40 | JUNE 6 • 2024
J
N

W

hile more than
100 decorative
and functional
glass pieces fill the main
floor of the Janice Charach
Gallery until June 26, 57
mixed media works are
displayed on the floor
above them.
Both displays have
themes.
The Fifth Michigan
Regional Glass Exhibition,
on the main floor,
showcases the work of
56 glass artists as 22
mixed media artists
present Rockets, Robots
and Rayguns on the floor
above. Artists were chosen
by Albert Young, who
specializes in making
works of glass and is

known for his work in
founding the Michigan Art
Glass Workshop.
Two of the Jewish artists
represented in the glass
show are Joan Schwartz
of Huntington Woods
and Rebecca Silverman of
Bloomfield Hills. While
the Schwartz piece is
decorative, the Silverman
pieces are functional.
“I’m showing a piece
titled ‘Mimi,’” said
Schwartz, a former
pediatric nurse who has
been working in a home
studio since attending glass
workshops starting some
20 years ago.
“I submitted this piece
because I thought it would
be different from anything

ARTS&LIFE
ART

Mixing
Media

Charach Gallery offers
two themed shows —
one glass, the other
mixed media.

SUZANNE CHESSLER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

PHOTOS COURTESY JANICE CHARACH GALLERY

Rebecca
Silverman’s
glass
menorah

Joan
Schwartz
used found
objects in
“Mimi.”