Artist

Jerry Hovanec

born Swoyerville, PA 1947
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Image courtesy of the artists
Born
Swoyerville, Pennsylvania, United States
Active in
  • Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  • Lusby, Maryland, United States
Biography

Jerry Hovanec was originally a potter, but he switched to glassblowing when a friend told him that his pots were "boring." He embarked on an intensive four-year program of study at a number of different schools, beginning in 1980 with the Penland School of Crafts, where he studied with the renowned glass artist Fritz Dreisbach. During the week, Hovanec works as a museum artwork installation coordinator here at the American Art Museum, but on weekends he can be found in the studio he shares with his wife and collaborator, Ruthann Renee Uithol, in Lusby, Maryland. Working together, their blown-glass pieces have gained worldwide exposure as part of the U.S. Department of State's Art in Embassies program.

Works by this artist (4 items)

Edward Steichen, Breguet Photographic Plane Brought Down in Flames, World War I, ca. 1914-1918, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1974.34.2
Breguet Photographic Plane Brought Down in Flames, World…
Artist
Dateca. 1914-1918
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Edward Steichen, Jean Walker Simpson, 1923, palladium print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.174
Jean Walker Simpson
Artist
Date1923
palladium print
Not on view
Edward Steichen, Aerial Bombs Dropping on Montmedy, World War I, ca. 1914-1918, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1974.34.1
Aerial Bombs Dropping on Montmedy, World War I
Artist
Dateca. 1914-1918
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Edward Steichen, Diagram of Doom (Grasshopper), ca. 1926, platinum print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Frank H. Denghausen Endowment, 2019.38
Diagram of Doom (Grasshopper)
Artist
Dateca. 1926
platinum print
Not on view