Eva’s contact with "hot glass" began when she was 14 years old.  Her first summer job was in a glass factory in Slovakia where old glassblowers were making stemware.  Her task was to pick up the just finished goblets with a "fork " and take them to the annealing oven.  The goblets were hard to pick up and she missed.  The gaffer told her to quickly pick up the shards so nobody would notice the damage.  She did.  She jumped.  Everybody laughed really hard. It was just a brief touch, but for sure "hot".  She says, “I guess for me it was strong enough reason to "stick" to the glass for years to come.”  Eva has been with PISMO since 1998 and has been the director of the Vail gallery since 2002.

I'm originally from Poland where I grew up in a charming town in the Tetra Mountains. Most of my young life I spent ski racing around the world. That gave me the opportunity to get to know different cultures and to appreciate their achievements. My love for traveling and nature brought me to the Vail Valley in 2009. Living in the mountains and working at PISMO are part of my idea of surrounding myself with beauty.

Alisa was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado and is a recent graduate of the University of Colorado where she was a Communications major. Always fond of art, Alisa spent the summer prior to her graduation travelling throughout Europe, visiting many of the continent's greatest and oldest Museums, including the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. After recently moving to Vail, Alisa has been spending her time navigating Vail's thousands of acres of terrain and meeting new friends.

Emma is originally from Chile and has lived in the Vail Valley for 12 years. She is a professional actress and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Drama from Escuela Imagen in Santiago, Chile. Emma enjoys spending time with her family. She is excited to be a part of the Pismo Gallery Team.