We received this press release at Carolina Arts while I was out delivering papers. I’m sorry for the late notice.
On April 6, 2010, workers from Seattle-based Chihuly Studios will disassemble Dale Chihuly’s renowned Royal Blue Mint Chandelier, which hangs in the lobby of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design in downtown Charlotte, NC. Weighing 2,200 pounds, the Chihuly chandelier is made up of hundreds of delicate, asymmetrical glass pieces that fuse craft, art, ornament and design. Chihuly’s chandeliers have become icons of architecture throughout the world, and Royal Blue Mint Chandelier will be reinstalled in the entry gallery of the new Mint Museum Uptown, opening October 1, 2010, at the Wells Fargo Cultural Campus.
For more info on that move visit this link.
The Mint Museum of Craft + Design lobby will be open from 10am to 5pm, so that the public can observe Chihuly Studios at work. The museum’s galleries are currently closed to pack the collections for their move down Tryon Street to the Mint Museum Uptown. The Mint Museum Shop on Hearst Plaza remains open until June.
For further info visit (www.mintmuseum.org).
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