Handwork 2026
Connected by Craft
Bainbridge Arts & Crafts is honored to take part in Handwork 2026, a nationwide Semiquincentennial celebration recognizing the enduring significance of handmade work—both in shaping our shared past and enriching contemporary culture. With more than 250 organizations participating across the country, the initiative highlights the breadth, innovation, and cultural resonance of American craft through exhibitions and public programs.
In conjunction with this effort, BAC will present a series of four exhibitions that reflect the richness and variety of handcrafted expression. Spanning a wide range of materials and perspectives, these shows explore everything from ancestral-inspired glasswork and finely crafted ceramic vessels to kinetic metal sculptures and thoughtfully designed fiber-based furnishings.
In partnership with Handwork & Craft In America and celebrating America250.
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Summer 2026
Dan and Raya Friday: Ancestral Inspired Glasswork
June 5 – 28
Dan and Raya Friday take over the gallery at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts. These Lummi Nation siblings bring stunning, Coast Salish-inspired glass art to their contemporary yet traditional narratives. From intricate woven glass baskets to bold, sculptural forms, witness how they have transformed ancestral storytelling into luminous, modern art.
Dan Friday will be giving an Artist Talk on June 17 from 11 AM - 12 PM. This event is free but spots are limited.
Reserve your spot: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/artist-talk-dan-friday
Dan and Raya Friday at the Chrysler Museum
Dan Friday
Over the past two decades, Dan Friday has worked with leading artists like Dale Chihuly and Preston Singletary, has taught at Pilchuck Glass School, and has held residencies around the world. His work draws from personal narrative and his Lummi heritage.
Raya Friday
Raya Friday creates glass sculptures deeply informed by her ties to the Salish Sea and her community near Bellingham, Washington. Growing up in Seattle, she discovered glass at a young age and later earned a degree in glass sculpture at Alfred University.
She went on to work at the Corning Museum of Glass, serving first as a technician and later as an instructor in the education department until 2008. After returning to the Pacific Northwest—to be close to the land and community that she loves—Friday earned a humanities degree in Indigenous Studies in the Native Pathways Program at Evergreen State College.
Through her practice, Friday uses the evocative and sometimes haunting nature of glass to reflect on both the historical experiences and present-day realities of her community.
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Sxwo'le Anchor with Rope by Dan Friday
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Untitled by Raya Friday
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Untitled by Raya Friday
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Blanket Basket by Dan Friday
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Raven Totem by Dan Friday
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Untitled by Dan Friday
Fall 2026
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Comfort: Fiber Artists and Home Furnishings
September 4 – 27
A group exhibition of wood, fiber, clay, and other home furnishings artists whose work blurs the lines between functional and fine art.
More to come soon!
Refract
October 2 – Nov. 1
Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, along with the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA) and the Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN), is participating in Refract: The Seattle Glass Experience in October with an invitational exhibition of works by glass artists from Bainbridge Island and beyond.
More to come soon!
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Glass Boat by Steven Maslach
Glass Boat by Steven Maslach
Glass artist Trenton Quiocho at work
Glass Floats by Trenton Quiocho
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Carl Morgan & Anne Hirondelle
November 6 – 29
Carl Morgan: Metal kinetic sculptures & Anne Hirondelle: Functional ceramic vessels and sculptures plus abstract graphite and colored pencil compositions on multiple layers of tracing paper.
More to come soon