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Ginny Ruffner

Ginny Ruffner is a Seattle artist whose glass sculptures helped create the field of lampworked glass art world-wide. This website not only contains images of glass sculptures, but also other artworks by this creative pioneer. Besides glass sculptures, there are images of metal sculptures, paintings, public art, pop-up books, and commissions.  A resume provides a list of the museums in which Ruffner’s work is included. The ‘Current’ section on the home page explores some of the ongoing projects and events.

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Current

  • Solo Exhibit, Imago Galleries
  • Urban Garden Project, Seattle
  • Ruffner Documentary

Imago Galleries

Palm Desert, CA

Solo Exhibition: "Aesthetic Engineering Series; Visual Thought Experiments"

Opening Reception

Saturday, November 26, 2011 (5-8pm)

Artist will be in attendance

 

45-450 Highway 74

Palm Desert, California 92260

760-776-9890

www.imagogalleries.com

Urban Garden

Downtown, Seattle, WA

Located at the NW corner of 7th Avenue & Union Street in downtown Seattle. Several types of giant flowers will bloom atop a large (9 'tall x 7' wide) steel flowerpot. In the course of a 15 minute cycle, after they are periodically watered by a watering can, the stalk of blue flowers will open and close. A viewing window will enable viewers to see the interior mechanisms at work. The flowerpot saucer will provide seating, as well as nearby benches. Completed July, 2011. Dedication Party scheduled for Thursday, July 21st, 12-1pm, at the corner of 7th Ave & Union St., downtown Seattle.

"A Not So Still Life"

  • Co-winner of the Golden Space Needle Award, Best Documentary, Seattle International Film Festival, 2010
  • Named one of the 'Best of the Fest', Palm Springs Film Festival, 2010

A Not So Still Life peers into the kaleidoscopic mind of Ginny Ruffner, an artist as beloved for her magnanimous spirit as for her evolving “visual thought experiments.”

Upcoming screenings:

Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA, Dec 11, 2011

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, Feb 24, 2012

(click here to see a complete list of film screenings).

"A Not So Still Life" website

 Clip from the trailer for 'A Not So Still Life'
Click here to view a trailer for "A Not So Still Life".