✨Northern Lights⚡️
Joe Schlichta & Matt Sellars
A Traver Gallery Project at Vetri, West Canal Yards
Take a quick look inside Northern Lights with highlights from the exhibition now on view. Featuring new oil paintings by Joe Schlichta alongside carved wood sculptures by Matt Sellars, the exhibition explores landscape, light, erosion, and shifting perceptions of space.
A full artist interview and exhibition walkthrough is now available on the Traver Gallery website video page.
Joe Shlichta & Matt Sellars
Northern Light ✨
A Traver & Vetri Gallery Project at West Canal Yards
📍Opening Reception: May 2, 3–5 pm
Join us for the opening of Northern Light Saturday, May 2 from 3–5 pm.
The featured painting by Joe Shlichta, Ever After, will be featured in the exhibition alongside sculptural work by Matt Sellars.
Schlichta’s work explores how tone and value construct and disrupt a sense of space. Built through layered passages of paint and direct brushwork, the surface suggests landscape without fixing it. Hints of desert, plant forms, and sky emerge through shifting geometry, allowing the image to move between structure and openness.
Northern Light will be on view from May 2–30, 2026. Join us for the opening in the gallery space above Traver Gallery. 💗
Northern Light
Matt Sellars & Joe Shlichta
A Traver & Vetri Gallery Project at West Canal Yards
📍Opening Reception: May 2, 3–5 pm
This piece, Formation by Matt Sellars, will be featured in Northern Light, alongside oil paintings by Joe Shlichta.
Matt Sellars carved wood sculptures originate in the stark luminosity of West Texas, where intense light flattens distance and sharpens contrast. Drawing from desert landscapes—agave against open sky, eroded rock formations, and remnants of natural processes—Sellars creates forms that hover between organic and architectural. His use of applied color interacts with the wood’s inherent grain, introducing an element of chance that mirrors the forces of erosion and transformation found in nature. The resulting works embody a dynamic tension between machined control and the unpredictable effects of time and environment.
On view May 2 through May 30, 2026,
Traver Gallery & Vetri is pleased to co-present Northern Light, a two-person exhibition featuring works by Joe Shlichta and Matt Sellars. 📍Opening Saturday, May 2nd from 3–5pm.
This exhibition brings together paintings by Shlichta and sculptural carving by Sellars in a shared investigation of light, perception, and the shifting boundaries between natural and constructed space.
Though working in distinct media, both artists engage with light as an active, elusive force—one that shapes experience while resisting capture. Across the exhibition, light is not only a subject but a material condition: destabilizing form, compressing or expanding space, and heightening the tension between precision and unpredictability.
Joe Shlichta & Matt Sellars
Northern Light
A Traver & Vetri Gallery Project at West Canal Yards
📍Opening Reception: May 2, 3–5 pm
💗Vetri is open for the month of March.
The light is shifting, spring is starting to show up, and it feels good to be back in the space at West Canal Yards. We’ve installed a fresh selection of work and we’re excited to share it with you.
Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10–6.
Stop in, take your time, and say hello. If you’re looking for something specific, we’re here to help.
🌟Limited Restock!🌟
LUKE JACOMB STUDIO | Cast Glass Birds
A small restock of select glass birds from Luke Jacomb Studio is now available on our website.
Each bird is created using the lost wax casting method, a labor-intensive process that takes many days from inception to completion. From sculpting and mold-making through casting and cold-working, every stage is completed by hand. Subtle variations in form and surface reflect the handmade nature of each piece.
Based in Aotearoa New Zealand, Luke Jacomb and partner Tara lead a small team of artists working from two private Auckland studios. All works are handcrafted start to finish in-house.
This is a limited restock of select styles available at Vetri now!
🌟Hi Everyone! 🌟
We’re hosting a special exhibition in our space through Feb. 28. While the show is up you can shop online or make an appointment to view work in person.
206.667.9608 or [email protected]
Thank you for supporting Vetri and our artists throughout 2025.
We’re grateful for the community of friends, artists, and collectors we’ve built together. Your flexibility and continued support mattered this year as we moved spaces, hosted pop-ups around town, and presented multiple exhibitions at the new West Canal Yard location. The energy and momentum around the Vetri community was inspiring and uplifting. The energy and momentum around the Vetri community were inspiring and uplifting. We can’t wait to carry that into 2026!
Vetri will be closed for the holiday season from Wednesday, December 24 through Monday, January 5th and will reopen on Tuesday, January 6th. While we are away from our desks, response times may be slower than usual. For time-sensitive inquiries, please get in touch with Sarah Traver at [email protected].
While we’re away, you can explore our entire collection of extraordinary objects by artists and designers at Vetriglass.com. Any online purchases made during the holiday closure will ship when we return by January 9th, 2026.
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Wishing you a joyful holiday season,
All of us at Vetri
🌟Hi Everyone!🌟
Vetri open today, Saturday, December 20th until 6pm. This is the last weekend before the holiday so come stop by for some holiday gift inspiration.
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🌟Still Need A Gift? 🌟
It’s not too late to find the perfect handmade gifts for everyone on your list.
Join us for in-person shopping before we close for the holidays:
We are open Friday, December 20th, Saturday, December 21st & Tuesday, December 23rd
Our team is ready to help you select and gift wrap the perfect gifts so you can relax and celebrate.
Happy Holidays,
The Vetri Team
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The day is almost here! Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 17th, is your last chance to ensure your gifts arrive in time for the holidays. Select the 3-day expedited shipping option at checkout to guarantee timely delivery.
Orders placed after tomorrow may not arrive before the holiday, but we’re here to help. For assistance with shipping after this date, feel free to contact the gallery directly at 206.667.9608.
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Happy shopping!
🍒 ERICA ROSENFELD 🍒
HAND CARVED JEWELRY
Shop the collection now at Vetriglass.com
Erica Rosenfeld lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She uses glass, found materials, and beads to create sculpture and jewelry inspired by Mid Century Modern and early Viennese design. Each piece is made from blown, hot worked, and carved glass. She blows and fuses glass canes, then slices, carves, and stitches the parts together with seed beads. Her cane and jewelry series shift every six months, so the work always stays fresh.
