Sean Hennessey
P R E S S + P U B L I C A T I O N S + NOTES
2012
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship Award Washington, DC

Huffington Post Sean Hennessey’s ‘Reimagining Alice’ Puts Classic Tale in Glass by Brandon Wetherbee

James Renwick Alliance Recognition of Excellence in Craft Award

American Style Magazine Collectors on a Mission by Marilyn Millstone

2011
The Washington Post Washington Glass School: The First 10 Years by Michael O’Sullivan

2010
The Washington Sculptors Newsletter Featured Member by Rima Schulkind

June Midcity DC Two real-life artists making a living in the neighborhood by Amanda Abrams

2009
Inside Design Internet Radio Interview with Sherry Ways.

Washington Post Express Domestic Brights by Julia Beizer

Washington Examiner The Bloomingdale Five: Sean Hennessey by Em Hall

Finalist Enclave Arts Competition Silver Spring, MD

Finalist Urban Forest Project Washington, DC

Thrillist Enjoy: Sean Hennessey Art

Art Bank Collection Washington, DC

Washington Sculptors Group Board Member Programs Committee Chairperson

2008
DCCAH Artist Fellowship Award

October 2008 DIY City Mag Featured Artist

March 27th Craftiest Bastard of the Week
Washington City Paper

November 15 2007 Art Pick of the Day
Poppytalk | Featured Artist

March 2007 Craftiest Bastard of the Week
Washington City Paper | Featured Artist

September 23 2007 Small Wonder by Christina Breda Antoniades
The Washington Post | A glass sculptor creates his dream apartment—with a little help from his friends

August 2007 Shimmering Walls of Light at BlackRock by Claudia Rousseau
The Gazette | Review of exhibition

October 2006 heART of DC : John A Wilson Building City Hall Art Collection Catalogue by Claudia Rousseau
Reproduction of artwork and review in chapter titled: ‘The Changing Character of Art in Three Dimensions’

October 2005 Small Spaces, Big Style: Living Large
HGTV | Faux-finish work of Penn Quarter Loft featured in episode titled ‘Living Large’

April 2005 *I Want That! *
HGTV | Featured in segment about design of hand-made glass tiles

October 2004 Exhibit Gives Props to Theater Artisans by Sara Gebhardt
The Washington Post | Review of exhibition

March 25 2004 The B(ART)er Brigade by Annie Groer
The Washington Post | An Artist-in-Residence Swaps His Glass Creations for a Concrete Countertop and Glowing Glazed Walls

November 11 2002 Art-O-Matic Taking a Spin Through the Vast Expanse of Local Art by F. Lennox Campello
CultureFlux.com | Mention of work in Art-o-Matic exhibition

May 24 2001 Artist Mingles Images of Myth And Industry by Natalie Hopkinson
The Washington Post | Review of work in solo exhibition

June 28 2001 Artist Comes Out From Behind the Canvas to Promote His Work by Jeffrey Lyles
The Gazette | Review of work in solo exhibition

January 2002 Tribal Imagery Infused the Designs of the Recent Oedipus Trilogy Staged at DC’s Shakespeare Theatre
Stage Directions Magazine | by Deryl Davis | Mention of sculptures in Shakespeare Theatre production