Ginny Ruffner
Ginny Ruffner is a glass artist in Seattle, Washington. She primarily uses the technique of lampworking. As of 2012, she has had 40 solo shows, several hundred group shows, and her work is in 42 permanent collections in museums around the world.[1]
In 1991, Ruffner was involved in a three-car collision that almost took her life. She was in a coma for five weeks. Doctors thought she would never walk or talk again. The artist was in the hospital for five months and in a wheelchair for five years. The accident has left her with speech and walking problems.[2][3]
She was profiled on the NPR show Weekend America on March 18, 2006. From 2012 her books and documentation were added to the permanent collection of Giorgio Cini Foundation's Centro Studi del Vetro (Glass Study Center) in Venice, Italy. There is a glass art work by Ruffner in the Lowe Art Museum in Coral Gables, Florida (Arizona).
References
This article uses public domain text from the Voice of America article cited below.
- ↑ "Artist Reinvents Herself After Near-Fatal Accident". Voice of America. March 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
- ↑ "Artist Reinvents Herself After Near-Fatal Accident". Voice of America. March 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
- ↑ Easton, Valerie (December 3, 2011). "Seattle artist Ginny Ruffner's garden is a party". Pacific NW.
Further reading
- Miller, Bonnie J. (1995). Why Not?: The Art of Ginny Ruffner. Seattle: Tacoma Art Museum in association with the University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-97508-5.
External links
- Ruffner's website
- Ruffner bio
- Profile on NPR's Weekend America
- Profile on AskArt
- Q&A on The Corning Museum of Glass blog
- [http://friesengallery.com/artists/151/ginny-ruffner/ Ruffner's Friesen Gallery Artist Page http://friesengallery.com/artists/151/ginny-ruffner/ Ruffner's Friesen Gallery Artist Page]
- http://www.artguidenw.com/Ruffner.html