Frozen Words Hot Air is a performance for live glassblowing, percussion, video, and manipulated recorded sound, inspired by a chapter of the satirical masterwork, The Life of Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais.
Continue ReadingIn CLUE artist and longtime member of the UrbanGlass community John Drury surveys the current output of artists in New York City creating with glass. Opening Reception: September 6th from 6-8pm.
Continue Reading“The starting point of my work is the colonial abuse of indigenous people. Specifically the Swedish governmental colonial effect on my little Sami hometown in Tärna, Sweden on the polar circle." -Tomas Colbengtson
Continue ReadingJoin UrbanGlass for glassblowing demonstrations and family hands-on activities!
Continue ReadingThrough a field of 140 small sculptures installed on a round table, Lemaire considers the currency of history in the age of Twitter. Opening reception: June 7th from 6-8pm.
Continue ReadingAaron Pexa: The Spoils of Annwn will present, for the first time, an multi-media installation inspired by “Preiddeu Annwn,” an epic poem found in the Book of Taliesen, one of the most famous Middle Welsh manuscripts.
Continue ReadingIn Bylta visual artist Alli Hoag and musician Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir collaborate in a performance in the glassblowing studio that asks the question “How can a musical performance create a physical residue?” “In what ways can we make glass and music collide?”
Continue ReadingAn informal discussion about the words we use in the hot glass studio
Join us for UrbanGlass Open Studios, an opportunity to explore our spectacular-- and closed to the public-- 17,000 square foot facility, and watch artists work! Participate in hands-on activities for all ages, and tour our incredible studios, learning about glass and the ways it can be used.
Continue ReadingAt this special event for UrbanGlass donors, award-winning architect Jeffrey Beers and artists Adam Holtzinger and Susan Spiranovic will speak about the stunning new food hall he designed for Gotham Market at the Ashland .
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