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DESCRIPTION:Call for Entries: Register and apply by March 20th\, 2009.
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 nBIGG: Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass is a dynamic collaboration among 
 The Ohio State University Department of Art's Glass Program\, OSU Urban Art
 s Space and Hawk Galleries. This exhibition is sponsored by Steuben Glass. 
 [steuben.com]
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\nTogether we will discover and introduce to the public a 
 select group of artists with a conceptual and working engagement in glass. 
 These artists will have completed their formal training in art beyond the b
 accalaureate (MFA or equivalent) since the beginning of the new millennium.
  This collaboration demonstrates a commitment to advancing new and innovati
 ve glass art worldwide. Through an international juried selection process a
 nd critical writing about work in the field\, we intend to expand the disco
 urse about glass art globally.
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\nThe exhibition will be presented from J
 uly 10th through October 10th\, 2009 at the OSU Urban Arts Space and Hawk G
 alleries [hawkgalleries.com] in downtown Columbus\, Ohio. Afterward\, selec
 t works from the BIGG exhibition will travel to SOFA Chicago 2009 [sofaexpo
 .com] on exhibit November 5th through the 8th.
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\nRegister and apply by M
 arch 20th\, 2009. [callforentry.org]
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\nAwards
\nAwards valuing more than
  $100\,000 will be presented to accepted artists as determined by juror sel
 ection. Award assignments will be made after the installation of artwork. A
 ward recipients will be notified before the opening reception.
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\nAwards 
 will include:
\n- Up to ten (10) artists will be awarded a $1\,000 travel s
 tipend to attend the opening reception on July 10th\, 2009.
\n- A number of
  artists will be selected for representation by Hawk Galleries at the 2009 
 SOFA Chicago. [sofaexpo.com]
\n- One artist will be invited for a year-long
  OSU Department of Art Post-MFA Fellowship.
\n- Selected artists will be el
 igble for Steuben Glass Residency Fellowships.
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\nJurors
\n- Lino Tagliap
 ietra \, Italian glass Maestro
\n- Tina Oldknow\, Curator of Modern Glass\,
  Corning Museum of Glass
\n- Tom Hawk\, Director\, Hawk Galleries
SUMMARY:BIGG: Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass. Sponsored by Steuben Glas
 s.
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LOCATION:OSU Urban Arts Space
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