"A unique property of glass that I really love is the constant change of viscosity resulting from a change of temperature. 
As glass cools it gradually stiffens and slows its movement.  I try to capture that naturally arrested movement like a dance performance viewed on stop-action video." 

1941     Born:  Cleveland, Ohio                                                                                                    4651 Melody Lane
1962     B.A.   Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio                                                                             Freeland, WA 98249
1967     M.F.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin                                              Cell: (520) 305-6190 
                                                                                                                                        Email: glasfrit@netscape.net     

Selected Honors and Awards 

Artist in Residence, Tacoma Glass Museum, Tacoma, Washington  June, 2008
Inaugural Artist in Residence, Toledo Ohio Museum of Art, Guest Artist Pavilion Project,  2006 – ‘08
Lifetime Achievement Award: Glass Art Society, 32nd Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands  2002
The Samuel R. Scholes Lecture Award, Alfred University, New York  1994
Rakow Award Glass Commission, Corning Museum, Corning, New York  1993
Elected to the College of Fellows, American Craft Council,  1988 

Selected Solo Exhibitions 

Firehouse Glass Gallery and Studio, Vancouver, Washington  2008
Hawk Gallery of Art, Columbus, Ohio  2006
Masters Exhibition, Hodge Gallery, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  2003
Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, Oregon  1994, 2001
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington  1985, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1997
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC  1988, 1991, 1992, 1995
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas  1976
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio  1969
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan  1968 

Selected Professional Experiences 

Glass Artist: 1964 to the Present
300+ Classes, Lectures, Workshops, & Demos in over 150 glass art facilities worldwide  1966-present
Glass Technologist and Consultant to glass studios and factories, world wide, 1989 - present
Trustee, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington  1994 - present
Founder and Trustee, Glass Art Society, 1971-72, 1974-76, 1980-82; President: 1976-78, & 82-84 

Selected Public Collections 

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia                                 
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Ebeltoft Museum of Glass, Ebeltoft, Denmark 
Frauenau Museum of Glass, Frauenau, Germany
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Kamenicky Senov Museum of Glass, Kamenicky Senov, Czech Republic  
Hsinchu Culture Center Collection, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, New York
Renwick Collection, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Saint Louis Museum of Art, Saint Louis, Missouri
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

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