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Richard Weiss (born 1946 in
Everett, Washington
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) is an
American
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** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
glass artist.
He is part of the
American Studio Glass Movement. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in psychology from
Yale University
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,
New Haven, Connecticut
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. He is a teacher at
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, W ...
and is primarily known for his large installations such as the work at
The Seattle/Tacoma Airport and his collaborations with Walter Lieberman with the name of WD40+.
Permanent collections and commissions
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City of Everett, Everett, WA
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City of Seattle
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, Seattle, WA
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Corning Museum of Glass
The Corning Museum of Glass is a museum in Corning, New York in the United States, dedicated to the art, history, and science of glass. It was founded in 1951 by Corning Glass Works and currently has a collection of more than 50,000 glass obje ...
, Corning, NY
*, Germany
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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, W ...
, Pilchuck, WA
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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 ...
, Tacoma, WA
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Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...
, London, England
*Chapel,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, formerly known as the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and also known as Fred Hutch or The Hutch, is a cancer research institute established in 1975 in Seattle, Washington.
History
The center grew out o ...
, Seattle, WA
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Edmonds Woodway High School
Edmonds Woodway High School is one of five high schools in the Edmonds School District in Edmonds, Washington, United States. It serves students in grades 9-12. It was ranked as the No. 318 high school in America by ''Newsweek Magazine'' in 20 ...
, Edmonds, WA
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General Dynamics Corp., Falls Church, VA (With Sonja Blomdahl)
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Kenai Community College, Homer, AK
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Kent Senior Citizen’s Center, Kent, WA
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Kentwood High School, Kent, WA
*M’Connell Foundation, Redding, CA
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North Central High School, Spokane, WA
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Opera House, Seattle, WA
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Port of Shanghai, China
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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, WA
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Sitka Lutheran Church, Sitka, AK
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University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...
, Seattle, WA
References
External links
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Henry Art Gallery - University of Washington - Article on a project of Dick Weiss'
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1946 births
Living people
American glass artists
People from Everett, Washington
Yale College alumni