Traver Gallery

LAST WEEK | Three Exhibitions
On View Through May 30
Traver Gallery

Marita Dingus
The Ancient Ones
Sculptural works built from salvaged materials examining ancestry, land, and survival.

Hana Hillerová
Flow: The Shape of Process
Glass works shaped through movement, gravity, chance, and control.

Joe Schlichta & Matt Sellars
Northern Light
Painting and sculpture exploring perception, light, and natural space.

SAVE THE DATE 🌷
Curtis Steiner | A Q***r Light
Opening Saturday, June 6, 3–5 pm

Traver Gallery is pleased to present a new exhibition of paintings by Seattle artist Curtis Steiner opening June 6th. This newest body of work marks a significant shift in Steiner’s practice and brings together portraiture, intimacy, memory, and personal reflection in a deeply focused series of new works.

A Q***r Light will be on view June 6–27, 2026.

Congratulations to all the women featured in Tough Stuff: Women in the American Glass Studio. Opening today, May 16th at the Corning Museum of Glass. We are so happy to see women in glass getting their flowers. 💐
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We’re thrilled to announce Tough Stuff: Women in the American Glass Studio, our major exhibition celebrating the women who were working in glass in the U.S. during the 1960s and ‘70s—the breakthrough decades of the American Studio Glass Movement.

Organized by Tami Landis (.landis), Curator of Postwar and Contemporary Glass at CMoG, the exhibition opens May 16, 2026 and runs through January 10, 2027.

As women’s histories continue to reshape long‑standing narratives in American art, Tough Stuff challenges the idea of studio glass as a “male‑dominated field” by foregrounding the stories of the trailblazers who shaped the movement far earlier—and far more extensively—than many accounts acknowledge. Spanning six decades (1960–today), the exhibition moves beyond the limited timeline often shown in past presentations.

The American Studio Glass Movement has often been framed around a few makers and blown‑glass traditions—but the real story is much broader. Women artists across the country (and around the world) have been pushing glass in bold, innovative directions for decades. Tough Stuff brings their work together for the first time, highlighting the strength, skill, and legacy of the women who helped define contemporary glass.

Featuring works from the Museum’s collection alongside key loans, Tough Stuff showcases how early experimentation ignited generations of innovation. The exhibition goes well beyond blown glass, highlighting techniques like fusing, slumping, flameworking, pâte de verre, mixed media, and more. The exhibition and related publication also illuminate the cultural, social, artistic, and gender dynamics of their time—revealing a fuller, more powerful story of glass in the United States.

Mark your calendars! Our exhibition opening celebration will be Friday, May 15. More information coming soon!

Joe Shlichta & Matt Sellars
Northern Light ✨
A Traver & Vetri Gallery Project at West Canal Yards
📍Opening Reception: May 2, 3–5 pm

Join us for the opening of Northern Light Saturday, May 2 from 3–5 pm.

The featured painting by Joe Shlichta, Ever After, will be featured in the exhibition alongside sculptural work by Matt Sellars.

Schlichta’s work explores how tone and value construct and disrupt a sense of space. Built through layered passages of paint and direct brushwork, the surface suggests landscape without fixing it. Hints of desert, plant forms, and sky emerge through shifting geometry, allowing the image to move between structure and openness.

Northern Light will be on view from May 2–30, 2026. Join us for the opening in the gallery space above Traver Gallery. 💗