Helen Glazer

Discipline: Visual Arts

Based In: Owings Mills, MD

Year at Millay: 2023

Awards/Honors: Artist-in-Residence, Abbott Watts Residency for Photography Residency, Monson Arts, Monson, ME (2024); Grant Recipient, Small Grants Program, US Embassy in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2022); Grant Recipient, Rubys Artist Grant, Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance/Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Baltimore, MD (2019, 2015); Finalist, The Trawick Prize, Bethesda Contemporary Art Award, Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District, Besthesda, MD (2017); Grant Recipient, The Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ (2017); Semi-Finalist, Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize, Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, Baltimore, MD (2016); Artist-in-Residence, Antarctic Artists and Writers Program, US Antarctic Program, US National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA (2015); Artist-in-Residence, Baltimore Ecosystem Study, Baltimore, MD (2014–2015); Award Winner, Photography, Independent Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD (2012); Fellow, Fellowship in Museum Practice, Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (1994–1995); Fellow, Art Writing Fellowship, Visiting Critics Program, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD (1989, 1987); Grant Recipient, Works in Progress Grant, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD (1988); Purchase Award Winner, Chautauqua Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY (1981); Artist-in-Residence, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD (1980–1982).

Website: https://helenglazer.com/

Helen Glazer’s photography is profoundly influenced by scientific insights into the physical forces that shape ecological environments, including human activity. A 2015 participant in the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artists and Writers Program, her solo show of that project, “Walking in Antarctica,” is touring the United States from 2022–2027 through ExhibitsUSA. She is currently working on a photographic history on how the Cold War and climate change have transformed the Greenlandic landscape.