Razzle Dazzle and all that jazz
Chicago
the 12th Annual Dinner, Dance & Auction
Saturday, April 19, 2008 — Washington State Convention & Trade Center
Thank You to Our Auction Sponsors
Bank of America · Boeing · Countryside Floral & Garden · Holland America Line · Kip Toner Benefit Auctions · Paranga Winery · Safeco · See’s Candies · Team Photogenic · The Tux Shop · Vision Art · Wells Fargo · West Coast Drape · Winters
Auction Centerpieces
Totally Blown Glass - Dehanna Jones
A long-time Choruses supporter, native of Seattle, Washington, and daughter of an Auctioneer,
Dehanna was surrounded by the art glass of her fatheršs Tiffany collection and Antique store.
This early exposure to the Art Noveau movement has had a lasting influence on her work.
While studying for a BFA in ceramics and a BA in general art at the University of Washington,
Native American artist Marvin Oliver asked Dehanna to research glass casting for an upcoming project of his.
She was immediately taken in by the medium and decided to branch out and study blown glass at
Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle, Washington.
While at Pratt, she was the hot shop coordinator and studio technician and also taught cast and blown glass.
Although blown glass is the focus of her own designs, she has kept her hands in casting by working with many architects,
designers, and artists such a Frank Engelsby, Jill Davis, Ann Gardener, Theresa Batty, and Kevin Spitzer as a consultant
and fabricator of glass elements for larger installations. In the summer of 1996 she had the opportunity to assist artists
Paul Marioni and Ann Troutner at the Pilchuck School of Glass in Stanwood, Washington, and was subsequently nominated
for the Saxe Scholarship.
