Dan Friday, Feather A6, year, hand-sculpted glass, Approximately 13"

Dan Friday is a member of the Lummi Nation and a Skagit Valley based artist. He has spent the last 30 years creating works primarily in glass. The themes and images of Friday's work are often drawn from his Coast Salish heritage and are solidified in the world of glass art. Dan has taught at the University of Washington, Evergreen State Collage, Pilchuck Glass School, Pendland School of Craft, Chrysler Museum, and the Haystack Craft Center. In 2017 Dan started the Native Youth outreach Program at the Pilchuck Glass School.

He has had residencies at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA, the Burke Museum in Seattle, WA, the Corning Museum NY, Pendland Craft School NC, Chrysler Museum Norfolk Va, Torunga Wai Wai Gisborne New Zealand, TeAtinga Wai Kato New Zealand, and the Dream Community in Tai Pei, Taiwan. Friday has been awarded the BIMA Award from Bainbridge Museum of Art, Bill Holm Grant, the People's choice award from the Bellevue Art Museum, The James Earl Fraser Award from the Prix De West at the National Western Museum, an Artist Trust Fellowship, and the Discovery Fellowship through (SWAIA) the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. Dan was a contestant on the Netflix show Blown Away. His work can be seen on Fridayglass.com, many Museums and in private collections around the world.