From Glass to Paper: The Harvey Littleton Printmaking Legacy

December 15, 2022 – February 6, 2023

Harvey Littleton is famed as a founding figure of the modern studio glass movement. He was also an avid printmaker and developed the printmaking technique of vitreography – using glass plates to reproduce various traditional print methods such as etching and lithography. Littleton established Littleton Studios in the early 1980s in western North Carolina and teamed with master printer Judith O’Rourke to explore the new media. Artists from around the world were invited to print at the studio. Some were experienced printmakers while others were painters, sculptors, and glass artists. John Littleton and Kate Vogel, heirs to Harvey Littleton, have gifted to the Muskegon Museum of Art a collection of 27 prints produced by the studio during its existence. From Glass to Paper is the premiere of this collection to our public.

Artists represented in this collection include master printmaker Warrington Colescott, painter/sculptor Italo Scanga, and glass artists Rick Beck, Harvey Littleton, Dale Chihuly, and Ann Wolff. Glass objects from the MMA’s own collection accompany the prints.