Join us at the studio for the 2026 Foci MCGA Member Exhibition Reception & Potluck Friday, January 30, 2026 from 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM at Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts!

Come celebrate the first exhibition of the year and if you’re able, bring a dish to pass! Serving utensils and access to electrical outlets will be available. Find potluck sign up sheet here.

For the first time since Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts’ moved to its new location in the the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis five years ago, we are hosting a Member Exhibition. Juried by Linnea Seidling, Assistant Curator of Glass at the Cafesjian Art Trust, the exhibition displays the glass artwork of 16 selected members. The exhibition will feature glass artwork made by local artists in a range of processes such as blown glass and sculpture, neon, stained glass, mosaic, and kilnformed glass. The 2026 Member Exhibition will be on view at Foci MCGA from January 9-February 13, 2026. Learn more about the exhibition and artists here!

Selected Exhibition Artists: Abegael Uffelman, Carla Christenson, Claire Coffee, Elizabeth Coleman, Gene Bird, Jane Magyar, Julia Treder Glass, Kagen Dunn, Lila Westreich, Lucie Cherel, Lynn Bierbaum, Mel Zeller, Healing Mosaics by Shelley Beaumont, Skyler Larson, Victoria Hansen, and Wichcraft Glass by Evelyn Wichitchu.

About the Exhibition Juror: Linnea Seidling is the Assistant Curator of Glass at the Cafesjian Art Trust Museum in Shoreview, Minnesota. She has worked in the museum field for 10 years and has held curatorial positions at institutions including the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Corning Museum of Glass. It was in Corning where she gained her expertise in glass. She holds a BA in Art History from Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and an MA in the History of Decorative Art, Design, and Material Culture from the Bard Graduate Center in New York City.

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Contact the host of Exhibition Reception: 2026 Foci MN Center for Glass Arts Member Show