Ali VandeGrift

Seattle, WA // (609) 410-3204 // aliveglass@mac.com

Education :     

2002-2006    Seneca High School, Tabernacle, NJ

    Top 20% of Graduating Class, Recipient of New Jersey Star Scholarship

2006    Kimberly Affleck, Beadmaking Class, Tin City Studio, CT

2006    Tink Martin, Beadmaking Class, Tin City Studio, CT

2006-2008    Salem Community College, Carneys Point, NJ

Associates Degree in Scientific Glass Technology

2007        Kim Fields, Beadmaking Class, Carlisle, NJ

2008        Caitlin Hyde, Beadmaking Class, Penland, NC - Work/Study Scholarship

2009        Linda Sacra, Beadmaking Class, Penland, NC - Work/Study Scholarship

2009        Andrea Guarino Slemmons, Beadmaking Class, Port Townsend, WA

2010        Leah Fairbanks, Beadmaking Class, Penland, NC - Work/Study Scholarship

2008 – 2010    Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, Liberal Studies

2011    Brad Pearson, Beadmaking Class, Chattanooga, TN

2011    Holly Cooper, Beadmaking Class, Fuquay Varina, NC

2012    Kristina Logan, Beadmaking Class, Bellevue, WA

2016     Courtney Branham, Glassblowing Class, Pilchuck, WA

Experience : 

2006-2008    Salem Community College Glass Center - Lab Monitor / Teaching Assistant

Jan-Feb 2010    Chase Designs – Apprentice

2010-2015    Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Glassblower

2004-PresentSelf Employment as glass beadmaker and jeweler

2013-Present   Hot Shop Glassblowing, Collaborative work with Brennan Kasperzak, 

        specializing in cane drawing

June 2015       Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant to Kiva Ford

August 2015  Pratt Fine Art Center, Teaching 5 Day Stringer Class

August 2016Maker of the Seattle Mayor Arts and Culture Awards

Awards : 

June 2006    New Jersey Stars Scholarship I

May 2008    New Jersey Stars Scholarship II

May 2008    Faculty Merit Award at Salem Community College Graduation

July 2012    Cathy Finegan Scholarship, ISGB

July 2013     Corning Museum of Glass, bead selected for ISGB Presidential Collection, 

                      permanent museum collection

2014              Shirley Scholarship, Pratt Fine Art Center 

April 2015      Golden Ticket Award, Pratt Fine Art Center

Sept. 2015       People’s Choice Award, Auction Donation, Pilchuck Glass School  

Summer 2015  Tacoma Museum of Glass, Local Artist Residency

Exhibitions : 

2013        “Glass Beads, Now”              - Exhibit A, Corning, NY

2014        “How Glass Is”                      - Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2014        “Landscapes and Lines”      - Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY

2015     “Surface Matters”                   - Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, California 

2015        “People’s Choice Award”    - Pilchuck Gallery, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA

Professional Organizations :

2006-Current    American Scientific Glassblowers Society

2010-Current    Southeastern ASGS Section, Residing Secretary

2010-Current     International Society of Glass Beadmakers