Dale Chihuly Glass Blowing Art Webquest

 Biography

Visit these sites to get background on Dale Chihuly.

http://www.chihuly.com/dale-chihuly-a-selective-biography_detail.aspx

http://www.chihuly.com/biography.aspx

http://www.chihuly.com/chihuly-biography.aspx

 Question 4: Write 4 sentences that give factual information about Chihuly’s background and life.

Question 5: Write 6 sentences on how Chihuly’s background and life have influenced his art.

Art & Current Exhibitions

Follow the links on this page to learn about Chihuly’s current art exhibitions.

http://www.chihuly.com/ex-current-and-upcoming-exhibitions.aspx

http://www.chihuly.com/installations.aspx

Click into each of the types of installations that Chihuly has done. View the images and read the artist’s statements and answer the following question.

Question 6: Which type of installation is your favorite and why.

Question 7: Critically analyze the elements of art in one of theinstallations and be sure to include the title and a sketch of theinstallation, as well as why it interests you.

Question 8: Which artist statement from the installations can you bestrelate to and why?

Chihuly Garden and Glass Exhibition

Visit this website and look at the different sections of the Chihuly Garden and Glass Exhibition (click on the "I" in the upper right corner to see information). Answer the following questions:

http://www.chihulygardenandglass.com/exhibition-hall

Question 9: What is your favorite section of Chihuly’s art? Why?

Question 10: Tell us about the elements of art within your favorite section.

Question 11: What is your least favorite section of this exhibition? Why?

Artistic Process

View various videos and read about Chihuly’s artistic process. Answer the following questions:

http://www.chihuly.com/the-chihuly-process.aspx

http://www.chihuly.com/video-drawings-interview.aspx (Kitchen Sessions Interview)

http://www.chihuly.com/video-interviews.aspx

Question 12: Describe Chihuly’s artistic process in 1 sentence.

Question 13: What elements of Chihuly’s process do you think you could implement into your own artistic process?

Glass Blowing Process

Watch videos of Chihuly’s Process.

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/nov/19/chihuly-fire-and-light/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9fLU0mm_Uc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv3eObQTJn4

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/erica-hill-takes-a-lesson-in-glass-blowing/

Visit the PDF Titled: Chihuly and Friends Educator Guide by googling the title. Pages 8-14 are important to read, but you are welcome to look through the entire thing!

Question 14: Write down the steps that make up his process of glass blowing

Question 15: What job would you most like to have-what part of the process would you like to specialize in? Why?

Question 16: What do you find most interesting about the glass blowing process?