PILCHUCK - Key Persons

Danielle "Dani" Kaes is a light artist and educator based in Seattle, Washington. She graduated with a BS in Biochemistry from the University of Puget sound in 2022. Starting as a traditional glassblower as part of the Hilltop Artist program in 2012, she transitioned into neon after apprenticing as a commercial neon bender in a prominent Seattle sign shop. She has continued to work in neon independently and commercially, using it as her main artistic medium, often citing its inherently temporary nature as its most valuable and interesting feature. Interested in the innate humor found in nihilism and the absurd, her work plays with scale, brash color choices, animation, and repeating simple shapes to explore the idea of what has the potential to become art rather than setting out to make art itself. She often describes her work as "nothing she would ever want in her house" because it is "big, bright, and always flashing". As an artist, she has exhibited at various institutions including Pilchuck Glass and Museum of Glass. Kaes is passionate about maintaining open access to information, seeing it as necessary to continue the medium. As an educator, she demonstrated and instructed at various renowned institutions including Pilchuck Glass School, Museum of Neon Art, and the Glass Art Society.

Dante Marioni

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Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Programs Committee

David Rios

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Chicano Artist

David Rios is a Chicano artist based in Tacoma, WA. Rios discovered his passion for glass in 2010 during an intensive work program with Hilltop Artists. Over a decade of experimentation and creative risk taking, Rios has refined his techniques to create a body of work that represents his cultural identity. Rios has earned scholarships from Pilchuck Glass School and The National Craft School Experience which have allowed him to invest significant time and resources into exploring his craft. Most recently Rios was awarded the 2020 Greg Piercy Grant for his dedication to youth development through art. Today, Rios spends his time educating the general public at the Museum Of Glass in Tacoma and across social media platforms.

David Willis

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Co - Chair of the Programs Committee
Member of the Board
Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the DEAI Committee

Davin Ebanks

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Member of the DEAI Committee

Dian Hartono

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Member of the Auction Committee

Dorothy Saxe

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Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Development Committee
Member of the Governance Committee

Dr. Raymond Tymas-Jones

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Co - Chair of the DEAI Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Programs Committee
Vice - President of the Executive Committee
Vice President of the Board of Trustees

Eric Bennett

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Member of the Communications Committee
Member of Communications Committee

Ethan Stern

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Fay Hauberg Page

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Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Operations Committee

Fritz Dreisbach

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Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Operations Committee
Member of the Programs Committee

Gail James

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Member of the Communications Committee
Member of the Development Committee
Member of Communications Committee

Isaac Feuerman

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Member of the Auction Committee

Jacob Willcox

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Artist from Tacoma

Jacob Willcox is a glass and light artist from Tacoma, Washington. He is an alum of the Hilltop Artists program based in Tacoma, Washington, where he began working with glass in 2012. He went on to study at Alfred University where he obtained his BFA with concentrations in glass and neon in 2021. His work investigates ideas surrounding consumption, excess and indulgence. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions such as the Museum of Glass, the New Bulgarian University, and the Tacoma Art Museum . Outside of his artistic practice he maintains a position as the Neon Department Head at a Seattle sign shop. Willcox also works in the educational field as an instructor at Hilltop Artists while also teaching and demonstrating at various institutions like Pilchuck Glass School, Museum of Neon Art and the Glass Art Society.

Jay MacDonell

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Member of the Auction Committee

Jen Elek

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Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the DEAI Committee
Member of the Programs Committee

Jessica Landau

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Member of the DEAI Committee

Jimmy Anderegg

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Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Operations Committee
Member of the Programs Committee

Joanna Sikes

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Member of the Auction Committee

John H. Hauberg

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Partner
Named for Pilchuck Co - Founder

Named for Pilchuck co-founder John H. Hauberg (1916-2002)-philanthropist, art collector, and important patron of artists-the fellowship residency was established to encourage collaboration among a group of outstanding artists.

Julia Chamberlain

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Member of the Communications Committee
Member of Communications Committee

Kait Rhoads

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Member of the Auction Committee

Katrina Russell

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Member of the Development Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Finance and Investment Committee
Member of the Governance Committee
President of the Board of Trustees
President of the Executive Committee

Kiley Branson

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Member of the Auction Committee

Kimberly Keith

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Member of the DEAI Committee

Leah St Lawrence

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Member of the Auction Committee

Leslie Chihuly

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Member of the Governance Committee

Leslie Jackson

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Maria Mackey

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Chairman of the Audit Committee
Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Development Committee
Chairman ( TBD? )

Mary Lu Hawes

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Member of the Auction Committee

Megan Smith

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Member of the DEAI Committee

Michael Endo

Michael Endo was born in Portland, Oregon. He received an M.F.A. in painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, in 2009 and a B.A. from Portland State University, Oregon in 2005. Endo's studio work has been included in national and international exhibitions at venues such as The National Glass Centre (Sunderland, UK), Disjecta (Portland, Oregon), Yuan Yuan Art Center (Jinan, China), and Bullseye Projects (Portland, Oregon and Mamaroneck, New York). Endo is currently the curatorial consultant at Bullseye Projects, organizing exhibitions at The Byre and assisting with traveling exhibitions and art fairs. In 2019, he moved to Yucca Valley, California where he founded High Desert Observatory with his partner Emily Endo. Endo is currently the Artistic Director at Pilchuck Glass School.

Nate Watson

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Member of the DEAI Committee

Patricia Davidson

Patricia Davidson has been working with glass for 33 years. She has extensive knowledge in blowing, sculpting, casting and kiln forming techniques. Her career has been acknowledged with many awards, opportunities and international recognition. She received a BA from Southern Illinois University (1986) and a MFA from the University of Illinois (1991). Upon graduating from U.I., she was awarded a residency at Pilchuck Glass School. During the residency she was invited to become a member of Dale Chihuly's glass blowing team. For 10 years Davidson worked as a member of Dale's team. Traveling extensively for Chihuly studio, she has worked in many glass factories in Europe. She has been the only woman gaffer of chandeliers at Chihuly studio. While working for Chihuly, she also worked as a staff member, teacher and visiting artist at Pilchuck Glass School and Pratt Fine Arts Center. She has participated in the Visiting Artist and Hot Lunch programs at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma. Davidson has also taught international workshops in Ireland and Finland. She has been honored to work as an assistant to Pino Signoretto, Lino Tagliapietra, Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick. An accomplished educator, Davidson has created glass curriculum and taught at Silas High School Career and Technical Education, Hot Shop Heroes, Museum of Glass, Hilltop Artists in Residence, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Pilchuck Glass School and University of Washington.

Pearl Dick

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Member of the DEAI Committee

Preston Singletary

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Member of the Auction Committee
Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the DEAI Committee
Member of the Programs Committee

Richard Royal

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Richard Wortley

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Chairman of the Development Committee
Co - Chair of the Development Committee
Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Finance and Investment Committee

Roger MacPherson

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Member of the Auction Committee
Member of the Board
Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Finance and Investment Committee
Member of the Operations Committee

Sandy Baklor

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Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Development Committee

Sara Dodd

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Member of the Auction Committee

Sharon Huling

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Member of the Auction Committee
Member of the Development Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Governance Committee

Shelly Muzylowski Allen

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Co - Chair of the Auction Committee

Stacy Kendall

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Member of the Auction Committee

Stephanie Maurer

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Co - Chair of the Auction Committee

Stephen Dewalt

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Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Communications Committee
Member of the Development Committee
Member of the Finance and Investment Committee
Member of Communications Committee

Steve Funk

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Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Operations Committee

Steve Klein

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Chairman of the Operations Committee
Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Programs Committee

Steven Pinsky

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Chairman of the Communications Committee
Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Development Committee
Chairman of Communications Committee

Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend

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Co - Chair of the Programs Committee
Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the DEAI Committee

Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend, a past board member of the Glass Art Society (1982-86) and an Honorary Life Member, served as the first woman president from 1984-86. She was a partner and co-creator of the architectural glass studio, Renaissance Glass, from 1973-1987 in ¬Austin, Texas. Her work in glass and mixed media, architectural glass, hot glass and public art is in many private collections and public institutions including LA County Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Oakland Museum of California, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Museum of Art and Design, NY, and City of Los Angeles among others.

Taylor Hawes

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Member of Finance and Investment Committee
Member of the Development Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Treasurer of the Board of Trustees
Treasurer of the Executive Committee
Treasurer of the Finance and Investment Committee

Therman Statom

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Co - Chair of the DEAI Committee
Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Development Committee
Member of the Programs Committee

Toby Levy

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Member of the Board
Member of the Communications Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Operations Committee
Secretary of the Board of Trustees
Secretary of the Executive Committee

Tom Bosworth

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Seattle Architect

Seattle architect, Tom Bosworth, won an award from the American Institute of Architects for the shake-and-timber design of Pilchuck's lodge. This building houses the campus dining room, kitchen and reading room, lovingly referred to as the Lil'Berry, on the main level. The print shop and library are located on the lower level.

Tom Kasten

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Member of the Development Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Finance and Investment Committee
Member of the Governance Committee
Vice - President of the Executive Committee
Vice President of the Board of Trustees

Tommy Gregory

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Member of the Auction Committee

Tomo Sakai

Born and raised in Japan, Tomo Sakai discovered glass when she was a teenager. After graduating from the glass program at Tama Art University in Tokyo in 2002, she moved to a small town in the glassmaking region of the Czech Republic to study glass engraving. After three years of study, she moved back to Japan with her husband, Eric Cruze, to establish a public glass studio in Gifu. With the knowledge they gained, they moved to America where they currently base their practice in Worcester, Massachusetts. Sakai makes sculpture, tableware, jewelry, and has produced numerous public art works. She is also a freelance cold worker and teaches engraving classes. In 2016, Sakai became the first cold-worker-in-residence at the Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass. She continues to teach at Corning every year, often with glass artist Martin Rosol. Sakai's work was selected for the New Glass Now exhibition at the Corning Museum of Glass in 2019, and in 2021/22 her work can be seen at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery. Sakai was a Pilchuck Glass School 2021 John H. Hauberg Fellow.

Tracy Morgenstern

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Member of the Auction Committee

TRENTON QUIOCHO

Trenton Quiocho is a Filipino-American, Tacoma native, and has been working with glass for over 15 years in various capacities. He has held positions as a glassblower, hot shop technician, and teaching artist with organizations including Chihuly Boathouse, Glassybaby, Hilltop Artists, and the Museum of Glass in Tacoma. Currently, he is the Production Manager at Hilltop Artists in Tacoma. Most recently, he curated and exhibited at Tacoma Art Museum's GATHER: 27 Years of Hilltop Artists exhibition, as well as showcased works at Auburn City Hall. He also has upcoming artist residencies at Museum of Glass and Barrio Glassworks in Carlsbad, California. Through his day job working with young people, he is especially passionate about advocating and creating more accessible and sustainable opportunities for young BIPOC creatives to explore glassblowing.

Wendy McKee

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Member of the Auction Committee