Dena K. Tarshis, an independent art historian, author, lecturer and curator, has been elected president of the Fellows of The Corning Museum of Glass, at Corning, New York state. Her term began in Oct…
Dena K. Tarshis, an independent art historian, author, lecturer and curator, has been elected president of the Fellows of The Corning Museum of Glass, at Corning, New York state. Her term began in October 2004 and will run for three years. She replaces Dorothy-Lee Jones, who has served the office since 1992. Tarshis, who has been a Fellow of the Museum since 1991, is active in a number of glass collecting groups, including The Glass Circle and The Paperweight Collectors Association. She is co-president of The Westchester Glass Club, and former vice-president of the New York-New Jersey Paperweight Collectors Association. Tarshis is also a member of the Ennion Society of The Corning Museum of Glass, a group of high-level donors who support the Museum. In addition to authoring numerous articles for publications like the Journal of Glass Studies, Tarshis wrote the preface to “The Jokelson Collection of Antique Cameo Incrustation,” by Paul H. Dunlop She has also curated several glass exhibitions, including “Baccarat: Paperweights and Related Glass (1820 – 1860),” for Baccarat – New York, and “Objects of Fantasy: Glass Inclusions of the Nineteenth Century,” at The Corning Museum of Glass. The Fellows of The Corning Museum of Glass are among the world“s leading glass collectors, scholars, dealers, and glassmakers. The 47 members of the organization help to disseminate knowledge about the history and art of glassmaking and to support the acquisitions program of the Museum“s Rakow Research Library. Admission to the fellowship is intended to recognize accomplishment in the field, and is by invitation only. The Corning Museum of Glass is home to the world“s most comprehensive and celebrated collection of glass. An independent, non-profit, educational institution, the Museum is dedicated to the art, history, science and exhibition of glass.