In May, at the DC show "Artomatic" - the James Renwick Alliance awarded Michael Janis the Blue Ribbon "Award of Excellence" for glass. Janis will talk about his work to the James Renwick Alliance on June 2 and 22 at Artomatic's JRA Resource room. Michael Janis is on the cover of the latest issue of Glass Art Magazine. Click to read the article online The editor of the magazine wrote the article, and there are photos of the sgraffito class in action, as well as many images of Janis' work - some that will be on display at Blue Spiral 1 in the exhibition, Glass Secessionism, June 7 - September 5, including the web's cover image.