Correia Art Glass The nation's great museums own Correia Art Glass. It's in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the Corning Museum and the Chrysler Museum of Art. Each year Correia Art Glass also receives commissions for special pieces from corporations and public institutions and is included in the White House art holdings. Correia Art Glass, located in Santa Monica, California, is a small family-owned glass studio. It was founded in 1973 by nationally recognized glass artist Steven V. Correia, whose work with glass and light has been exhibited all over the world. Patricia Correia laid the foundation for Correia's national reputation by introducing the glass to the finest retailers and fine art museums. Correia Art Glass is of the highest quality and most elegant design. Its allure is the visual aesthetic of color, form and tactile sensation, yet it is also the perfect marriage of art and function. These pieces beg to be held and used. The skilled artisans at Correia Art Glass use the freehand blowing techniques and tools of centuries past while applying new technology that produces superior results. Liquid glass pulled from the furnace's 2600 degrees F inferno onto long stainless steel pipes, is blown and twirled and worked in an artful silent ballet of hot glass applied to hot glass. The molten magic of fire transforming fine sand from the American Southwest into glass is an entirely handmade process using their own formulas of minerals and precious metals. The result is art achieved through color, shape and light. Designs are garnet-etched into the surface of the glass never painted on. Each piece is then signed, dated and registered for authenticity.