Virginia
Susie Krasnican
Susie Krasnican met glass artist Margie Jervis in 1977 when she attended the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington.Margie Jervis
Margie Jervis studied at the Pilchuck Glass School inWashington State in 1977, where she met fellow glass artist Susie Krasnican.
Miles Burkholder Carpenter
Miles Carpenter operated a lumber mill, an icehouse, and a movie theater before taking up carving. He began whittling figures and animals from wood during a slowdown in his mill in 1940, but didn't take it up full-time until he retired in 1957.
Arshile Gorky
Born in Armenia, Arshile Gorky (whose real name was Vosdanik Manoog Adoian) endured a childhood of hardship and family tragedy during the Turkish invasion of his country.