All are welcome to join us for a celebratory reception of glass artist, Anna Boothe, on Thursday, October 16 from 4–6 p.m. in the 2nd Floor Lounge, HUB-Robeson Center. Icons of Sagacity is on view in our Exhibition Cases until November 30, 2025. Light refreshments provided, no RSVP necessary.

About the Artist

Anna Boothe holds degrees in Sculpture from RISD and in Glass from Tyler School of Art, where she taught for 16 years, after which she was invited to develop and chair Salem Community College’s (NJ) Glass Art Program. She is a Past President of the Glass Art Society and former Director of Glass at the National Liberty Museum. Currently, as a full-time artist, she maintains her business, Pate de Verity, from her studio outside of Philadelphia.

Boothe’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Corning Museum of Glass, Racine Art Museum and Tacoma Museum of Art, her work has been exhibited at numerous venues, recently at Philadelphia’s International Airport, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Fuller Craft Museum and in Vicenza, Italy with a major collaborative work scheduled for exhibition at the Racine Art Museum in 2021. When exhibiting for the first time in the Smithsonian, Philadelphia Museum of Art and ACC Baltimore craft shows, she received “Best of” awards. Boothe taught in Tyler’s glass program for 16 years, helped develop Salem Community College’s (NJ) glass art program and has lectured internationally. She served on the Board and as President of GAS from 1998 to 2006 and is a former Director of Glass at the National Liberty Museum.

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