Paul Parkman

Dr. Paul Parkman (1932– ) and Elmerina Parkman (1932– ), residents of Kensington, Maryland, began collecting American studio glass in 1971, together with archival material related to the studio glass movement. The Parkmans have actively supported craft and glass art through their involvement in numerous organizations, among them the James Renwick Alliance, which they helped found in 1982. The couple have donated glass pieces to the permanent collections of several museums, including The Corning Museum of Glass and the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery, and they have given their archives and many books to the Smithsonian Archives of American Art and the Smithsonian Art Museum Library.