My Glamour Shot
Alice Foster Zimmerman
Schooled in private art schools and an award winning artist in other mediums, Alice grew up next door to her maternal grandmother, Ruth Youse Sparrow. Besides raising chickens, Ruth was an accomplished artist in various mediums, and was also a studio glass artist specializing in church windows. When the time came that Alice decided to leave her "day job" as a counselor for the Arizona Department of Corrections - Juvenile Division, glass work was a natural choice. She began designing and building custom panels and architectural art glass around 1975, and opened a retail store teaching classes and selling supplies in 1978. The retail store was closed in 1998 and Alice "retired." Alice has won numerous awards for her artistry in glass and continues to design and fabricate select custom work from her home in Vernonia, Oregon.
