Elizabeth Potenza

 

I was born in southeastern New England, the daughter to a very resourceful, do-it-yourself-Yankee-craftsperson. My interests in glass led me to Massachusetts College of Art where, in 2004, I received my BFA. I then spent two years apprenticing with master glassblowers Jan Erik Ritzman and Sven Åke Carlsson, in Transjö, Sweden where I learned the traditional approach of Swedish glassblowing and gained an appreciation for the industrial history of glass.

 

My recent work, concerning family memories, utilized this industrial history to create three hand-blown cathode ray tubes, through which I explored my family's disintegrating home videos. Powered by the guts of 1960's black and white TVs, the hand shaped glass screens bend and warp the footage like time has skewed our recollections.

 

I aspire to participate in a contemporary dialog concerning the interdisciplinary potential of art, industry, science, and craft traditions. I received my MFA in 2015, and I am currently teaching glass and sculpture at Alfred University.

 

http://www.elizabethpotenza-studio.com

 

In The Interest of Containing Space and Time- Vimeo