Bill Glass Jr. place of birth Tahlequah
Background and education
Glass was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and spent his childhood there and in Arizona. The Native art Glass saw while living in Arizona instilled a love of native culture and art in him.
He attended Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma in 1973, where he decided to major in computer science. Glass took several art classes during his first year at Central State University under the direction of T.C. Cannon (Kiowa/Caddo, 1946–1978) and Sherman Chaddlesone (Kiowa, 1947–2013), who had both studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Glass transferred to IAIA in 1973, where he worked under renowned Chiricahua Apache sculptor Allan Houser (1914–1994). While there, the faculty encouraged him to research his Cherokee heritage.
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