Board of Directors

 

Jane Dunlap

Toni Hippeli

Janet Hopkins Sutton

Michael Miro

Delinda VanneBrightyn

 

 

Advisory Board

 

Diane Harris

Don Larson

Heather Miro

Jerome Nickerson

Robert Parker

Julie Rose

Michael Walker

 

 

 Friends of TIGA

 

Susan Clark

Jane & Roy Dunlap

Betsy & Richard Ehrenberg

Ira Lujan

Scott Messick

Charlotte Miller

Charlie Miner

Patrick Morrisey

 

 

Founding Members

 

Delinda VanneBrightyn

Michael Miro

Carol Savid

Michael Miro

Board of Directors, Secretary/Treasurer

TIGA Operations Manager

Founding Member

 

 

Michael Miro spent his first 50 years in the San Francisco Bay area. He joined the Air Force in 1970 and was trained in graphics. After completing his service he went to college and received a degree in Social Science. In the 1980’s he started his own printing business and began publishing a music magazine. In the 1990’s he formed a non-profit organization called 510 Arts and Culture to promote the arts in the East Bay. This lead him again to publish an arts magazine and began producing a TV program which covered the arts in the Bay area. Eventually, becoming bored with city life, he decided to move to Taos and find his own artistic voice. After getting settled in Taos and some research, he found his medium, glass.

Presently, Michael’s interest is in fused and slumped glass. Creating objects rich in texture and design he explores the functional and architectural possibilities of glass. His background in graphics and two dimensional art finds its perfect expression in fused glass where color, shape and design all merge and the cold physicality of the object is paramount.

Michael has used his skills in organizing and graphic design in Taos. He serves on the board of the Glass Alliance - New Mexico and was instrumental in organizing the First Annual Taos Art Glass Invitational. He worked with the Taos Artist Organization (TAO), organizing and producing the TAO Open Studio Tour catalog. The creation of the Taos Institute for Glass Arts has been in his plans since he moved to Taos and started working in glass.

“I consider myself a post-post modernist, rejecting the conceptual narrative for the pure spectacle of form and design. I draw from the designs found in functional objects from Africa and Asia in particular, as well as the Mid-Century Modern design movements in the US and Europe. I prefer functional objects and like to create things for use. Decor, industrial and architectural design are presently my greatest interests”.

 

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About

Our Board of Directors

 

Delinda VanneBrightyn

Michael Miro

Toni Hippili

 

 

About

Our Educational Directors

 

William C. Davis & JoNan Davis