Tina Yelle talks about the transition from New Work magazine to Glass Quarterly.

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Tina Yelle

Tina Yelle talks about the transition from New Work magazine to Glass QuarterlyOral history interview with Tina Yelle by Catherine Whalen, conducted via telephone, April 30, 2019, Bard Graduate Center. Clip length: 01:11.

Tina Yelle: I think that the glass community was ready for a magazine like Glass when it came out, and it was full of advertising and so much more color glossy than New Work had been. And I think it was gorgeously designed. Richard brought in talent and we got so much volunteer—you know, great New York artists to come in and design that for us. And I don’t know that we paid anything for that design. And I think that the first issue of Glass in particular is just one of the best examples of graphic design and typography and photography; you know, it’s just outstanding. So I think that revealed the—the desire of collectors to have something to read and look at that was really focused on glass. The reception to the magazine was, I think, very good, and so I think that the collectors kind of elevated—the magazine elevated their place in things, cause they were clearly an audience for it. Whereas New Work was really more directed to artists, maybe.