Glass artist and Cleveland Institute of Art Professor Brent Kee Young, has been recognized by many museums, galleries, colleges and universities in the United States and Asia, which have displayed and/or acquired his work or invited him to speak, demonstrate or teach. In 2006, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery acquired its second piece by Brent Young for its permanent collection. In 2008, he was awarded the Viktor Schreckengost Teaching Award at the Cleveland Institute of Art.