Janet Wittenberg

 www.glasshabitat.com

Janet Wittenberg  has been a lifelong practicing artist; receiving her BA in Fine Arts, and launching a jewelry design and production business in NYC. She then took a hiatus, obtained a graduate degree in Information Systems Technology, and pursued a career in the corporate world. After working as a systems analyst for 15 years, she raised a family, and returned to the art world.  She took her first glass fusing class in 1999, which ultimately led to her new career - she was completely smitten, and never looked back.

Janet specializes in creating nature inspired functional and sculptural glass art, as well as custom architectural glass in her home studio “Glass Habitat”.

She's taken many workshops and immersive programs led by internationally acclaimed Master Glass Artists, and has attended several glass conferences.

Janet has been a Resident Artist at the Art Glass Center at Glen Echo Park (AGC) since 2011, Janet enjoys exploring new directions in her art via experimentation, teaches kiln formed glass classes, and enjoys passing on her love of glass to her students. 

Janet has been selected to display her work in multiple juried shows locally and in NYC. Recent shows include; 

2020: “Transparent as Glass?”an international juried show at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition

2019-20: “Immanent Realities”  a two person show at the American Center for Physics, College Park, MD

2020 “Fleeting Fled” presented by Washington Sculptors Group, Glen Echo, MD 

2019 “Workhouse Glass National”, Lorton, VA

2019 “Notes of Color” at the Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA

Janet was  selected by the Metropolitan Washington  Council of Governments to create Climate and Energy Leadership Awards for the past several years, and to created awards for New Futures honorees; including recipient Chef Jose Andres.

Janet was awarded “Best Three-Dimensional artwork” in Glen Echo Park's Labor Day Show 2017, was a 2016 NICHE Award finalist.

“I'm strongly inspired by extremes of nature and geological phenomena. I'm intrigued, yet apprehensive by how my fellow humans choose to interpret the cause and future outcome of natural and man made cataclysmic events.

I hope my work has the ability to engage the viewer, and spark reflection on the grandeur and fragility of our planet.”