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Leslie Rowe-Israelson
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Leslie Rowe-Israelson
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Leslie Rowe-Israelson and her twin sister, Melanie Rowe-Prosser spent their childhood in Victoria. For the last twenty years, the twins have lived and worked in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. The beauty of the mountains, particularly in Banff
National Park and Jasper National Park, is their passion and inspiration. It was in the mountains that they discovered their other shared passion. Glass would come to consume their thoughts and dreams. Through dedication, this passion became their visual
language. Part of the dedication has been training and dialogue with other glass artists. From 1985-1994, Leslie and Melanie attended the world-renowned Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington. Both sisters say, “Pilchuck Glass School was a
wonderful atmosphere to share ideas and experiences with people from around the world.” Pilchuck provided an environment where they could contribute to and learn from the triumphs and failures of top calibre glass artists. The sisters also received
training from the Alberta College of Art, Andrighetti Glassworks, Colton Glass School and the Vancouver College of Art.
To express their artistic “voice”, their visual language has required the development of unusual techniques involving
sand-casting, mosaic and pate de verre. Because of the time consuming nature involved in the creation of each piece, it becomes a contemplative process which both Melanie and Leslie find rewarding. As an extension of this contemplative process, Leslie
often writes poems relating to the pieces that the twins are working on.
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Leslie Rowe-Israelson
Affiliations
2004 President, B.C. Glass Arts Association
2004 Board Member, Columbia Valley Arts Council
Awards
2004-2005 Pilchuck School Professional Artist in Residence
2003 Red Deer College Artist in Residence
Collections
CP Hotels
King of Jordan
Joe Clark, External Affairs, Canada
Commissions
2002-2004 Munster and Sons, Whistler Homes
2000 CP Hotels
2000 Designed and Created the Award for The Governor Generals' Art Award for Canada
2000 Right Honourable Joe Clark, Corporate Gifting
Education
2003 Hot Cast Glass, Bestil Vallien, Tacoma Museum of Glass
1999 Red Deer College, Glass Casting with Mark Gibeau and Mitchall Goudet
1995 Pilchuk Glass School, Architectural Glass Casting with Paul Marion and Ann Troutner
1995 International Glass Symposium. GLAC Union, Teplice, Czech Republic
1993 Kiln Techniques, with David Reekie
1993 Kiln Forming Techniques, with Clifford Rainey
1992 Experimental Kiln Technique, with Warren Langley
1990 Kiln Forming and Fusing, with Klause Moje
1989 Lampworking, with Paul Stankurt
1989 Architechtural Fusing and Kiln Forming, with Liz Mapelli
Exhibitions
2005 "A Sense of Place", Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2002 BC Festival of the Arts, Arts Around Award Dinner
2002 "Year of the Mountain", Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2001 "Twin Show", Newsmall and Sterling
2001 Annual Invitational Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria, BC
2001 "Go Figure", Alberta Crafts Council Gallery
1999 "Hot Glass***Cold Women", Women's Invitational Glass Art Exhibition, MI
1999 "Expo II", Tampa, FL
1997 Invitational Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria, BC
1996 "A Survey of Contemporary Glass", Tustin Renaissance Gallery, Tustin, CA
Publications
1993 Contemporary Kiln Formed Glass "An International Exhibition"
1992 Glass Art, Sept-Oct
1989 Neus Glass Edition No.3 Aug
1989 The Globe and Mail
1988 "Frontlines" Western Living Magazine
1986 Alberta Report
Teaching
2005 Professional Artist in Residence Teacher at Pilchuk School of Glass
2004 Fusing Course, Canadian Ceramics Wholesaler, Surrey, B.C.
2004 Mold Making Course, Haynes, Alaska
2004 Hauberg Specialists for Pilchuck Glass School
2003 Mold Making Course, North West Art Glass, Seattle, Washington
2002 Kiln Cast Glass, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
2002 Kiln Cast Glass and Hot Casting, Pilchuk Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2000 Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
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