August 8, 2026 • 10am–5pm • Free!
Join us for the return of Glass Fest Northwest at Museum of Glass! Glass Fest Northwest puts art and the Pacific Northwest center-stage by bringing together local artists and artisans, live glassmaking demonstrations, food, drinks, music, and hands-on activities. Enjoy artist booths, food vendors, music, and more on the Museum Plaza, and explore exhibitions and installations in the Museum with FREE admission for the day.
In the Hot Shop, Glass Fest Visiting Artist Dan Friday joins us in collaboration with IN THE SPIRIT Arts Market & Northwest Native Festival, held at Washington State History Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, and Museum of Glass. More info below.
Important: due to the Museum’s capital renovation project, parking spaces in the Museum garage are limited. Please click below to view additional parking options.
Vendors
The vendor application has closed. Contact Lindsay Carlisle at lcarlisle@museumofglass.org with any additional inquiries.
Sponsorship
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Glass Fest 2024
In the Hot Shop
Dan Friday
Dan Friday is a member of the Lummi Nation and a Skagit Valley based artist. Drawing from cultural themes and using modern processes, Friday's work is contemporary in format while maintaining basic Native American qualities. He has spent the past two decades working with artists such as Dale Chihuly, Paul Marioni, and Preston Singletary. In 2017 Dan started the Native Youth outreach Program at the Pilchuck Glass School.
He has had residencies at the Museum of Glass, the Burke Museum in Seattle Wa, the Corning Museum NY, Pendland Craft School NC, Chrysler Museum Norfolk Va, Torunga Wai Wai Gisborne New Zealand, Te Atinga 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 Netfilx show Blown Away.
Photo courtesy of the artist.
Vendor List
2 Gray Hares
Ali Brown Glass Art
Archaic Art Designs
Art Impression
Artvark.wow
AwkwardSquared
Ayla kōbō
Bedrock Industries
Brian Brenno Blown Glass
Bryon Weed Glass
Cdd Sillhouettes
Chompy Glass
Colorful Dust and Light
Designed By Meg
Dick’s Food Truck
Doug Burgess
ellye rose studios
Father & Son Glass
Four Hearts Pottery
Fyreocity
Glass Bee
Glass Girl Studio
Glass Studio Jah
GlassArtography
Grace A. Washington Fine Art & African Motif
Helen Simons
Hidden Destiny Glass
Hot Shop Heroes
Inna Patina
Jenifer Davis Pottery
Joseph Brooks Art
Kajemier Arts
Karaba glass art
Kcie Illustrations (Kcie Monk)
Kinlow Glass & Designs
Klei Northwest
LAFS Glass Shop
Little Green Design
Manic Pixie Dream Squirrel
Marcus Harper GlassWorks
Melt Down
Mermaid Munnas Creations
Moody Studio Arts
Morena’s Mexican Food Truck
Murrough glass
Natalie Haywood
Oliver Doriss Designs LLC
Opaline Wild
Patton Glass
PNW 3D Printing
Poverty Bay Beads
Raintoad Designs
Robert LaSelle Chism Photowerx
Rocky Borders Jewelry
Saze Glass
Silly Sunflower Studio
Spark a Bond Permanent Jewelry
Starvin Marvin
Studio 45 Glass
Summer Spencer
Sweet Dream Cookies!
The Wo Co
Totally Blown Glassworks
Walker Art Glass