Dick Weiss

American glass artist

Dick Weiss window from The Paul Marioni Collection at The Tacoma Art Museum "Cow on its side by Dick Weiss at Seatac Airport "For AW" by Dick Weiss at Seatac Airport

Richard Weiss (born 1946 in Everett, Washington) is an American glass artist.[1]

He is part of the American Studio Glass Movement. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He is a teacher at Pilchuck Glass School and is primarily known for his large installations such as the work at The Seattle/Tacoma Airport[2][3] and his collaborations with Walter Lieberman with the name of WD40+.[4]

## Permanent collections and commissions

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* City of Everett, Everett, WA
* City of Seattle, Seattle, WA
* Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY[5]
* Glasmuseum Frauenau [de], Germany[6]
* Pilchuck Glass School, Pilchuck, WA
* Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
* Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England[7]
* Chapel, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
* Edmonds Woodway High School, Edmonds, WA
* General Dynamics Corp., Falls Church, VA (With Sonja Blomdahl)
* Kenai Community College, Homer, AK
* Kent Senior Citizen’s Center, Kent, WA
* Kentwood High School, Kent, WA
* M’Connell Foundation, Redding, CA
* North Central High School, Spokane, WA
* Opera House, Seattle, WA
* Port of Shanghai, China[3]
* Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, WA[8]
* Sitka Lutheran Church, Sitka, AK
* University of Washington, Seattle, WA[9][10]

## References

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1. ^ "Drawing jam, giant textiles and 2 other visual-arts activities to do this week". The Seattle Times. 2016-12-02. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
2. ^ "For AW and Cow on its side". Port of Seattle. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
3. ^ a b "Art in Embassies - El Rio 2003". art.state.gov. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
4. ^ "wd40 glass art article". Web.media.mit.edu. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
5. ^ "Homage to the Abstraction Creation Group | Corning Museum of Glass". Cmog.org. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
6. ^ Kategorie: schoensee. "Glasmuseum Frauenau. Home". Glasmuseum-frauenau.de. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
7. ^ "Baroque | Weiss, Dick | V&A Search the Collections". Collections.vam.ac.uk. 1984. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
8. ^ "For AW and Cow on its side". Portseattle.org. Retrieved 2012-12-20.[permanent dead link]
9. ^ "Dick Weiss at the Traver Gallery". Travergallery.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
10. ^ "About « Dick Weiss Glass Art". Dickweissglass.com. Retrieved 2012-07-02.

## External links

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* Official website
* Henry Art Gallery - University of Washington - Article on a project of Dick Weiss'

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* VIAF

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