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Nancy Donnelly’s new sculptures are kiln‐cast glass, frequently augmented with paint and metals in a very contemporary palette. With a background in painting and anthropology, tone of the Washington Glass School’s studio artist is focused on gesture and movement. From glass birds swooping overhead to 4‐legged work nearly walking off the pedestal, these unique pieces express character and attitude.
F o u n d r y G a l l e r y
1314 18th Street NW, 1st Floor, Washington, DC 20036
Nancy Donnelly
Situations Made Visible
Exhibit Dates: December 1 — January 2
Reception: Friday, December 3, 6—8 pm
Artist talk: Sunday, December 12, 2-4 pm
Hours: Wednesday‐Friday, 1‐7 pm & Saturday‐Sunday, 12‐6 pm
From Foundry Gallery’s website:
Nancy Donnelly’s glass sculptures all in one way or another address issues of what it is like to be female, in this world, and living now. Clothed or nude, male or female, even pieces that don’t show a human being at all, they all express the situation of having a certain age, a certain gender, a certain stance and attitude. Wall labels will help explain matters, both in cartoons and in words.
The pieces in this show are made of glass, kiln-cast into plaster molds at around 1600 degrees, and then altered usually with paint and metals to clarify what Nancy sees as the most important visual elements. Some of them turned out to be surprising even to Nancy as she made them.
Nancy Donnelly moved to glass in 2006 after painting for about 10 years. Trained in oils, she has learned glass work at Washington Glass School, Pratt Fine Arts Center (Seattle), Bullseye Connection (Portland, Oregon), amongst other places. She is a studio artist at Washington Glass School, and shows at City Gallery and Capitol Hill Art League as well as Foundry. Her awards include a 2008 Artist Fellowship from the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities. Nancy’s work is in the collection of the Shakespeare Theater and in private collections.
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>Photos from Washington Glass School’s opening at Foundry Gallery in Dupont Circle, in Washington, DC.
Artist Cheryl Derricotte discussing her work.

Dave Cook with collector fan.
Curator/Artist Sean Hennessey makes an important point.

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Curated by Erwin Timmers and Sean Hennessey, Foundry Gallery in Dupont Circle hosts an exhibition of artists of the Washington Glass School.

Opening reception on Friday April 3rd.
Foundry Gallery
1314 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-463-0203 APRIL 1st–26th.
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One of the best art galleries in Dupont Circle, Foundry Gallery, will feature artists of the Washington Glass School in a show curated by Erwin Timmers and Sean Hennessey.
Sean Hennessey hangs his cast glass artwork
Featured artists include: Cheryl Patrice Derricotte, Anne Plant, Dave Cook, Dan Schubmehl, Don Daniels, Allegra Marquart, Elizabeth Ryland Mears,Erwin Timmers, Lisa Osgood Dano, Kirk Waldroff, Nancy Donnelly, Sean Hennessey, Leslie Beil, Alison Sigethy, and Dave D’Orio
“A Cast of Characters: a Survey of Kilncast and Lampwork Glass Art by Instructors and Artists of the Washington Glass School“
Dates : April 1st–26th.
Opening reception on Friday April 3rd.
Foundry Gallery
1314 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-463-0203
Lisa Osgood Dano installs her mosaic work

Alison Sigethy carefully arranges her new sculpture
Erwin Timmers sets out the artwork at the exhibition
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One of the hippest art galleries in Dupont Circle, Foundry Gallery, will feature artists of the Washington Glass School in an upcoming show.
“Visual Evidence” - works by the Washington Glass School
Dates : APRIL 1st–26th.
Opening reception on Friday April 3rd.
Foundry Gallery
1314 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-463-0203
Artist scheduled to have works on exhibition include: Anne Plant, Cheryl Derricotte Dan Schubmehl, Don Daniels, Allegra Marquart, Erwin Timmers, Liz Mears, Lisa Dano.
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