craig McCullen
Bull’s-eye
nov 13 - dec 21, 2025*
FIRST WEDNESDAY OPENING: dec 3, FROM 6 - 9PM
ARTICULATE ARTIST TALK: SUNDAY, dec 7, AT 4PM.
NORMAL GALLERY HOURS: TUE - SUN, 12PM - 6PM
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Glass artist Craig McCullen creates work that is both imaginative and whimsical. He owns Whoojoo Glass Studio and Art Gallery in downtown Lafayette, Louisiana. McCullen has completed works for New Iberia Catholic High School and Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church in Rayne, Louisiana. He has had opportunities to work and study with leading glass artist in from around the world. He has taught at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and with the Acadiana Arts Council.
“Rondels are blown glass plates and beautiful works of art. They are the creations by glass artists who employ centrifugal force to defy gravity with molten glass globes called gathers. The hot gathers are twirled around on the end of a 4ft. steel rod called a punty. This spinning action is similar to a potter’s centering clay on a potter’s wheel. The hot glass stretches outward and creates a near perfect circular shape.
A rondel displays well in a leaded glass composition. However by its captivating nature, it easily becomes the focal point or the “Bull’s-eye” of the leaded glass composition.
This exhibit is called “Bull’s-eye” to describe the prominence of rondels in my leaded glass sculptures. My intention though is to incorporate the roundels in my designs so as not to be “bull’s-eyes”. The true name for this exhibit is “Ten Ways to miss the Bulls’-eye”.
Many of the titles suggest thoughts that promote that end.
My leaded glass works are celebrations of color and light. Each piece of glass in a composition is a jewel. Every piece is significant no matter how small or intense its color is. Each glass piece has the potential to shine brightly when the light source, the sun, positions itself so as to give the glass piece its moment of fame.
It is that way too with the glass sculpture boxes except their focal points are not rondels. These sculptures have multiple focal points. Their purpose is for you to see them through the textured clear glass. So move around the glass sculptures. They are made to be fun spaces that tickle your eye.
And yes, these are artworks to live with. They are light filters that create of lifetime of multiple wonders via the sun.” - McCullen
This exhibition is presented alongside the latest works from Craig McCullen. All works from these artists are on view, free of charge, during regular gallery hours (12 - 6 p.m., Tue - Sun) from Nov 13 - Dec 21, 2025.