For further information, to set up a media interview, or learn more about the collection, contact blair@silverworksglenechopark.com.
The show will also examine the influence that the SilverWorks residency program has had on the global scale. For the last ten years this residency has taken young people and awarded free access to studio and classes, an exhibition, and professionally photograph their portfolio for college entrance. We will take a look at where they are now and how the SilverWorks lives have interconnected through the art form.
Blair brings 35 years experience of silversmithing to Glen Echo Park as founder of SilverWorks Studio & Gallery and Studio 2: Hot metal. A practicing artist for over 35 years, Blair’s wearable art represents personal journeys by telling a story with metal and precious stones. These works having a depth of content often dealing with themes of social justice, spiritual awareness, and women’s issues elicit reactions that often determine their patrons. The work chooses them.
Looking at those who have gone on before us the show will also honor Deborah Dubois with posthumous collaborations. Blair will combine the influence of Deborah who she had never met with her own design style. The proceeds in part will go to a college fund for Deborah’s granddaughter, Ella.
A founding member of the Annual Pleiades Art Exhibition, she taught classes, courses and workshops through the Washington Guild of Goldsmiths, Montgomery College, Glen Echo Park, Longwood University, Touchstone Center for the Arts and others.
