Dan Friday and Raven Skyriver
Indigenous Glass Artists
Thursday November 6, 2025, 6:30pm
Offered by Lopez Island Historial Society & Museum
Admission
By donation at the door: Adult $10.00
Indigenous Glass Artists
Dan Friday and Raven Skyriver in Conversation
Join us for an evening of conversation between two renowned Indigenous glass artists:
Dan Friday (Lummi) and Raven Skyriver (Tlingit)
These two artists will talk about how their work relates to the history of Indigenous glass, as well as their own heritage, processes, and community.
You won't want to miss it!
Dan Friday Bio:
Daniel Joseph Friday is a Native of the Lummi Nation and a lifelong resident of Washington State’s Puget Sound region. Drawing from cultural themes and using modern processes, Friday’s work is contemporary in format while maintaining basic Native American qualities. Dan has spent the past two decades working with artists such as Dale Chihuly, Paul Marioni, and Preston Singletary. Friday lives in Seattle, where he maintains an independent glass studio. His work can be found in collections around the world.
Raven Skyriver Bio:
Born in 1982, Raven Skyriver started blowing glass in high school at the age of sixteen. Raven’s mentor, Lark Dalton, taught him how to build glass blowing equipment and trained him in the traditional Venetian technique. In 2003 Raven was invited to join the William Morris team. He worked on the team until Morris' retirement in 2007. The experience of working with such a talented group of artists galvanized his decision to follow
Glass Sculpture as a profession.
Raven shows his work nationally and has been featured in group shows internationally. His focus in the area of sculpture, and the depiction of marine life is inspired by his island upbringing, and informed by the creatures that inhabit this fragile ecosystem. Raven lives and produces his work on Lopez Island.
Dan Friday and Raven Skyriver in Conversation
Join us for an evening of conversation between two renowned Indigenous glass artists:
Dan Friday (Lummi) and Raven Skyriver (Tlingit)
These two artists will talk about how their work relates to the history of Indigenous glass, as well as their own heritage, processes, and community.
You won't want to miss it!
Dan Friday Bio:
Daniel Joseph Friday is a Native of the Lummi Nation and a lifelong resident of Washington State’s Puget Sound region. Drawing from cultural themes and using modern processes, Friday’s work is contemporary in format while maintaining basic Native American qualities. Dan has spent the past two decades working with artists such as Dale Chihuly, Paul Marioni, and Preston Singletary. Friday lives in Seattle, where he maintains an independent glass studio. His work can be found in collections around the world.
Raven Skyriver Bio:
Born in 1982, Raven Skyriver started blowing glass in high school at the age of sixteen. Raven’s mentor, Lark Dalton, taught him how to build glass blowing equipment and trained him in the traditional Venetian technique. In 2003 Raven was invited to join the William Morris team. He worked on the team until Morris' retirement in 2007. The experience of working with such a talented group of artists galvanized his decision to follow
Glass Sculpture as a profession.
Raven shows his work nationally and has been featured in group shows internationally. His focus in the area of sculpture, and the depiction of marine life is inspired by his island upbringing, and informed by the creatures that inhabit this fragile ecosystem. Raven lives and produces his work on Lopez Island.