Toledo Glass Nationals
Toledo In 1966, four years after the Toledo Workshops, the Toledo Museum of Art launched the first competitive survey exhibition of studio glass, called the Toledo Glass National. The month-long show was aligned in name and in organization with the most established national craft exhibition in the United States, the Ceramic National held in Syracuse, NY. An unexpected flood of 240 objects was entered and shipped to Toledo by 48 qualifying artists, including Harvey Littleton, Dominick Labino, Robert Fritz, Fritz Dreisbach, and Marvin Lipofsky.
Marvin Lipofsky, California Loop installation, Toledo Glass National 3, 1970.
A second Glass National was held in 1968. The third and last, in 1970, was invitation only and featured a survey of 11 artists, including the “next generation” studio glass artists Richard Marquis and Dale Chihuly.