From Egypt to the Mardi Gras Indians, take a 4,000-year-old glass journey

NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO ) — It’s a four-thousand-year history.

A show that shows up at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

“Here, we’re kinda glass that’s art for art’s sake. So it’s making things that are intentionally beautiful” said Curator of Decorative Arts and Design Mel Buchanan.

WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood takes you there.

It’s called Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass at the New Orleans Museum of Art .

“The mission is that glass is part of all our daily lives, yet it doesn’t stop being magical,” said Buchanan.

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