Date: 12/17/2009 to 1/17/2010
–Christian Feuerstein ’94
Robert
Kehlmann ’63 was
among the first art critics to discuss and evaluate contemporary glass art
using a vocabulary of art criticism. He was a founding editor of the Glass Art
Society Journal and he has lectured worldwide on glass art, curated numerous
exhibitions, and taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts, the
Piclhuck School, and the Miasa Bunka Center, Japan. In 1994, Kehlmann was
awarded an Honorary Lifetime Membership in the Glass Art Society. He is the
author of two books, Twentieth Century Stained Glass: A New Definition, and The
Inner Light: Sculpture by Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova. He has
written articles for numerous publications both in the United States and
abroad.
Kehlmann
has served on the City of Berkeley’s Landmarks Preservation Commission
(1995-2001), and was its Chairman from 1996-1998. He is a founding member of
the Berkeley Historical Plaque Project.