Five Minutes with Ann Gardner

Catch up with Visiting Artist Ann Gardner before her second residency at Museum of Glass!

Ann Gardner working on the Long Day/Long Night installation for the Fairbanks International Airport, Alaska.

The last time I worked with hot glass was…

My last residency at MOG, so that was around 10 years ago. It was great and I am looking forward this week.

During my Museum of Glass residency I plan to…

Experiment with breath, using blown glass as a barrier to breath. I am asking the blowers to blow organic shapes, a little off center, exploring how to do this to create unusual off-centered shapes. We will be experimenting—I’m excited.

I am inspired by…

Materials, ideas, trying new things, and the natural world and beauty. Honest work, whatever the medium.

If I wasn’t working in glass, I would…

Probably be painting, however, I always told my husband If I wasn’t an artist I would be a detective, so who knows.

Plan a visit to Museum of Glass to see Visiting Artist Ann Gardner working from June 29 through July 3, or watch her residency online.