Hot Shop Hot Nights
Date
Friday
Nov 03, 2023
Hot Shop Hot Nights
November 3, 2023. 5 – 8 PM
The Hot Shop at Hilltop Heritage Middle School
This October and November, Joe Feddersen and William Passmore are in residence at Hilltop Artists!
During their week-long visit, renowned artists from the glass community set up in our hot shop, creating their own works, sharing with our students about their processes and experiences, and collaborating with Hilltop Artists.
The week culminates on Friday for our Hot Shop Hot Night, when we welcome in our community to see Joe Feddersen and William Passmore and our young artists in action.
At Hot Shop Hot Nights, expect to see a professional glass artist working with and mentoring our advanced production students and alumni, creating spectacular collaborative pieces. The Gallery is open for shopping, and tea, hot cocoa, and coffee will be available.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Joe Feddersen (Colville Confederated Tribes) lives and works in Omak, Washington. He is a celebrated printmaker, glass artist, and basket weaver known for uniting urban imagery and Indigenous design through simple geometric “glyphs” that poignantly reflect on people’s relationship with the environment.
Feddersen is a professor emeritus at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, where he taught from 1989 until his retirement in 2009. In 2024 the Museum of Art and Culture in Spokane, Washington, will present a major retrospective of the artist’s work. Feddersen’s work is held in numerous collections including the Seattle Art Museum; The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon; Portland Art Museum, Oregon; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; and Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. Learn more at joefeddersen.com.
William Passmore (Okanogan and Arrowhead Lakes Bands) is a Seattle-based glass artist, sculptor, and designer. See his work and process at @swawillabill.
DIRECTIONS
Hilltop Artists’ administrative offices, hot shop, and gallery are located in Hilltop Heritage Middle School.
If you use the address 803 N Grant Ave, Tacoma, WA 98403, the directions should lead you to the basketball court entrance at the back of the school campus. You my enter the Hilltop Artists’ hot shop through the door just past the two big garage doors.
