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 & June 17-21

NCN Collective is a creative group of glass makers and Indigenous artists that includes Preston Singletary, Martin Janecký, Raven Skyriver, Kelly O’Dell, Charles Parriott, and Joe David. NCN stands for Nuu-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. Concepts and designs of the Tlingit and Nuu-chah-nulth tribes resonate through their unique glass sculptures.

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. The works created during the residency will be the basis for a future joint exhibition that showcases the collaboration, as well as the individual works from the artists to demonstrate the convergence of their ideas.

The members of the NCN Collective have 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.

Thank you to Fuel their Fire Residency Sponsor Jake Price.

Additional Programming

Hot Shop Party + Night Blow with Raven Skyriver, Kelly O’Dell, and Martin Janecký

Saturday, June 20 | 5:30-8pm | $25 ($20 for Museum Members) | Get tickets here

Join Museum of Glass for an exclusive night blow and party in the Hot Shop with Raven Skyriver, Kelly O’Dell, Martin Janecký, and Charles Parriott where they will make one of Skyriver’s signature whale forms, featuring design work by Joe David and sandblasting by Preston Singletary. This after-hours event is a chance to see a one-of-a-kind statement piece created by this collective. Sliced Sandwiches will be open throughout the evening serving drinks and dinner. Attendees receive their first drink on us! Grab a beer and join us in the Hot Shop as we turn down the lights and turn up the heat!

This event is 21+.

Artist Talk with the NCN Collective

Sunday, June 21 | 1-2pm

On the Sunday of their residency, each artist from the NCN Collective will join a panel discussion Artist Talk with Museum of Glass staff to discuss their individual careers, the formation of the Collective, and their plans for the future. This discussion with some of the world’s most celebrated contemporary glassblowers will offer unique insights into the art form and is not to be missed.

This Artist Talk is included with regular museum admission.

History of NCN Collective

Joe David, a Tribal elder from the Nuu-chah-nulth tribe from the west coast of Vancouver Island, connects the Collective through their initial friendship, but the connections deepened over time through teaching of cultural knowledge and participating in ceremonies. Through collaboration, Joe opens the Collective’s eyes to traditional forms and universal wisdom.

The formation of NCN Collective began when Charles Parriott endeavored to broker a collaboration between Martin Janecký and Preston Singletary to highlight the connections between global glassmakers. When the artists worked together in the summer of 2025, they achieved new levels of form and detail around the creation of Masks. From there, they decided to officially join forces in this new team, and include Kelly O’Dell and Raven Skyriver, who shared their vision. Like a tribe, they are working on a collective voice through this work.