Media

Below are the most recent press articles about Flame Run.

Meet Brook Forrest White, Jr.

Courier-Journal - January 5, 2012

Learn more about Brook Forrest White, Jr., founder and gallery owner of Flame Run


Making Warm Memories and Christmas Ornaments at Flame Run

Louisville.com - December 15, 2011

Making a handcrafted blown glass ornament or snowman is a fun and unique gift that leaves a great memory.  Read more about this writer's experience at Flame Run Gallery.


Flame Run Glass Studio Offers Christmas Gift Idea

WHAS TV - December 12, 2011

WHAS visits the Flame Run studio to blow ornaments.


Peter Greenberg - Travel Tips

PeterGreenberg.com - December 9, 2011

America's travel expert, Peter Greenberg, encourages travelers to visit Flame Run Gallery to view the artists at work and make something yourself.


Blow Your Own Ornament Session Part 2

WDRB In the Morning - December 6, 2011

WDRB In the Morning visits Flame Run for an ornament blowing session.


Blow Your Own Ornament Session Part 1

WDRB in the Morning - December 6, 2011

WDRB in the Morning visits Flame Run for an ornament blowing session.


Falls freshening up: Interpretive Center unveils new suspended sculpture

News and Tribune - October 14, 2011

Brook White shares his experience designing and building the Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center sculpture.


Glass companions at Flame Run Glass Studio

Courier-Journal - October 6, 2011

In this exhibit, Flame Run is questioning if two heads are really better than one.


Brook Forrest White, Jr., Artist of the Month

Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass - September 2011

Learn more about Flame Run Gallery's owner, Brook Forrest White Jr., AACG's Artist of the Month for September.


Falls of the Ohio Launches Redesign

News and Tribune - June 3, 2011

The Falls of the Ohio State Park is redesigning the Interpretive Center. First in line for revitalization is remodeling the Interpretive Center’s rotunda, complete with a sculpture made of steel and blown glass being constructed by Flame Run Hotshop and Gallery in Louisville.


Not Your Average Carnival

WHAS 11 News - June 3, 2011

It's not your average carnival, it's The Glass Carnival, and it's introduces kids to the wonders of contemporary art glass. WHAS11's Adrianna Hopkins talked to the owner of Flame Run Glass Studio, Brook Forrest White, Jr.


Carnival of Glass at Flame Run

Courier-Journal - June 2, 2011

The Glass Carnival opens today at Flame Run Glass Studio and Gallery with work by 25 glass artists from across the country. They've taken glass and transformed it to create a menagerie that includes giraffes, elephants, penguins, owls and hedgehogs. There are even three blind mice, as well as a Humpty Dumpty, a space ship and several circus tents


The Falls of the Ohio Foundation Announces A Media Sneak Peek of its Flame Run Hotshop and Gallery Commission

One Southern Indiana Chamber of Commerce - May 27, 2011

Preview the Flame Run Hotshop and Gallery blown glass sculpture commission for the Falls of the Ohio State Park Interpretive Center Rotunda Project. The press conference will take place at 4:30 pm Friday, June 3, 2011 at Flame Run Gallery, 828 East Market Street, followed by a special open house First Friday Trolley Hop event.


Art, Recycling Come Together at Flame Run Glass Studio

Courier-Journal - February 17, 2011

Sungsoo Kim, a Cleveland-based artist, sees art where others see trash, but you wouldn't gather that from seeing his bold glass sculptures.


Flame Run Presents Recycled Objects Glass Artist Sungsoo Kim, Louisville, KY

Visit South - February 2011

See beautiful glass sculptures made with styrofoam molds.


Art to the People

LEO Weekly - December 29, 2010

Creative rising targets the Phoenix Hill neighborhood.  Brook White’s “Beacon” faces outward to the intersection, close to his Flame Run Glass Studio and Gallery. His sculpture proclaims that Louisville Metro is indeed a glass art site.


