SOFA WEST-SANTA FE
Posted in Notes from Kenn Holsten on June 15th, 2009 by Kenn HolstenSOFA WEST-SANTA FE ended yesterday. What a great 4 days! We were fortunate to represent 3 of the leading figures in contemporary glass: Dale Chihuly, Lino Tagliapietra and William Morris. It was fun to have Lino and his wife Lina here with us for the weekend. Saturday night there was a great event at the Santa Fe Opera where Lino was the guest of honor. After a sumptuous Italian dinner and Lino’s inspiring talk about glass, music, food, wine and his love of life, four members of the Opera sang arias from La Traviata and The Elixir of Life. It was a perfect New Mexico summer evening and the event was held outdoors under a huge white canopy. Lino was in rare form and actually sang a few lines of one of his favorite Italian songs. Since I live in Santa Fe part of the year it was particulary enjoyable for me to bring together two different parts of my life–my life in the Southwest and my gallery in the Northeast. I look forward to future years of this show and hope many of you will be able to be here in the summer of 2010!