Image: Toots Zynsky, Copioso, 2014, Filet-de-Verre Fused and thermo formed colored glass threads
Join us at the Museum of Northwest Art for an artist talk with acclaimed glass artist Toots Zynsky, one of many artists featured in the current exhibition, Geppetto’s Children: Italo Scanga at Pilchuck Glass School.
Zynsky will talk about her career as an artist using the distinctive “filet de verre” technique she invented, her work both past and present, the impact and influence of working with Dale Chihuly and Italo Scanga, and what it was like being at Pilchuck Glass School during its founding.
Cost: Free for members | $5 suggested donation for non-members
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About the Artist:
“When I hear music, it translates into color.”
—Toots Zynsky
Toots Zynsky’s distinctive heat-formed filet de verre (glass thread) vessels enjoy widespread popularity and deserved acclaim for their often extraordinary and always unique explorations in color. Defying categorization, her pieces inhabit a region all their own, interweaving the traditions of painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts.
Mary Ann Toots Zynsky was born in 1951 and raised in Massachusetts. Known professionally and to her friends as Toots Zynsky, she received her Bachelor's degree in fine arts in 1973 at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence. There, she was one of a group of pioneering artists studying with Dale Chihuly who founded Pilchuck Glass School, which ultimately made studio glass a mainstream phenomenon.
Learn more at www.tootszynsky.com.
Image: Toots Zynsky, Dale Chihuly, and Italo Scanga, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, 1981 © Chihuly Studio
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