Education
- 2001
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Rochester Institute of Technology, School For American Crafts, Rochester, NY
BFA in glass and glass sculpture
Robin Cass, Michael Taylor instructors in glass forming and sculpture
Work/Teaching Experience
- 2002- present
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Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Lead Gaffer/ Hot Shop Director, public demonstrations, product design, and visiting artist support
- 2017
- Visiting Artist, Piegaro, IT
- 2016
- Visiting Artist, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
- 2015
- A Cumulative Effect, session 5 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
- Visiting Artist, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB
- 2014
- Glass, Iron, and Wood, residency Penland NC
- Visiting Artist, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
- 2013
- Collaboration: Ideas to Execution, session 4 Pilchuck Glass School, teaching with Ann Wahlstrom
- 2012
- International Glass Symposium, Novy Bor, Czech Republic, demonstrating artist
- The Glass Factory, Boda, Sweden, visiting artist
- The Studio at Corning Museum of Glass, From the Sketchbook to the Blowpipe, one week workshop
- 2011
- Pittsburgh Glass Center, Getting It Done, one week workshop
- 2008
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Glass Art Society, Portland, OR
Demonstration on Corning Mobile Shop
- 2006
- Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Gaffer session 1, for artist in residence Trimpin
- 2005
- Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA, teaching assistant for Robin Cass, Session 3, glassblowing
- 2003
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Glass Art Society, Seattle, WA, 2003
demonstration on Corning mobile stage
- 2002
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Bacchus Glass, Sonoma,CA. 2002-present
gaffer, and assistant to Frank Cavaz - California Glass Exchange, assistant to Robin Cass, demonstrator
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The Studio at Corning, Corning,NY
teaching assistant for Robin Cass, beginning glass blowing class
- 2001
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Glass Art Society Demonstration, Corning,NY
assistant to Robin Cass, hot glass demonstration
- 2000
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Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
TA for Robin Cass, beginning glassblowing class
- 1999
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Blenko Glass Factory, Milton, West Virginia
Assistant for Hank Murta Adams, hot glass casting
- 1994- 1999
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Thames Street Glass, Newport, RI
Gaffer, assistant
Exhibitions
- 2018
- CIRCA Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
- 2017
- Let the Light In, Glass Biennial, Palomar College, San Diego, CA
- Recurrent Rhythms, Morgan Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2016
- Form Not Function, Duncan McClellan Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
- 2015
- Teapots! Morgan Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2nd Annual Gallery Invitational, Blue Rain Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
- 2014
- Natural Reflection, solo exhibition, Museum of Northwest Art, La Connor, WA
- Ethnobotany, Wright Park Conservatory, Tacoma, WA
- Accreted Terrane, Museum of Northwest Art, La Connor, WA
- 2013
- Kaleidochromatic, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
- 2012
- Twelve Hands, Sixty Toes, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
- 2011
- 10"x10"x10", a small works show, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2010
- Teapots!, Morgan Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
- Natural Progression, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
- 2009
- Blue Room, Nadania Idriss Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- Looking Forward, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
- Inspired By, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
- 2008
- SOFA, Chicago, IL, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
- Kinesthesia, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
- New Work, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
- Gesture and Cadence, Morgan Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2007
- Life Forms, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
- Pilchuck Glass Exhibition; Each Year the Fire Burns Brighter, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Solo Exhibition, Marthas' Vineyard Glassworks, August 2007, Marthas' Vineyard, MA
- Now- Glass on the Cutting Edge, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
- 2006
- SOFA, New York, represented by the Cervini Haas Gallery
- Framework, solo exhibition, Vetri International Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Pilchuck Staff Exhibition, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
- Focus on Glass, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
- Glass Invitational, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
- 2005
- Cocktails at Five, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA
- 2003
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Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA
Artists of My Era, Area, working drawing show
- 2001
- Glass Art Society Student Exhibition, Corning, NY
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Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester,NY,
58th Finger Lakes Exhibition -
Gallery R, Rochester, NY.
sculptural glass exhibition -
The Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY, May
Senior Thesis Show - Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY, Dec.- Jan.
- Niche Award Winner, glass, sculptural
- James Renwick Alliance, annual gala and auction, second prize
- 2000
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Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, August
Haystack TA Exhibition -
The Museum of Luminous Phenomena, Alfred, NY, April
Outdoor Light Exhibition
- 1999
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Bausch and Lomb, Rochester, NY, June
permanent installation
Publications
- 2009
- Kids Design Glass, (exhibition catalog) Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA. Essay for the exhibition.
- 2006
- 500 Glass Objects, By Maurine Littleton
- American Craft, portfolio section, October/ November
- 25 Years of New Glass Review, By Tina Oldknow
- 2002
- The New Glass Review, number 23