Gallery News

2008  |  2007

11.15.2008 Traver Gallery - Tacoma Celebrates 5th Anniversary
The Traver Gallery, an internationally recognized leader in the field of contemporary glass, and cornerstone of the Northwest arts community, will celebrate the 5th anniversary of its Tacoma location in November of 2008. To commemorate this important milestone, Traver Gallery will host a public reception in the Tacoma gallery on Saturday, November 15th from 4 – 7 pm.
11.14.2008 Sonja Blomdahl Studio Sale, December 5 - 6
The Traver Gallery and Sonja Blomdahl invite you to join us in bidding a fond farewell to the studio and hot-shop that Sonja has called home since 1983. A moving sale/open house will be held on December 5th and 6th at Sonja's studio at 1211 Aloha Street.
09.30.2008 Traver Gallery Website Receives Award
The Traver Galley website was selected to be included in this year's American Graphic Design Awards (GDUSA). To visit the website of the talented folks who designed it for us, please click here.
09.30.2008 Davide Salvadore Demonstration 11/1/08
Davide Salvadore will do a public demonstration at Pratt Fine Arts Center on Saturday, November 1 from 2:30 - 6:30. His show at the gallery opens just a few days later, with a reception on Thursday, November 6, from 5 - 8 pm.
09.15.2008 Special Collector's Tour Announced
The Traver Gallery will host a special collector's tour from October 28 - 31, 2008. The tour includes visits to several prominent artists studios, as well as tickets to the fabulous Pilchuck Auction.
09.12.2008 Seattle Art Dealer's Association presents Dealer's Choice: Century 21
The Seattle Art Dealers Association (SADA) is pleased to announce Century 21: Dealer's Choice, an exhibition of Washington-based artists opening. The exhibition, at the generous invitation of Virginia and Bagley Wright, was jointly curated by individual SADA members and highlights 49 artists in different career stages whose work is felt to be particularly notable by individual curators as we move forward into the 21st Century. Three Traver Gallery artists were selected to be included: Dante Marioni, Preston Singletary, and Dale Chihuly.
09.01.2008 Transcending Lineage: Davide Salvadore's Quest for Perfection
Davide Salvadore interview in September/October Issue of Glass Art Magazine. This file is low resolution, to facilitate downloading. For a higher resolution file, please contact the gallery.
07.12.2008 Visual Storytelling
Geoff Garza's exhibition Monoliths and Maniacs is highlighted in the July issue of WHERE magazine.
07.01.2008 Alan Fulle: Gem Box at Traver Gallery
Alan Fulle's May exhibition at our Seattle location is reviewed by Matthew Kangas in Art Ltd. Magazine.
06.30.2008 Numerous Traver Gallery Artists on Display at Hotel Murano
Art work by numerous Traver Gallery artists is on display at the fabulous new Hotel Murano in Tacoma. Their collection includes work by Orfeo Quagliata, Massimo Micheluzzi, Davide Salvadore, Dale Chihuly, Steffan Dam, Cappy Thompson, Martin Blank, Therman Statom, Tobias Mohl, Dante Marioni, Bertil Vallien and Preston Singletary.
06.20.2008 Exploiting Glass - The De la Torre Brothers Invade Traver
The Weekly Volcano's Alec Clayton reviews the de la Torre brother's exhibition in our Tacoma location.
06.19.2008 Bi-National Pop Art at Traver
Tacoma Weekly's Dave Davison reviews Einar and Jamex de la Torre's exhibition Vitrolic Compliments.
06.10.2008 Tacoma's HART Keeps Beating
Students, alumni praise help, mentorship they received from Hilltop Artists in Residence glass program; article mentions exhibition at Vetr International Glass in Tacoma.
05.30.2008 Lino Tagliapietra: Birth of a Genius
Seattle art critic Matthew Kangas reviews Lino Tagliapietra's Museum of Glass exhibition Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass in Neus Glass Magazine. Lino's exhibition at the gallery, Il Bianco e il Nero is also mentioned.
05.30.2008 Artist Talk Sunday, June 1 at 2pm at Seattle Gallery
Jane Rosen is currently completing an artist residency at Pilchuck Glass School and working closely with Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen (who is serving as her gaffer) to execute her visions in glass. To celebrate their creative collaboration, the two will give an artists’ talk at the gallery on Sunday, June 1 from 2 – 5 pm.
05.15.2008 Chihuly revisits old forms in new Traver exhibit
Dale Chihuly's exhibition in our Tacoma Gallery is reviewed by Tacoma Weekly's Dave Davison
05.04.2008 Two times Chihuly
Dale Chihuly's exhibitions at the Traver Gallery in Tacoma and the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco are previewed by the Tacoma News Tribune's Rosemary Ponnekanti.
04.25.2008 Kaneko shows his artwork at Traver Gallery
Jun Kaneko's May exhibition is previewed in Seattle Times.
04.24.2008 Traver Gallery artists transform ordinary materials into extraordinary objects
Nancy Worden and Tom deGroot's exhibitions at our Tacoma location are reviewed by Tacoma Weekly's Dave Davison.
03.28.2008 Gallery, brewery team up for art, beer event
The Traver Gallery and the Harmon Brewery team up for a tasting event and collectors talk - event preview by Tacoma News Tribune's Rosemary Ponnekanti.
03.27.2008 Pure Form - Cordy Ryman at the Traver Gallery
Cordy Ryman's exhibition at our Tacoma location is reviewed by the Weekly Volcano's Alec Clayton.
03.20.2008 Ryman Brings Raw Edge to Traver
Cordy Ryman's March exhibition at the Tacoma Gallery reviewed by the Tacoma Weekly's Dave Davison.
03.20.2008 William Traver Raver
The Weekly Volcano's Natasha Gorbachev applauds the Tacoma location for reaching out to a new, younger audience, while continuing to cater to their existing clientele.
02.09.2008 Hot Spots for First Thursday Gallery Walk
Traver Gallery listed as one of three suggested Gallery Walk destinations.
02.09.2008 Art of Living Well
Gallery owner William Traver's home is featured in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine. (August 2007 issue)
02.07.2008 Paul and Dante Marioni: Two generations of glass art at Traver Gallery
Review of Paul and Dante Marioni's exhibition at the Tacoma gallery.
02.01.2008 Lino Tagliapietra - Il Bianco e il Nero
Lino Tagliapietra's exhibition Il Bianco e il Nero is previewed by Allyn Cantor
01.15.2008 New Traver Gallery show in Tacoma features eclectic selection of glass art
Tacoma News Tribune's Rosemary Ponnekanti reviews Tacoma's January exhibitions.
01.04.2008 Seattle Homes and Lifestyle's Design 100+
The Traver Gallery selected as one of the top 100+ People, Places and Things that Define Seattle Design by Seattle Homes and Lifestyles Magazine.