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Artist Resume:           Lynn M. Griffis

Current Location:     Lexington, Kentucky 

Glass Education:

“Comprehensive Kiln-formed & Cold-Working Glass”, Brock Craig, Craig Glass Studio, Vancouver, Canada, 2007

“It's All About Image: Creating Imagery in Kiln-Formed Glass”, Avery Anderson, Anderson Art Glass Studio, Veneta, Oregon, 2005

“Private Kiln-formed Glass Mentoring”, Stacey Street, Street Glass, Richmond, KY, 2004

“Kiln-forming Glass Basics—2 Workshops”, Glassworks, Louisville, KY, 2005

“Painting and Firing Glass”, Peter McGrain, Portland, OR, 2004

“Digital Imagery on Kiln-formed Glass”, Tony Glander, Portland, OR, 2004

“Glass Art Marketing”, Phil Teefy, Portland, OR, 2004

“Torchwork and Glass Bead-Making”, Hallock Stained Glass, Lexington, KY, 2005

“Beginning Stained Glass”, Laura Hallock, Hallock Stained Glass, Lexington, KY, 2004

Non-Glass Education:

Welded Steel Art Masks, Bill Hickman, Art in the Dairy, Columbia, South Carolina

1989    M. Div., Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA, Master of Divinity

1987    M.A., Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN, Master of Arts, Pastoral Care & Counseling

1984        B.A., Augustana Lutheran College, Sioux Falls, SD

Speech, Drama & Mass Communications 

Awards:

2004    “First Place, Beginner’s Category”, 8th Annual Stained Glass Show, Hallock Stained Glass, Lexington, KY

 

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About the Artist

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Lynn M. Griffis is a farmer’s daughter from a small Nebraska town. She currently resides in Lexington, KY. Her previous career was in training, marketing, public relations, environmental water education and ministry. Although Lynn began her glass art career with stained glass, her passion and most recent training is in kiln-formed and cold-worked glass art.   Read more...