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ED PENNEBAKER

Artist Bio:

EDUCATION: Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas-M.A., B.F.A.

WORK:

1985-present: Owner/Glassmaker at Red Fern Glass 1983-85: Employed by Hale Farm and Village, Bath, Ohio, glassworks assistant, produced replicas of early Midwestern glass c.1800-1850 1981-83: Introduced to glass by Chuck Watson, Liberal, Kansas

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:

1995: "Marblemaking with Ro Purser" Appalachian Center for the Crafts 1982: "Summervail" with Sonja Blomdahl, Colorado Mountain College 1981: "Summervail" with Benjamin Moore, Colorado Mountain College

EXHIBITS/AWARDS:

• "Seeing Things In A Different Light" - Oct. 22-Dec. 31, 2004, Little Rock, Arkansas, River Market Art Space • "Glass Invitational '04" - February 2004, Chicago, Illinois, Function + Art Gallery • "SOFA Chicago" - October 2003, Chicago, Illinois, represented by Function+Art Gallery • "The Eclectic Electric" - Function + Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Sep. 5- Oct. 4, 2003 • "White House Collection of American Crafts" - Jul. 17-Aug. 24, 2003 • The Mary and Leight Block Museum of Art - Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois (and other venues) • Guild.com Sourcebook "The Artful Home, Furniture,Sculpture, and Objects" • "A Glass Act 2003" - Function+Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, March 2003 • Philadelphia Furniture & Furnishings Show - April 2002, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, awarded "Excellence in Lighting Award" • "2002 Invitational" - Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, awarded "Best of Show" for Cluster #51, "The Inherent Energy of the Earth and Sky" • "2001 Hsinchu International Glass Art Festival & Symposium" - Hsinchu Municipal Glass Art Museum, Hsinchu, Taiwan • "Chandelier Show" - Arte Bella Fine Art Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas • "A Glass Act 2001" - Prism Contemporary Glass, New Pontiac, Michigan • "Hot & Cool" - a traveling exhibit of contemporary glass through 2001 • "A Glass Act 2000" - FunctionArt/Prism Contemporary Glass, Pontiac, MI in conjunction with Michigan Glass Month • "The Arkansas Exhibition" - Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, July 1999-February 2000 • "White House Crafts Collection" - 1993 (traveling exhibit at various museums)