Knoxville glass artist inspires a violin concerto on PBS

Violinist Tessa Lark performs the composition written by Michael Schachter, Cycle of Life, inspired by Richard Jolley’s figurative assemblage, Cycle of Life: Within the Power of Dreams and the Wonder of Infinity, at the Knoxville Museum of Art Denise Kang photo. HARMONY episode of Craft in America — Violinist Tessa Lark performs the composition written by Michael Schachter, Cycle of Life, inspired by Richard Jolley’s figurative assemblage, Cycle of Life: Within the Power of Dreams and the Wonder of Infinity, at the Knoxville Museum of Art Denise Kang photo

Glass artist Richard Jolley shapes glass with lead assistant James A. Breed. Denise Kang photo. HARMONY episode of Craft in America — Violinist Tessa Lark performs the composition written by Michael Schachter, Cycle of Life, inspired by Richard Jolley’s figurative assemblage, Cycle of Life: Within the Power of Dreams and the Wonder of Infinity, at the Knoxville Museum of Art Denise Kang photo

December 3, 2021

Craft in America, the Peabody Award-winning series that explores America’s creative spirit through the language and traditions of the handmade, announces a new episode.

HARMONY bridges the art forms of music and craft, celebrating the joy of music and the creation of handcrafted instruments, featuring: glass artist Richard Jolley, whose monumental glass installation inspired a violin concerto.

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