Ms. Ryan McGivern works primarily in hand blown and mosaic glass art and currently lives in Staten Island, New York. Ryan began her art career at the Williston Northampton School focusing on ceramic sculpture in 1987.
She was introduced to hot glass (sand casting) in 1991 when she went to NYU as an undergraduate. In 1993, she moved to Santa Cruz, California where she apprenticed with several glassblowers and a glass mosaic artist. She returned to New York to start the graduate studio art program at NYU and began working as a faculty member at UrbanGlass in 1999.
Early in 2000, she joined the artist in residence program at Snug Harbor Cultural Center where she worked until 2004. From 2005 to 2010, she operated The Studio 150, a glass studio and gallery that showcased a number of national and local artists.

Ms. McGivern has exhibited her work in galleries in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island and her work can also be found in private and public collections. Ryan works as a teaching artist in the public school system on Staten Island and has taught studio art to children and adults at
The Art Lab, Staten Island Academy (summer), The Children’s Museum of NYC (Governors Island), UrbanGlass, Bklyn and The Studio 150.

Selected commissions include: “Seven Sister’s”(2000) glass mosaic mural for New York University Division of Nursing, trophies for the Westminster Kennel Club, Staten Island Kennel Club (2006-2010) and COAHSI Gala 2009 and 2010, Lynne Robin Steinman Award (2006), “Believe, Achieve and Succeed”, glass mosaic murals at PS 31 (2010), Staten Island and
“Dog Bones”, glass ornaments for Mario Buatta, interior decorator.

Ms. McGivern was one of four recipients awarded the Council on the Arts and Humanities of Staten Island 2010 Original Works Grant which will be exhibited at The Historic Richmond Town Museum November, 2010.
“FragmentSI” is a project that combines her interests and skills; glassblowing, locating of artifacts and the use of historical, geographical and thematic relevant materials. This series of hand blown bell jars holds fragments of glass, china and clay artifacts arranged thematically in such a way as to evoke a story or an image of place and time. The narrative of each assemblage will be interpreted by the viewer, but the evocation of place in the Staten Island community and economic, social and cultural significance will be the connecting themes.

Ms. McGivern is available for commissions in hand blown glass, mosaic murals, stone jewelry and glass trophies. If you are interested in glass mosaic classes or commissions, please contact her at glassgirl1970@gmail.com.