Flame Run Catches Fire at SOFA

The Arts Louisville - December 7, 2010

Read a retrospective on Flame Run's experience at the prestigous international glass art event in Chicago, SOFA.


The 411 With Sherlene Shanklin

WHAS TV - October 7, 2010

Sherlene Shanklin highlights Flame Run's Pumpkin Blow as a fun event for the family this fall.


The Glass Art Society brings international attention to Louisville

Louisville.com - June 9, 2010

When most people out of state think about international conferences held in Louisville, they picture the Farm Machinery Show. If they're thinking hard, they might conjure an image of Something With Horses. What they don't picture is the international Glass Art Society conference.


Fiery lessons: Flame Run's owner follows mentor

Courier-Journal -  June 8, 2010

From blasts of 2,000-degree heat enveloping globs of molten glass, Brook White creates art out of the fires of his furnace and his imagination.


Glass Art Conference and Festival Get Underway

Courier Journal - June 7, 2010

Today, Louisville is becoming known for its growing numbers of glass artists and glass studios. This led the international Glass Art Society to bring its annual conference here.


Out & About @ Flame Run Glass Gallery and Studio

Voice Tribune - February 3, 2010

Contrary to what you might think, Flame Run Glass Gallery and Studio’s name has nothing to do with glass blowing.


Louisville offers up out-of-the-box gifts

Courier-Journal - November 20, 2009

Blown-art-glass, multicolored vessels epitomize the gallery's exquisite craftsmanship and artistry.


Go Ahead and Blow This Opportunity

Lexington Herald-Leader - November, 2009

Louisville glass gallery lets you make your own ornament.


Profile: Tiffany Ackerman

LEO-Weekly - September 2, 2009

How could a person who has an aversion to fire be a glassblower?  The answer lies with Tiffany Ackerman, resident artist at Flame Run.


Glass Artist: Brook White

Blisstree.com - August 31, 2009

This article profiles Brook Forrest White, Jr.


2008 Best of Kentuckiana - Flame Run

Flame Run was awarded first place for Best Kentucky Art Gallery.


Pulling Christmas from a Honey Pot

Odyssey Children's Magazine - November 2008

Forming a glass ornament is like "cooking up rainbows".


Hot Tunes in a Hard Cold Medium

Glass Craftsman - Aug/Sep 2008

Glass artist Brook Forrest White Jr.'s soundtrack for creativity.


Flame Run Hotshop & Gallery

Consuming Louisville - July 2008

Details about a tour of Flame Run.


A Glass Act

Courier-Journal - March 2008

Ambition is no stranger to Brook White. For a long time, the Kentucky native thought he was a soccer player destined to get a real job as a lawyer. But we can all be glad that instead he got mesmerized by the hot-glass program at Centre College in Danville, Ky.


Apprenticing With a Master

Arts Across Kentucky - December 2007

Legacy of Stephen Rolfe Powell - written by Brook Forrest White, Jr.


What I'm into . . .

Velocity Weekly - November 2007

Tiffany Ackerman has been playing clarinet since she was 10 and studied painting in college, but all along she knew that she wanted to be a glass artist.


Glass-blowing is breathtaking

The Cincinnati Enquirer - November 2007

This holiday season, why not start a tradition that's hot and dangerous? Louisville's Flame Run Glass Studio and Gallery lets you do just that with its annual Holiday Ornament Blow.


Hot Stuff in Louisville

Southern Living - November 2007

Blown Away at Flame Run.


Louisville: Renaissance City of Glass

AACG - July 2007

Look no further for a place that combines a warm, friendly atmosphere with one of the most progressive and cutting-edge contemporary glass experiences in the nation.


Focused on Flame

The State Journal – June 11, 2007

The sculpture hanging as a chandelier in the entryway of the Christian Life Center under construction at First United Methodist Church reflects a significant experience in religious history.


