Art & Entrepreneurship: Artist Talk and Q & A with Hennepin Made Co-Founder Jackson Schwartz

Thursday April 9th, 2026 from 6:00pm-7:00pm

Located in the Red Eye Theater space, which is in the same building as Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts at 2213 Snelling Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404.

Jackson will share his journey from glass arts education to glass arts business co-founder with over 40 team members. He will share highlights from his 20 years working with glass and the ingredients that were critical to forging a successful livelihood. He will also dive into a framework which other artists can utilize to build their own paths forward.

Hennepin Made is an artisan glass lighting brand, established in 2011 in Northeast Minneapolis, driven by the desire to build something more sustainable and transformative than the makers before. A community of artists and glassblowers committed to ancient craft and modern design. What they make is light.

Learn more about Hennepin Made and their artisan glass lighting here: www.hennepinmade.com

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