18th Foundation Show

SHOW OPENS Thurs 3/12/26 5:30-7:30 pm (winners announced at 6:30 pm) Show will be up through Sunday, 5/3/26 GALLERY HOURS: Saturday 1:00 - 4:00 pm | Sunday 10:00 - 4:00 pm FEATURED ARTISTS Janet Austin, Meris Barreto, Whitney Bates, Robin Bellinger, Patricia Bisshop, David Lee Black, Michael Boisvert, Cecilia Bonvino, Dan Borden, Paul Briggs, John Buron, Peter Campbell, Laura White Carpenter, Marc Clamage, Justine Comire, Mauro de Carvalho, David Delanos, Joanne Delmonico, Molly Kugler Dickinson, Cynthia J DiDonato, Jean Duffy, Liliana Fijman, Eran Fraenkel, Carol Frieswick, Kim Gardner, Topher Gent, Ann-Marie Gillett, Sarah Gizzarelli, Ellen M Gould, Amanda Gray, Cauley Greene, Victoria Guerina, Carolyn Hansen, Sean J Harrington, William Hewes, Natalie Hogan, Elizabeth Jacobs, Judith Jacobs, Bonnie Jaffe, Alicia Jarchow, Dalton Kaplan, Gurcharan Khanna, Liliya Krys-Burhoe, Julia Lawson, Jenny Leary, Roger Lemelin, Vesna I Longton, Joseph Marchesi, Ed McAloon, Tim McCarthy, Nick McKnight, Todd Monjar, Paul Olson, Mindy Oswald, Kylee Overby, Ken Paquette, Elvira Para, Adolfo Peralta, Alison Plump, James Polisky, Maira Reinbergs, Jordan Rhodes, Betsy Ritz, Karen Roarke, Jan Schusswohl, Chris Tavares, Roseminna Watson, Vincent Wolf and Anahid Ypres. ABOUT THE JUROR Mary Ann “Toots” Zynsky, born in Boston, MA is one of the most formidable and exuberant glass artists of our time. The remarkably accomplished artist was drawn to glass blowing when she first witnessed the process in the studios of the Rhode Island School of Design. Her works are known for their unmatched explorations of color and form, and her contributions to the study of glass as a material have not only produced unique works, but have influenced the development of new inventions. Zynsky and her team’s futile attempts to manually pull glass by hand led to the development of a thread-pulling machine that could create very thin and uniform strands of glass fibers, also known as filet de verre. Zynsky’s artistic process begins with thin strands of glass fibers. Zynsky then layers and fuses these threads together in a special kiln and later manipulates, molds, and shapes them into vessel forms. Zynsky’s most recent works use colored glass threads to capture the vibrant colors and shape of Earth’s most endangered birds. Later, Zynsky became one of the only women in a group of pioneering artists to study with renowned glass artist, Dale Chihuly. While earning her BFA at RISD, she also helped Chihuly found the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington State, the founding of the school would eventually help establish studio glass work as a mainstream art form. In 1980, she became the assistant director and head of New York Experimental Glass Workshop, now known as UrbanGlass in Brooklyn, New York. Zynsky’s work is included in more than 75 international museum collections. Her work was the first piece of contemporary glass commissioned and acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York and wa...