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Dale Chihuly
Macchia Forest, 2010
Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
Photo by Scott M. Leen ©2017 Chihuly Studio.

Another notable — and quite sizeable — piece of work by contains eight galleries and three “Drawing Walls” that show a
Chihuly can be seen across the pond in the main foyer of the significant breadth of his work. The garden area boasts the natural
Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England. Originally beauty of Chihuly’s sculptures, melding trees, plants and flowers
dubbed the Ice Blue and Spring Green Chandelier, the 27-foot-tall with installed glass sculptures that flow seamlessly into the
Victoria and Albert Rotunda Chandelier was enlarged to its current landscape.
size in 2001 and required a team of six people to install and five days And though the Chihuly at Biltmore exhibition at America’s
to complete. largest home, the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, has
But one of the best places to experience a wide swath of the ended, many Floridians had the privilege of attending. The
master’s work is at the Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibition at renowned exhibit featured Chihuly’s monumental glass sculptures
Seattle Center, located next to the Space Needle in Seattle, throughout the 250-room French Renaissance
Washington. This long-term exhibition was installed in 2012 and chateau, as well as the surrounding gardens
features a 40-foot “Glasshouse,” covering 4,500 square feet of and grounds. Audiences were also
light-filled space, captivated by the accompanying Chihuly
representing Chihuly’s Nights at Biltmore event, where the
lifelong love of artist’s sculptures were illuminated once
conservatories. The the sun went down.
exhibition also

Chihuly adorns even the walls of households right here in the First Coast,
such as these art blossoms found in a Ponte Vedra Beach estate. Photo courtesy of Jan Shields.

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