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From the series Women's History & Literature Media, this program looks and listens to glass artist Audrey Handler. Handler's sculptures combine hand blown glass, wood, and metals, producing striking works of art. While providing the viewer with insight into Handler's artistic motivation and creative process through her voiceover, the program illustrates her activities with a collection of still photographs. It shows Handler working in her artistic space and creating intricate glass sculptures.

Given the active subject matter discussed in this program, it is disappointing to rely on still rather than moving images. Audrey Handler, Glass Artist is one of many programs produced by Jocelyn Riley, who has developed a varied collection of videos dealing with women in the arts. These programs provide first person accounts of a variety of creative individuals.

It is always exciting to watch the dramatic process of glass being blown and formed into an artistic creation. The program photographs are good quality and the narrative is clear and informative. However, given the powerful and active nature of the art form, this program would be more effective with moving images.

As with some other titles from Jocelyn Riley's productions, because of the very specific focus and limited coverage of Audrey Handler, Glass Artist, this program might only be appropriate for academic libraries in support of fine arts or oral history curricula.