NCN Collective
Two-week Hot Shop residency featuring Preston Singletary, Martin Janecký, Raven Skyriver, Kelly O’Dell, Charles Parriott, and Joe David with special after-hours programming.
June 10-14 and June 17-21
NCN Collective is a creative group of glass makers and Indigenous artists including Preston Singletary, Martin Janecký, Raven Skyriver, Kelly O’Dell, Charles Parriott and Joe David. NCN stands for Nu Chah Nulth, the tribe that Joe David comes from. With their lives woven together, some over four decades, they collaborate in bringing life to contemporary Native sculpture using innovative glass techniques at the hand of Martin Janecký’s unique skill. Concepts and designs of the Tlingit and Nu Chah Nulth tribes resonate through unique glass sculpture.
During this two-week residency, the artists will work together in the Hot Shop to develop a new body of work that will draw on their artistic voices. *Need more information about what the artists will be making. Is it possible to get 1-2 sentences on the scope of the work, where the work will go, etc.?
NCN Collective. Charles Parriott, Joe David, Martin Janecký, Preston Singletary, Jonathan Brown, Kelly O’Dell, and Raven Skyriver (left to right) at Raven Skyriver and Kelly O’Dell’s studio. Photo by Russell Johnson.
The NCN Collective has traversed through each other’s lives beginning in the late seventies, between the Pacific Northwest and the Czech Republic, through Pilchuck Glass School and various glass teams and studios, collaborating, traveling the world, teaching, demonstrating and developing each of their unique individual approaches.
Joe David, a Tribal elder from the Nu Chah Nulth tribe from the west coast of Vancouver Island, connects us all through our initial friendship but the connections deepened over time through teaching of cultural knowledge and participating in ceremonies. Through collaboration, Joe opens our eyes to traditional forms and universal wisdom.
Additional Programming
Spoken Word Performance - Raven and the Box of Daylight
Saturday, June 13 | 5-6:30pm
The Museum will remain open late on Saturday, June 13 to a spoken word performance about Preston Singletary’s landmark exhibition Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight. Q&A with the artist will follow. *More about this performance - need details about the offering. Regular museum admission is required.
Exclusive Night Blow with Raven Skyriver, Kelly O’Dell, and Martin Janecký
Saturday, June 20 | 5-8pm | Get tickets here
Museum of Glass will host an exclusive night blow in the Hot Shop with Raven Skyriver, Kelly O’Dell, and Martin Janecký where they will make *need information on what the artists will make that makes this exclusive. (ie. Why should folks come to the ticketed night blow event instead of during regular admission hours? What is the value to the visitor besides a possible free drink?). Cash bar? light bites? Anything else we are offering?.
*Image of Joe David? Image of Joe David with Preston and Martin? Or just Joe David and Preston?
Kelly O’Dell and Raven Skyriver in the Museum of Glass Hot Shop. *Better image of Raven, Kelly, and Martin working together? Otherwise, this should suffice.
Artist Talk with NCN Collective
Sunday, June 21 | 1pm
Join the NCN Collective Artists on the final afternoon of their residency as they discuss their individual and collaborative careers, the work from the residency, and *what will be the content of the artist talk?
Martin Janecký and Preston Singletary. *Do we have a more hi-res file for this photo? Photo credit?