2023 Governor's Arts & Heritage Awards - Ginny Ruffner

Ginny Ruffner received a 2023 Governor's Arts & Heritage Award for Individual Artist.
Ginny Ruffner is a pioneering American glass artist based in Seattle, Washington. She is known for her use of the lampworking technique and for her use of borosilicate glass in her painted glass sculptures. Ruffner has public art installations across the Pacific Northwest, including a permanent bronze and steel installation in the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park. Ruffner also founded SOLA, a nonprofit to recognize and reward mature women artists.
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Produced by Living Voices for the Washington State Arts Commission.