Using distinct styles, the artists blend glass techniques with personal heritage and contemporary perspective. The show will feature works by 13 artists from a wide variety of tribal affiliations - including Friday and other Northwest artists like Preston Singletary, Joe Feddersen, Carly Feddersen, Raya Friday, Brian Ray Barber and Emmanuel (Manolo) Aguilera-Santos - working in blown glass, neon, mosaics, mixed media and sculpture. 13-16, with events happening all month).įriday’s live appearance is also part of a new exhibit at Seattle Glassblowing Studio: Native Voices: Celebrating Native American & Indigenous Glass Artists (Oct.
The demos are part of the citywide Refract Glass Festival (officially Oct. 15, features locally based Season 3 contestant Minhi Su England. 14, free with registration) during an upcoming series of glass blowing demonstrations at Seattle Glassblowing Studio. I won’t spoil the final results, but will say you can see one of this season’s contestants, renowned Lummi artist Dan Friday, work his glass magic live and in person (Oct. Plus, who doesn’t love seeing molten glass pulled out of a roaring kiln?ĪrtSEA: Notes on Northwest Culture is Crosscut’s weekly arts & culture newsletter. It’s silly in the way of all reality shows, but the vibe is one of camaraderie rather than cutthroat, and I must admit it has increased my understanding of glassblowing techniques. I recently binged the third season - I’ve watched all three - and still have love/hate feelings about it.
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