Join multi-instrumentalist, composer, Bang on a Can All-Star, and Paul Simon Musical Director Mark Stewart and the MIT Glass Band as they perform as an orchestra on a variety of glass instruments created during Mark's residency at MIT.
Continue ReadingJoin us Monday, May 18th at 9:30 PM for dessert, drinks, dancing, and demonstrations in the UrbanGlass studios at the 2015 Gala & Auction Afterparty. Come out to support all that UrbanGlass does, and see artists Deborah Czeresko, Stephen Paul Day and Sibylle Peretti at work in the hotshop!
Continue ReadingJoin us Monday, May 18 from 6:30 to 11 PM for the 2015 UrbanGlass Gala & Auction!
The Gala will take place at 647 Fulton Street, beginning with cocktails and a silent auction in our beautiful Agnes Varis Art Center, followed by dinner and a live auction. UrbanGlass' auctions feature a dynamic selection of works by luminaries of the glass and contemporary art worlds.
Continue ReadingJoin artists from the UrbanGlass studios for a special sale of their handmade jewelry, additionally we are offering 15% off any of the handmade jewelry currently on our shelves, perfect for Mother's Day gifting. Proceeds benefit the Bead Project, UrbanGlass' program for low-income, aspiring artists.
Continue ReadingJoin us Saturday, May 2nd, from 1 to 6 pm for an UrbanGlass Open Studios!
Continue ReadingUrbanGlass is inviting teachers to take part in a fun filled and informative evening workshop on incorporating glass into your classroom and curriculum. Because we appreciate all the hard work that do for your students and community, we are inviting them to a free program on April 8th from 6-8pm.
Continue ReadingNick Mount is one of Australia’s most accomplished and celebrated studio glass artists. He has been at the forefront of innovation and achievement since the early 1970s. Nick Mount: The Fabric of Work features a series of sculptural assemblages that range in scale and character and describe an aesthetic that is both provocative and playful, intimate, and spectacular.
Continue ReadingInspired by the book Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, Jocelyne Prince will be exploring the art of heat and glass in this hour long performance in the UrbanGlass studio.
Continue ReadingJoin curator Susie Silbert and artists featured in the exhibition for a tour of Material Location, followed by a visit to the UrbanGlass studios, where some of the works in the show were made.
Continue ReadingMaterial Location has two aims. First, to catalogue the range of glassmaking activities in New York City, both within and outside of the hub of UrbanGlass. Secondly, to explore the state-the conceptual location-of glassmaking and glass thinking at this time. To these ends, the artists included in Material Location explore a range of processes and conceptual approaches related to glass.
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