Tyler School of Art and Architecture alumnus in Glass, Nate Ricciuto (MFA ’15) has recently received the 2020 Saxe Emerging Artist Award from the Glass Art Society along with two other artists, Gracia Nash and Joshua Kerley. According to Dorthy Saxe, the philanthropist for whom the award is named, this distinguished award “gives young artists the opportunity to present their work at a conference…[and] gives [them] exposure… [P]eople would be well to attend and hear the revolutionary ideas of these young artists.” 

Nate and the other award winners will present their work to a large audience of established artists, educators, peers, collectors, art historians and critics in Sweden later this year in May during the Annual Glass Art Society conference—a membership-based international non-profit organization that supports and encourages glass arts and artists.