Flame Run Celebrates Women in Glass

Kentucky Monthly – June 2007

Flame Run studio and gallery is celebrating women glass artists with "Women in Glass," an exhibit that features the work of nationally recognized artists and their local counterparts.


"Women in Glass" molds new picture

Courier-Journal – May 27, 2007

With such fashion accents as Kevlar sleeves, leather aprons, respirators and goggles for hot-glass artists, it's clearly a dress-down job with fancy results.


Glass from the class: Students help with school art

Courier-Journal - April 7, 2007

Flame Run co-owner Brook White, with a little help from Hazelwood Elem. students, made a glass sculpture that was installed above the school's front doors.


Ten Years Out

Ceramics Monthly - March, 2007

An exhibition featuring the work of ten glass artists and ten ceramics artists who graduated between 1996–2006 from Tyler School of Art at Temple University, is on display at Flame Run Gallery and Studio.


Be A Glass Master

Kentucky Living – December 2006

Create your own blown-glass ornament with the help of the glass artists at Flame Run.


100 Great Kentucky Gifts

Kentucky Monthly – December 2006

Kentucky Monthly lists 100 great gifts that are produced in Kentucky or readily available throughout the commonwealth


Tree Festival Sparks Flame Run’s Interest

Courier-Journal - November 17, 2006

This weekend's Festival of Trees and Lights is special to Brook Forrest White Jr. and his wife, Susie Slabaugh, owners of the Flame Run contemporary art glass studio.


Flaming success

Business First - June 16, 2006

Local glass studio trying to build industry one customer at a time.


Fire Power

Louisville Magazine - June 2006

Glass is a remarkably dynamic medium for art. As a sculptural form, it is fluid and mobile, and the depths of its possibilities have yet to be fully plumbed.


Art of Louisville

Courier Press - April 28, 2006

Once a year, the Kentucky Derby puts Louisville in the spotlight. Year-round, however, the city offers increasingly more attractions than the fancy-hat horse race it's best known for.


Stephen Rolphe Powell

Evansville Living - March/April 2006

Owensboro native Brook Forrest White, Jr. studied under internationally acclaimed glass artist Stephen Rolphe Powell at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, before opening his own glass studio.


Creating a Glass Destination - Brook Forrest White Jr. shares the magic of Flame Run

Lane Report - August 2005

For Brook Forrest White Jr., the art of glass-blowing is magic, pure and simple.


Louisville's Flame Run Shows a Lot of Glass

Cincinnati-Enquirer - March 13, 2005

At Louisville's newest glass studio, Flame Run, the artists want the public to share the excitement of the creative process.


Noble Series Awards

Kentucky.gov January 27, 2005

Governor's Awards for the Arts are hand blown glass vessels from the "Noble Series", created by Kentucky artist Brook Forrest White, Jr. White is a Kentucky Arts Council 1998 Al Smith Fellowship recipient and a juried participant of the Kentucky Craft Marketing Program.


Shaping an Art-Glass Reputation

The Courier-Journal -October 17, 2004

Rising from the floor of the Flame Run art glass studio in downtown Louisville is as nice a basketball goal as you'll find on any driveway in Kentucky. It stands like a piece of ironic art in the back half of the cavernous shop in the former Tractor Supply building at 828 E. Market St.


Flame Run

Kentucky Educational Television (KET) - July 4, 2004

Glass artists Brook Forrest White Jr. and Susie Garbee Slabaugh further enhanced Louisville’s growing reputation as a destination for contemporary glass art with the July 2, 2004 opening of the Flame Run studios.


Art glass is becoming a booming class act

Louisville Scene - July 3, 2004

Art appreciation in Louisville is booming, but increasingly it seems to be appreciation of art glass.


Artists fire up glass operation in former Tractor Supply site

Louisville Business First - March 19, 2004

A gallery of original glass creations, a working hot shop and classes in glass artistry are ingredients for a new glass-blowing venture created by two area artists.


 

 


This technique uses heat and gravity, and sometimes a mold, to form glass.