Hotel Murano’s Art Curator Tessa Papas has long been a fixture in the Northwest art scene. For years, she was part owner of Portland’s Chetwynd Stapylton gallery – once one of the city’s most prestigious galleries. No kidding, she’s been around the block – and around the world. In fact, her curatorial vision is stamped on Portland’s Hotel deLuxe and Seattle’s Hotel Max – also part of the Provenance Hotel family. When I talked with her the other day, it was clear that the work she is doing on behalf of the Murano is another highlight for her. “Before I started the Murano project,” she says, “I knew many of the world-class names in the art world.” But to prepare for this project, she says, “I spent about three months glued to the computer screen” surfing the Internet to learn as much about glass art as possible. But when it comes right down to it, photography doesn’t do justice to glass art, which works so intimately with lighting, its environment and the viewer’s perspective. In order to assemble this collection, Tessa traveled to Venice (Murano), Prague, Denmark and points beyond, meeting with artists and personally viewing their work before adding their work to this collection. Tessa immersed herself in a world of glass. Stop back to hear some of her stories about her world travels.

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