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Born 1940 Detroit, Michigan. Known for: Studio glass artist, advertising, teaching.
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Richard Ritter (born 1940) is an American studio glass artist who lives in North Carolina. Ritter was born in Detroit, but grew up in the then rural Michigan town of Novi. He was inspired to pursue a... Read full biography
Richard Ritter (born 1940) is an American studio glass artist who lives in North Carolina. Ritter was born in Detroit, but grew up in the then rural Michigan town of Novi. He was inspired to pursue a career in art by his high school art teacher and in 1959 on to study at the Society of Arts and... Read full biography
Richard Ritter (born 1940) is an American studio glass artist who lives in North Carolina. Ritter was born in Detroit, but grew up in the then rural Michigan town of Novi. He was inspired to pursue a career in art by his high school art teacher and in 1959 on to study at the Society of Arts and Crafts (later renamed the Center for Creative Studies) in Detroit, Michigan. In 1962, Ritter left school to take a job with an advertising firm, returning in 1968 to the Society of Arts and Crafts to... Read full biography
Richard Ritter (born 1940) is an American studio glass artist who lives in North Carolina. Ritter was born in Detroit, but grew up in the then rural Michigan town of Novi. He was inspired to pursue a career in art by his high school art teacher and in 1959 on to study at the Society of Arts and Crafts (later renamed the Center for Creative Studies) in Detroit, Michigan. In 1962, Ritter left school to take a job with an advertising firm, returning in 1968 to the Society of Arts and Crafts to continue his studies and teach advertising there. His first experience with hot glass came in that year, when another instructor, Gilbert Johnson (b. 1930)[1] built a glass workshop at the school. Ritter graduated from the Society of Arts and Crafts in... Read full biography
Richard Ritter (born 1940) is an American studio glass artist who lives in North Carolina. Ritter was born in Detroit, but grew up in the then rural Michigan town of Novi. He was inspired to pursue a career in art by his high school art teacher and in 1959 on to study at the Society of Arts and Crafts (later renamed the Center for Creative Studies) in Detroit, Michigan. In 1962, Ritter left school to take a job with an advertising firm, returning in 1968 to the Society of Arts and Crafts to continue his studies and teach advertising there. His first experience with hot glass came in that year, when another instructor, Gilbert Johnson (b. 1930)[1] built a glass workshop at the school. Ritter graduated from the Society of Arts and Crafts in 1969 and went to the Bloomfield Art Association in Birmingham, Michigan, to teach glassblowing. In 1971 he enrolled in a summer session... Read full biography
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Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Advertising Art
- •Arts and Crafts
- •Glassblowing, Glassblower
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Neon Light, Projected Light, Illumination
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
Art School
- •Center for Creative Studies, Michigan, Society of Arts & Crafts
Awards/Recognition
- •National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •White House Collection, Washington DC
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing