The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo’s Momentum Program, in partnership with NSG Pilkington, has now opened the Call for Proposals for the 2025 Momentum Intersection Glass Program.
The Arts Commission invites individuals to reimagine the potential of Pilkington float glass toward the creation of projects funded through Momentum Intersection, a collaboration of industry, design and art. The Arts Commission seeks to provide new partnerships between applications of glass as an artistic medium and manufacturing processes with an international call for proposals.
The project is an opportunity to see the inside workings of the float glass process, gain access to industry experts who make the glass and integrate the industrial material into their work.
Inspired by the experimental glass workshops held in Toledo in 1962, the Arts Commission is requesting interested artists, designers, architects, engineers and other creatives working with glass living in any locale to submit a portfolio and statement of interest to participate in the fifth edition of the collaboration.
Applications will be reviewed by a jury. The 2025 jury members include: Michelle Fisher, Ronald and Anita Wornick curator of contemporary decorative arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Keiko Tsuri, senior scientist, Thin Film Technology, NSG-Pilkington North America, Inc.; Therman Statom, glass artist, sculptor and painter.
Applications are due by June 28, 2024. For more information and to view the Call for Proposals, visit theartscommission.org/pro jects/momentum-or-intersection.
