ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Sabrina Knowles and Jenny Pohlman are in their 18th year of collaboration, incorporating blown and sculpted glass, metals, beads and natural materials to weave narrative sculptures inspired by the spiritual beliefs and rituals of traditional cultures and the role of women in cultural evolution.

Since 1997 they have journeyed extensively through Africa and Southeast Asia to meet people and learn about their histories, current political and social-economic environments and spiritual beliefs.

Through their travels they seek our common humanity as they examine and shape their own life’s philosophy, which ultimately emerges in sculptural form.

Knowles and Pohlman have been affiliated with Pilchuck Glass School and Pratt Fine Arts Center (where they sponsor a high school scholarship in their name) throughout their careers and have received scholarships, awards and grants for their artistic and teaching efforts.

They are represented nationally by fine art galleries and are included in the collections of American Museum of Glass, Mobile Museum of Art, Museum of Glass and Racine Art Museum.

This year they accepted an invitation to join the board of trustees of the Bellevue Arts Museum.

POHLMAN KNOWLES HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP

In 2000, after Pohlman retired from teaching "Fired Up About Glass," a high school glass program she wrote and developed in 1993, the artists established a scholarship for high school age students through Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle, a non-profit community arts school offering classes in glass blowing, welding, forging, mold making, bronze casting, jewelry making, print making, painting, among many other classes.

For further information regarding the Pohlman Knowles High School Scholarship, contact the development office:

Pratt Fine Arts Center
1902 South Main Street
Seattle, WA 98144
206-325-0588.