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2023 Chrysalis Award Winner, Krystle Lemonias, Har pocketbooks; a who should we trust? 2023. My sister’s clothes and dishcloths, my mother’s and my clothes, onion mesh, wooden beads, upholstery fabric, grief, prospect, skepticism, relief blocks of my mother’s hands printed on upholstery fabric, 45 x 32 in.
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2024 Jurors in glass
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Andrew Page, the editor-in-chief of Glass: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly, works with art critics, museum curators, and scholars to put the most important work being done in glass into a critical context. Prior to editing Glass, Page was the executive editor of Avenue magazine, the arts editor of the PhiladelphiaWeekly newspaper, and a staff writer at Brooklyn Bridge magazine. His articles have appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer as well as New York, Details, Philadelphia and Brooklyn Bridge magazines. He co-curated an exhibition of Lino Tagliapietra's panels at The Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2016-17 entitled "Lino Tagliapietra: Paintings in Glass." Page's essay on the history of Studio Glass appeared in Contemporary Glass (Black Dog Publishing, 2008), and he was editor of Gene Koss: Sculpture (Arnoldsche).
Brandi P. Clark (she/her) is a native of Texas and is currently based in Europe. Since 2018, she has served as the executive director of the Glass Art Society (GAS), where she has driven the organization’s mission to connect, inspire, and empower the global glass community. Under her leadership and vision, GAS has expanded internationally with increased membership from around the world, launched a new Travel Program focused on bringing glass enthusiasts together to explore global glass destinations, and is excited to take on the stewardship of the International Festival of Glass, a biannual celebration of all things glass, beginning in 2026. As a dedicated champion of glass artists, Clark has served on the Board of Directors for Northlands Creative, as a juror for the 2022 British Glass Biennale and the 2023 Stanislav Libenskỳ Award, and was a guest evaluator on Season 4 of Blown Away.
Ché Rhodes received his MFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned his B.A. from Centre College where he began his career under the mentorship of Stephen Rolfe Powell. Currently he is a Professor and Head of Studio Glass at the University of Louisville, Hite institute of Art and Design. He is a former member of the Glass Art Society Board of Directors, and a current member of the Crafting the Future Board of Trustees and the Penland School of Crafts Board of Trustees. Rhodes has demonstrated at the 2006, 2010, and 2015 Glass Art Society Conferences and has been an instructor at the Penland School of Crafts, Penland North Carolina; Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood Washington; The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York; Urban Glass, Brooklyn, New York, and at Scuola del Vetro: Abate Zanetti, in Venice Italy. He is a recipient of the James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Educator Award and his work is included in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum as well as the Speed Museum of Art.
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