Ingalena Klenell and Beth Lipman Artist Biography Grade: 4 Activity: Collaborated recycled art Keywords: Collaborative art, reflective properties, transparency, kinetic art Art Terms: Collaborative Art: When more than one artist contributes to the artwork Reflective properties: The moon does not produce its own light. Moonlight is sunlight that has bounced off the moon! When light hits a surface (glass, plastic, metal), some of it bounces off or is reflected. Mirrors are very shiny surfaces designed to reflect nearly all the light that hits them. When you look in a flat mirror, you see a reflection of yourself which is the same size as you but back to front. When you look in a curved mirror (either concave or convex) your reflection is usually a different shape and size to you Transparency: the quality or state of being see through or a picture or design on glass, thin cloth, paper, or film viewed by shining light through it or by projection Kinetic art is art that contains moving parts or depends on motion for its effect. The moving parts are generally powered by wind, a motor or the observer. Meet the Artists : American artist Beth Lipman is known for her complex clear glass assemblages comprising fruits, flowers and topiary forms; Scandinavian artist Ingalena Klenell is recognized for her kiln-formed clear glass often overlaid with lacework patterns. Klenell and Lipman have taught and lectured collaboratively in Italy, Sweden, and the United States, but this exhibition marks their first artistic collaboration.

 Beth Lipman:(American born 1971) Since earning her BFA from Tyler School of Art, Beth has exhibited her work widely and has received numerous awards including a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship, and a Ruth Chenven Foundation Grant. Most recently, her work has been exhibited at the ICA/MECA (ME), Museum of Glass (WA), and RISD Museum of Art (RI). Her work has been acquired by numerous museums including the Brooklyn Museum of Art (NY), Corning Museum of Glass (NY), Milwaukee Art Museum (WI), and the Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC). She currently lives in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin.  Ingalena Klenell (Swedish, born 1949) statement from the artist: My works may be seen as primarily sculptural. In my work I find inspiration among those whose expressive needs take the direct form of creative joy and desire, a creative urgency I have met mainly in folk art and craft. My natural surroundings have often served as a space of projection for my inner dialogues. Light and brittleness of being have found a place here. My studio is situated close to a lake. The view outside my window is a never ending story, as the water communicates with the sun and the wind nature finds the moment when everything is ready for a change. Water becomes ice, which lasts for several months. January is clear, the air is transparent, and it´s a good time to work with glass. Artistic longings and a longing for such knowledge as is to be found in other fields such as eco philosophy and history drive my work and invest it with a sense of fulfillment and completion. I think that light is the deepest aspect of beauty. Beauty never tells me anything about what I shall create or do in life, but in the moment of its touch, I know that I´m not alone. The circle - often in the form of Mandalay and cylinders – is something I´ve been coming back to regularly in my work. About the Art:  Elements for the exhibition were created both individually in their respective studios and together during a Visiting Artist residency in the Museum's Hot Shop in January, From this, a new body of work emerges, combining kiln formed, blown and sculpted glass in a sequence of installations, which engage the visitor in most unusual settings. The exhibition comprises three vignettes, Landscape, Mementos and Artifacts. In Landscape, a path meanders around sculpted clear glass components that hang from the ceiling and rise up from the floor, creating a curtain of glass. Landscape references the pioneering ritings of British author Simon Schama and the paintings of Washingtonian Abby Williams Hill ( ). Showcasing cutting edge technology, Landscape is unique in the world of glass.