Glass

Joy Brown was born in Japan in 1951, a child of medical missionaries to Japan. Brown received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Eckerd College in Florida. After graduating, she returned to Japan to work as an apprentice in traditional Japanese ceramics for four years. During that time of rigorous training, she was required…

Dale Chihuly was born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington. He was introduced to glass at the University of Washington. After graduating in 1965 Chihuly enrolled in the first glass program in the country, at the University of Wisconsin. He continued his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design where he later established the glass…

Jan Exnar was born in 1951 in the Czech Republic. Originally, he aspired to be a painter and began his education at the Glass School in Železný Brod at the age of fifteen. However, he became exclusively captivated by the fascinating material of glass. He moved to Prague in 1970, where he studied at the…

Peter Greenwood was born in 1960 in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1979, he had a shift of consciousness; the mystique, the discipline, the spiritual exercise which defines glassblowing forever changed his life. At age 19, Greenwood attended the Rhode Island School of Design. He later studied at the Pilchuck School in Washington, where he was exposed…

Petr Hora was born in 1949 in the Czech Republic. Hora began his studies in 1965 at the Applied College of Glassmaking in Zelezny Brod. Hora’s work is remarkably powerful. He cuts into the surface deeply using a diamond disc saw, creating a subtle interaction of light on the form. The overall refined quality of…

Nancy Mee is a sculptor and glass artist based in Seattle, WA. Mee was born in 1951 and attended the University of Washington where she earned a BFA in Printmaking in 1974. An artist in residency at the Pilchuck School in 1984 had a profound impact on her work when she began experimenting with fusing…

Stephen Powell (1934-2021). He received his MFA from Louisiana State University in 1983 and taught in several schools in the U.S. and Australia. Powell is best known for his very large-scale, dramatic multi-colored vessels. His pieces are so large that they take a team of several glass artists to execute. In contrast to the large…