[While the rest of the BE team is still cleaning up their posts, Susan is already on board with #2! Thanks, girl!]
Or is that track trip? Last month a few of us took the train to Tacoma to visit the new Hotel Murano and the Museum of Glass. Until recently Tacoma wasn’t known as a hot spot for much of anything, but in the past few years, it’s really spiffed itself up. Check out the MOG and this new hotel. We did.
International Sales Rep Extraordinaire Maria Gracia Cabanilla (left), RC Manager Janet Bartholomew (center), Marketing Department Writer Kate Schmitt (right, mugging statuary) and I entrusted ourselves to Amtrak for the day.
The hotel is GORGEOUS and entirely devoted to glass art. They graciously arranged a tour for us (they’ll arrange one for you too, if you call ahead) and we basically ran amuck for hours in their beautiful space. “Bullseye artists” abound, with work from Dante Marioni, Steve Klein, Cobi Cockburn, Orfeo and Narcissus Quagliata, Catharine Newell, April Surgent, and the list goes on. Each of the 25 floors of the hotel is dedicated to a different artist featuring their work, plus photos of the artist in action.
The Museum of Glass is a great spot, but I preferred the wider range of glassworking styles at the hotel. If you live in the Pacific Northwest or find yourself here this summer, the Museum is currently offering a real treat: two shows by dear Bullseye friends and amazing artists Lino Tagliapietra and Dante Marioni. This is a rare chance to see the work of two true glass legends up close and personal. And don’t miss the movie about Lino’s life.
Amtrak got us home mostly on time. We only had to endure one crazy drunken rambling maniac on the way. Hey, what’s a road trip without at least one drunken moron? Give Tacoma a whirl and get your glass fix.
- Susan Green
