AWARDS

CLOUDMAKER GLASS STUDIO

Established in 1983 by Doug and Crystal Taylor, the studio at present also includes Chris Konz

Since 1983, the studio has completed over 3,500 projects ranging in size from one square foot to over 1,200 square feet in a single project. The studio has done religious, commercial, and residential works.

Cloudmaker Studio executes its own original designs, and does all phases of fabrication, beveling, painting, and glass carving.

Cloudmaker Studio has competed in Fine Art competition since 1986.

AWARDS

1986 - Honorable Mention-Community Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN. Judge: Don Vogi, Professor of painting and printmaking at the University of Notre Dame.

1989 - 1st and 2nd place-South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven, MI. Judge: Richard Lines, MFA Columbia University, BEA Chicago Art Institute, designed and developed curriculum at St. John’s University, DePaul University, and Layton School of Art.

1990 - Award of Excellence-Fine Arts Festival, Valparaiso, IN. Sponsored by Indiana Arts Commission of National Endowment for the Arts. Judges: Susan Hunt, MFA Indiana University, Professor-University of Wisconsin; Gloria Komosa, MS Purdue University; Matthew Sonstin, MFA Art Institute of Chicago, teaches at Art Institute of Chicago and Valparaiso University.

1990 - 1st Place-South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven, MT. Judge: Denise Lisiecki, MA State University of New York, BFA Miami University, teaches at Kalamazoo Institute of Art.

1991 - Award of Merit (3~ Place Points)~21st Annual North Broadway Art Fair, Chicago, IL.

1995 - 1st Place-John G. Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN. Judges: Richard Love, painter and gallery owner, RH. Love Galleries, Chicago, IL; Tom Torluemke, painter, instructor, American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL.