Cappy Thompson (born January 22, 1952) is an American artist who works in the medium of

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. The basis of her

reverse glass painting Reverse painting on glass is an art form consisting of applying paint to a piece of glass and then viewing the image by turning the glass over and looking through the glass at the image. Another term used to refer to the art of cold painting and g ...

technique is ''

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'', which has been used on

stained glass Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...

since the

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. She lives and works in

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ...

and has a residence in

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. She has been an

artist in residence Artist-in-residence, or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs which involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs which provide artists with space a ...

Pilchuck Glass School Pilchuck Glass School is an international center for glass art education. The school was founded in 1971 by Dale Chihuly, Anne Gould Hauberg (1917-2016), and John H Hauberg (1916-2002). The campus is located on a former tree farm in Stanwood, Wa ...

and is a recipient of the school's Libensky award. Her best-known public works are ''Dreaming of Spirit Animals'' at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and ''Gathering the Light'' in the lobby of the

Museum of Glass The Museum of Glass (MOG) is a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m²) art museum in Tacoma, Washington, dedicated to the medium of glass. Since its founding in 2002, the Museum of Glass has been committed to creating a space for the celebration of the st ...

in Tacoma.

Solo exhibitions

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is a museum located in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, featuring several art collections. The permanent collection includes examples of 19th- and 20th-century American paintings and sculpture, Southern regional art, Ol ...

, Montgomery,

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. March 4-May 14, 2006

Honors and awards

*2012 John Hauberg Fellowship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington *2001 John Hauberg Fellowship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington *1998 Artist Images Series Bookmark, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington *1997 Fellowship, Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington *1995 Artist in Residence, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art, Toyama, Japan *1990 Fellowship for the Visual Arts, National Endowment for the Arts *1984 Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington

References

External links

Cappy Thompson Painted Glass
20th-century American artists 21st-century American artists Artists from Washington (state) Artists from Seattle People from Olympia, Washington American glass artists Living people 1952 births {{Glass-art-stub