News
Dec
04
December 4, 2019
Meet Katy, our new Deputy Director
Hilltop Artists is happy to welcome Katy Evans as our new Deputy Director. Katy started October 28, 2019 and as Deputy Director she supports fundraising and communications work,…
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Nov
12
November 12, 2019
Winter Letter—Read Kawii’s Story
Dear Friends, It is thanks to the generosity of individual donors that we have the honor to serve students like Kawii. Her story is…
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Feb
27
February 27, 2019
Have you met Aceline?
Since 6th grade, Aceline has been interested in becoming a glass artist. Fortunately, last year, as a 7th grader, she was able to take glass arts as an…
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Sep
19
September 19, 2018
Have you met Nikki?
Nikki first found her passion for glassblowing in classes offered at Tacoma Glassblowing Studio. It was an activity that she enjoyed that didn’t put her joints at risk…
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Jul
27
July 27, 2018
Did you meet Léa?
In 2014, we began an exciting exchange program – each year we send a student to study glassblowing with renowned glass artist Antoine Pierini in Tacoma’s Sister City…
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Apr
19
April 19, 2018
Have you met Samantha?
Samantha, or Sam as she is fondly known around the hot shop, started her journey with Hilltop Artists 3 years ago as a member of our Arts Connect…
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Mar
15
March 15, 2018
Have you met Peter?
Peter has been chosen as our 2018 Biot Ambassador and will travel to France this summer for three weeks to study with master glass blower, Antoine Pierini.
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Nov
20
November 20, 2017
(Former) Student Story—Sam
Sam has been part of the Hilltop Artists family for 14 years — starting out as a student in our Daytime program at Jason Lee Middle School…
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Jul
10
July 10, 2017
Student Story—Ari
As a student in our Daytime program, Ari worked closely with Instructor Greg to create blown glass birds. “We worked the whole year and he got pretty good!”…
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Mar
09
March 9, 2017
Student Story—Tanner
When you think of working with glass, most people think – hot! Tanner, a Team Production student, has shifted his attention to the opposite end of the spectrum…
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