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Guy Kemper: Painting with Glass

A profile of one of the most recognized glass-art artists—Kentuckian Guy Kemper.
Season 4 Episode 1 Length 56:30 Premiere: 06/20/10

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Guy Kemper, 2016 Governor’s Awards in the Arts Recipient

Glass artist Guy Gerard Kemper was honored as a 2016 Governor’s Awards in the Arts recipient this month. Kemper has been the subject of two television documentaries in the United States and one in Germany, and has exhibited and been commissioned to do work in Asia, Europe, the Americas and the Middle East. He was commissioned by Alltech cofounder Deirdre Lyons for a work that will grace the front facade of Alltech’s St. James Distillery Visitors Center in Dublin, Ireland. Other major public works include pieces at Bellarmine University in Louisville, the Catholic Memorial at Ground Zero in New York City and the Mount Baker Light Rail Station in Seattle.

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