Glass In Flight Creative Contest

You could win this one-of-a-kind
2' tall Alex Heveri Sculpture!

Tucson artist Alex Heveri’s giant steel and stained glass sculptures of winged insects have been delighting visitors ever since they flew in and took up residence at the Desert Museum. Twenty-one of her special Dalle de Verre sculptures are currently on display throughout the Museum’s grounds until March 23, 2023.

For this creative contest, we want you to take Heveri’s sculptures as inspiration – and fly! The sky’s the limit. To participate in this contest, you will create something fun and creative that has been inspired by Heveri’s insect sculptures and then you will share it on social media using the #GlassInFlight hashtag so others can see your creation. This contest runs from January 1 — March 23, 2023.

The Sky’s The Limit

Here are some ideas to get you started. You could share a fun selfie with the sculpture, a creative photo of a Heveri sculpture, or create something entirely new — a new work of art inspired by the sculptures like a sketch, a drawing, a painting, an altered photo, an animation, or anything else you can dream up. We want to see your creativity!

Heveri will judge the entries based on creativity and pick the winner, but there are a few requirements to be considered to win the prize:

• Your creation must be recognizably inspired by the Glass In Flight sculptures created by Alex Heveri exhibited at the Desert Museum
• You must post your entry on social media, on Instagram or Facebook
• You must use the hashtag #GlassInFlight
• On Instagram: You must tag both of our accounts, @desertmuseumart and @desertmuseum so we can see your entry!
• On Facebook: You must tag both of our Facebook pages and set your post to public so that we can see it. @Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and @Art Institute and Ironwood Gallery of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Legal Disclaimer and the Fine Print

• You have until 11:59 PM MST on March 23, 2023 to submit your entry or entries.
• You may submit multiple entries.
• The contest is open on both Facebook and Instagram.
• You must be able to pick up the prize sculpture in-person at the Desert Museum.
• This contest is open to U.S. residents only.
• This contest will be judged by artist Alex Heveri.
• This contest is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Meta Platforms, Inc.

About the Art Institute

The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute was created to inspire conservation through art education. By encouraging creative ways of engaging with and communicating about science, natural history, and conservation in the Sonoran Desert and beyond, we inspire our students and visitors to form new connections and cultivate creative ways of seeing and relating to the natural world around us and its myriad inhabitants.

About the Exhibit

Glass in Flight is a traveling art and science sculpture exhibit featuring over 21 steel and Dalle de Verre glass sculptures of gigantic, realistic insects. Created by Alex Heveri, each sculpture captures the essence of flight. Sunlight through the colored glass mimics the transparency and iridescence of insect wings, intensifying the illusion of movement and life. All dragonflies and some butterflies are mounted on 12-foot-tall poles, making these towering, glittering sculptures informative, engaging and simply enchanting.

About the Artist

Alex Heveri is a Tucson-based artist, attorney and sculptor who has been creating enormous steel and glass structures for more than 25 years. Glass in Flight represents more than three years of solo work. Her massive Dalle de Verre glass and steel sculptures of life like bees, butterflies, beetles and dragonflies weigh more than 10,000 lbs!