Editing Dale Chihuly (section)

==Career==
[[File:Chihuly at Kew Gardens 043.jpg|thumb|Chihuly at Kew Gardens]]
In 1971, with the support of John Hauberg and Anne Gould Hauberg, Chihuly co-founded the [[Pilchuck Glass School]] near [[Stanwood, Washington]]. Chihuly also founded the HillTop Artists program in Tacoma, Washington at [[Jason Lee Middle School (Tacoma)|Hilltop Heritage Middle School]] and [[Woodrow Wilson High School (Tacoma, Washington)|Wilson High School]].

In 1976, while Chihuly was in England, he was involved in a head-on car accident that propelled him through the windshield.<ref name="The Stranger">{{Cite web |last=Graves |first=Jen |date=February 2006 |title=Glass Houses: Dale Chihuly Files a Lawsuit That Raises Big Questions... About Dale Chihuly |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=30734 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127054550/http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=30734 |archive-date=27 November 2011 |access-date=23 December 2016 |website=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]}}</ref> His face was severely cut by glass and he was blinded in his left eye. After recovering, he continued to blow glass until he dislocated his right shoulder in 1979 while [[bodysurfing]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=ANGLIN BURGARD |first1=TIMOTHY |title=Chihuly the Artist: Breathing Life into Glass |url=https://www.chihuly.com/life/writings/chihuly-artist-breathing-life-glass |website=chihuly.com |publisher=Chihuly, Inc. |access-date=11 February 2008}}</ref>

In 1983, Chihuly returned to his native Pacific Northwest where he continued to develop his own work at the Pilchuck Glass School, which he had helped to found in 1971. No longer able to hold the glassblowing pipe, he hired others to do the work. Chihuly explained the change in a 2006 interview, saying "Once I stepped back, I liked the view", and said that it allowed him to see the work from more perspectives, enabling him to anticipate problems earlier. Chihuly's role has been described as "more choreographer than dancer, more supervisor than participant, more director than actor".<ref name="Seattle Post Intellgencer"/> ''[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]'' reporter Erin Glass wrote that she "wonders at the vision of not just the artist Chihuly, but the very successful entrepreneur Chihuly, whose estimated sales by 2004 was reported by ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' as $29 million."<ref name="San Diego Union-Tribune">{{Cite web |last=Glass |first=Erin |date=22 April 2010 |title='Chihuly' a site-specific explosion of art at Salk |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/22/chihuly-a-site-specific-explosion-of-art-at-salk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730204709/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2010/apr/22/chihuly-a-site-specific-explosion-of-art-at-salk/ |archive-date=30 July 2016 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune}}</ref>

Chihuly and his team of artists were the subjects of the [[Documentary film|documentary]] ''{{vanchor|Chihuly Over Venice}}.'' They were also featured in the documentary ''Chihuly in the Hotshop,'' syndicated to public television stations by [[American Public Television]] starting on November 1, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chihuly Over Venice |url=https://www.chihuly.com/exhibitions/chihuly-over-venice |access-date=25 October 2017 |website=Chihuly.com}}</ref>

In 2010, the [[Space Needle]] Corporation submitted a proposal for an exhibition of Chihuly's work at a site in the [[Seattle Center]], in competition with proposals for other uses from several other groups.<ref>{{Citation |last=Heffter |first=Emily |title=Chihuly glass museum proposed at Seattle Center where Fun Forest stood |date=10 June 2010 |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011299316_glasshouse09m.html |work=[[Seattle Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312065200/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011299316_glasshouse09m.html |archive-date=12 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Heffter |first=Emily |title=In a second attempt to sell the city and the public on a Dale Chihuly glass exhibit at Seattle Center |date=10 June 2010 |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012083798_chihuly11m.html |work=[[Seattle Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613232033/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012083798_chihuly11m.html |archive-date=2010-06-13 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The project, which sees the new Chihuly exhibition hall occupy the site of the former Fun Forest amusement park in the Seattle Center park and entertainment complex, received the final approval from the Seattle City Council on April 25, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Ben |date=28 April 2011 |title=Divisive Dale Chihuly Glass-Art 'Museum' Approved for Former Seattle Amusement Park |url=http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/37553/divisive-dale-chihuly-glass-art-museum-approved-for-former-seattle-amusement-park |access-date=30 November 2012 |publisher=ArtInfo}}</ref> Called [[Chihuly Garden and Glass]], it opened May 21, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 May 2012 |title=Chihuly Garden and Glass Opens with Dedication Ceremony on Monday, May 21 |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chihuly-garden-and-glass-opens-with-dedication-ceremony-on-monday-may-21-152260115.html |access-date=30 November 2012 |publisher=PRNewswire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Riefe |first=Jordan |date=21 May 2012 |title=Dale Chihuly's 'Glass House' Shines in Seattle |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-dalechihuly-pix-idUSLNE84K00C20120521 |access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref>

=== 2006 lawsuit ===
In 2006, Chihuly filed a lawsuit against his former longtime employee, glassblower Bryan Rubino, and businessman Robert Kaindl, claiming copyright and trademark infringement. Kaindl's pieces used titles Chihuly had employed for his own works, such as Seaforms and Ikebana, and resembled the construction of Chihuly's pieces. Legal experts stated that influence on art style did not constitute [[copyright infringement]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-06-11 |title=Glass warfare |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2006/06/11/Floridian/Glass_warfare.shtml |access-date=20 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Hagan |first=Maureen |date=2005-12-20 |title=Glass artist Chihuly's lawsuit tests limits of copyrighting art |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/glass-artist-chihulys-lawsuit-tests-limits-of-copyrighting-art/ |access-date=20 December 2012}}</ref> Chihuly settled the lawsuit with Rubino initially,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Farr |first1=Sheila |last2=Kelleher |first2=Susan |date=2006-08-15 |title=Artists Chihuly, Rubino settle claims; suit against entrepreneur unresolved |work=The Seattle Times |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2003199340_chihuly15m.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2010-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020215352/http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2003199340_chihuly15m.html |archive-date=2012-10-20}}</ref> and later with Kaindl as well.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kelleher |first=Susan |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003484492_chihuly19m.html |title=Chihuly, rival glass artist settle dispute |date=2006-12-19 |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |access-date=20 December 2012}}</ref>