has been the model for a number of
other, less successful exhibitions around the country.
"I think it's educated an enormous amount of people,
besides myself," says Hampson. "And I think many artists
have been inspired, too, to take up glass."
He also has brought exhibits to various other countries,
including China in 2001.
"It was the first time since the Communists took over
that they allowed a multinational art exhibition in China,"
says Hampson. "They wanted the Olympics at the time,
and to show that these events could occur. I knew I was a
pawn," he laughs. "But what the heck?"
For the first invitational, Hampson was pleased to have
found 12 people nationally to include; by the next year, that
figure grew to 40. This year's event will feature almost 100
artists from 20 countries, all of them working in glass.
Among them are quite a few Jewish glass artists, including
Alex Bernstein, Martin Blank, Dan Clayman, Sidney
Huger, Steven Linn, local Janet Kelman, and, of course,
Laura Donefer, who will be represented by five pieces. ❑
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Dine in only.
The 33rd Annual International Glass Invitational
will be on view April 16 through May 15, 11 a.m.-
6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 12-5 p.m.
Sunday in Royal Oak and Pontiac. Opening recep-
tion will be held 7-9 p.m. Thursday, April 14. For
more information on the many special events,
including demonstrations, lectures, private-collec-
tion tours, and more, call (248) 554-0590 or log
on to www. habatat.com .
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Alex Bernstein: `Mooch " cast and cut lead crystal.
Martin Blank: "The Veils," hot worked glass.
Dan Clayman: "Circular Object #1," bronze, glass.