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Chihuly was born in 1961 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She is the daughter of Royal C. Jackson, a mechanical engineer, and Jo Morgan Jackson, an educator and volunteer, and has a younger sister and two older brothers. Royal C. Jackson died in 1993. Jo Morgan Jackson passed away in 2003. Jackson
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Chihuly and her husband founded the Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation in 2009 to fund public education regarding all forms of art, and to provide support to artists and arts organizations. The Chihulys are involved with numerous nonprofit and philanthropic organizations both
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Chihuly made a $ 2.5 million gift to the Seattle Symphony to create the Leslie Jackson Chihuly Chair in 2015, endowing the Symphony's executive leadership position in perpetuity. In 2017, the Chihulys donated five large artworks â valued at $ 3.4 million at the time â in
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She started studying flute and piano at age 5 and continues to play both today. She attended numerous music and writing camps as a child, including a poetry camp in
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Chihuly enrolled at the University of Washington's Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, graduating in 1993 with an MA in international studies. During her time there, she lived in Moscow, Russia, and interned at
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the 2015 documentary on the history of the Pilchuck Glass School. The film won a 2016 Northwest Chapter Emmy Award for Best Documentary.
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