Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center (formerly Wheaton Village) is a 501(c)(3)non-profit arts education organization, with a focus on the medium of

glass Glass is a non-crystalline, often transparent, amorphous solid that has widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optics. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling (quenching) of ...

. Located in

Millville, New Jersey Millville is a city in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the city's population was 28,400,Wheaton Glass Wheaton Industries was a long-standing famous manufacturer of glassware and ceramics products in Millville, New Jersey, USA. A spin-off of the original firm (which returned to its pharmaceutical glass roots) adopted the name in 2006. Founded i ...

, which was previously a major glass producer in Millville. Blown Glass

Museum of American Glass

The Museum of American Glass at WheatonArts houses over 7,000 pieces of glass, including a collection of glass produced by

Wheaton Industries Wheaton Industries was a long-standing famous manufacturer of glassware and ceramics products in Millville, New Jersey, USA. A spin-off of the original firm (which returned to its pharmaceutical glass roots) adopted the name in 2006. Founded i ...

and other New Jersey glass-making companies. Exhibits include

paperweights A paperweight is a small solid object heavy enough, when placed on top of papers, to keep them from blowing away in a breeze or from moving under the strokes of a painting brush (as with Chinese calligraphy). While any object, such as a stone, ...

pressed glass Pressed glass (or pattern glass)
is a form of

cut glass Cut glass or cut-glass is a technique and a style of decorating glass. For some time the style has often been produced by other techniques such as the use of moulding, but the original technique of cutting glass on an abrasive wheel is still u ...

, early glass, bottles, 19th-century art glass,

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, modern and contemporary studio glass.

Artist Studios

Artist Residencies: WheatonArts offers 3-week and 6-week long Creative Glass Fellowships, available April through December. Wheaton Glassworks

The center houses several working studios for the creation of contemporary art in different media, including glass,

ceramic A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain ...

wood carving Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation ...

, and

flameworking Lampworking is a type of glasswork in which a torch or lamp is used to melt the glass. Once in a molten state, the glass is formed by blowing and shaping with tools and hand movements. It is also known as flameworking or torchworking, as the moder ...

. Daily demonstrations are given in each studio.

Down Jersey Folklife Center

The Down Jersey Folklife Center is a regional

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center focusing on the cultural and artistic traditions of the communities and

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groups of southern New Jersey. The center offers exhibitions and concerts, dance performances, and classes. It is open during special events and for educational programs only.

References

External links

Official WebsiteNew Glass at Wheaton
Documentary produced by

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Museum of American Glass

Artist Studios

Down Jersey Folklife Center

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