Richard
Ritter has been an active participant in the Studio
Art Glass Movement for over 38 years, creating
glass in the mountains of North Carolina near
Penland School of Crafts. His work has been exhibited
internationally and has involved the extensive
exploration of images created using murrini processes.
Richard’s work is represented in numerous
public and private collections including The Corning
Museum of Glass, the American Craft Museum, the
White House Permanent Craft Collection, the Mint
Museum of Craft + Design, the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art and the Boston Museum of Fine Art.
Richard has been the recipient of the National
Endowment for the Arts’ Fellowship in 1984
and the North Carolina Artists’ Fellowship
Grant. In 2000 he received the Honorary Doctor
of Fine Arts from the College for Creative Studies
School of Art and Design.
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