Galleries
Chihuly's largest permanent exhibit can be found at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Chihuly maintains two retail stores in partnership with MGM Resorts International. One is located at the Bellagio on the Las Vegas Strip, from the Bellagio hotel/casino website the other at the MGM Grand Casino in Macau.Press release by MGM Macau mentioning Chihuly shop (search for "Chihuly retail")A number of other galleries also carry his pieces.In 1983 Chihuly returned to his native Pacific Northwest where he continued to develop his own work at the Pilchuck Glass School, which he had helped to found in 1971. Throughout the 1970s, influenced by the great glassblowing tradition of Murano, Chihuly experimented with the team approach to glassblowing. Working with a team of master glassblowers and assistants has enabled him to produce architectural glass art of a scale and quantity unimaginable working alone or with only one assistant. In 2010 the Space Needle Corporation submitted a proposal for an exhibition of Chihuly's work at a site in the Seattle Center, in competition with proposals for other uses from several other groups.Heffter, Emily (10 June 2010), "Chihuly glass museum proposed at Seattle Center where Fun Forest stood", Seattle Times, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011299316_glasshouse09m.htmlHeffter, Emily (10 June 2010), "In a second attempt to sell the city and the public on a Dale Chihuly glass exhibit at Seattle Center", Seattle Times, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012083798_chihuly11m.htmlThe project, which sees the new Chihuly exhibition hall occupy the site of the former Fun Forest amusement park in the Seattle Center park and entertainment complex, received the final green light from the Seattle City Council on April 25, 2011.Divisive Dale Chihuly Glass-Art "Museum" Approved for Former Seattle Amusement Park ARTINFO.com It opened May 21, 2012.Chihuly Garden and Glass Opens with Dedication Ceremony on Monday, May 21 prnewswire.com Dale Chihuly's 'Glass House' shines in Seattle publicbroadcasting.net
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