2024 CHRYSALIS AWARDEE

announcing the 2024 chrysalis winner in glass

Artist Kristine Rumman has been announced as the 2024 Chrysalis Awardee in glass. 

Kristine is a Palestinian-American glass artist who creates sculpture, performance, and installations that act as temporary fugitives in search of home. Captivated by compositions of architecture, her work maneuvers mirror and reflection to track, surveil, guide, and comply with its viewers. Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, the birthplace of the Studio Glass Movement, she is currently based in Brooklyn, NY and holds an MFA in Sculpture from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia, PA, as well as a BFA from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Kris has shown at many venues including Urban Glass and Art Week Miami. She was the recipient of the Saxe Emerging Artist Award from the Glass Arts Society in 2019, and was most recently awarded a residency at Sculpture space, where she plans to create an immersive public art installation.

www.kristinerumman.com | @kris.rumman

We will have a public presentation with Kris in 2025. Subscribe to the JRACraft eNewsletter to receive more information about this event and other upcoming programs. 

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2024 honorable mention, brandon lopez

Brandon Lopez was first introduced to glass at a workshop at the Penland School of Craft. Since then he earned his BFA in glass from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, and has worked as a glassblowing assistant to a number of artists. Brandon is currently a core fellow at the Penland School of Craft. As a Mexican American artist he draws inspiration from Mesoamerican civilizations, where art went beyond aesthetics and served ritualistic functions.