We’re all batty at WMODA!

Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a teatray in the sky! The Mad Hatter recited this parody of the famous nursery rhyme at the crazy tea party in Wonderland. Inspired by the rhyme, Louise Irvine dressed up as a

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Deco Drive Review October 2021

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Deco Drive @ WMODA

By Louise Irvine “Ceramics are cool but glass is even hotter at WMODA!” according to Alex Miranda, the WSVN Deco Drive reporter. He visited the museum on October 13 to film a feature for the popular Channel 7 TV show, which aired on October 22. Alex chatted with Louise Irvine

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Make your Hanukkah Extra Bright

By Louise Irvine Make your Hanukkah extra bright this year with one of the beautiful glass menorahs made by the glass artists at WMODA. Chelsea Rousso and Anne Orvieto have made kiln-formed glass designs that will shine brightly during the Festival of Lights. The word menorah means “to shine” and

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First Steps Through the Looking Glass

By Louise Irvine What a fantastic day we had on Saturday, December 4 as we took our first steps Through the Looking Glass to celebrate the United Nations Year of Glass in 2022. An exciting collaboration between Miami glass artist, Rob Stern, and multidisciplinary artist, Dave Rosenthal, resulted in the

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WMODA in Wonderland

By Louise Irvine Experience the crazy world of Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter on Saturday, December 4 as part of our Through the Looking Glass season to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the book’s publication. Michael Doulton, the fifth generation descendent of the Royal Doulton founder, will be

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Through the Looking Glass

By Louise Irvine In Through the Looking Glass, the absurdist masterpiece by Lewis Carroll, Alice enters a fantastical world where everything is a mirror image reflection of normality, logic is reversed and nonsense reigns. As we enter the International Year of Glass in today’s topsy turvy world, we are looking

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Who’s Who – Rob Stern

By Louise Irvine It’s true what Cinderella says, “One shoe can change your life!” and we have 50 of them at WMODA! Thanks to the brilliance of Miami glass artist Rob Stern, our latest exhibition caught the attention of Deco Drive, the daily entertainment news magazine program on channel 7

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Poetry in Motion

By Louise Irvine Ballet from the Italian ballare, meaning “to dance” originated in the Renaissance courts of Italy. Nobles participated in lavish spectacles of dancing and music, particularly for celebrating weddings. The choreography was adapted from court dance steps taught by dancing masters. When Catherine de Medici married the heir

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