Embrace the divinity of obsidian glass utilized in two components of our current exhibition, Form and Formless, in an introductory scrying workshop with Eliza Swann.
Continue ReadingHave you ever noticed all the glass you encounter every day in the city? From mosaics in the subway to windows in skyscrapers, glass makes our city a more vibrant and exciting place. Join us for Open Studios: Winter in the City and discover the many ways glass shapes the world around us with an afternoon of art making and exciting demonstrations in UrbanGlass’ 17,000 sq ft studios. Sign up for one activity or try them all!
Continue ReadingBead Project is taking over the studio! Join us on Friday, November 17 from 5pm-8pm for a Bead Project Expo including demonstrations, a market, and bead making lessons by alumni of the Bead Project.
Continue ReadingThe 2023 exhibition of UrbanSparkle features four artists working specifically in clear glass, each with their own twist.
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Continue ReadingFeaturing a new topic each session, join this group to discuss various ways to better your business practices as an artist, designer or freelancer. Moderated by Adam Holtzinger and Susan Spiranovich of KEEP, these conversations are meant to bring local creatives together to have an open dialogue about what can seem like the most mysterious parts of money tactics and survival in running an arts-based business.
Continue ReadingJoin us for a wonderful conversation between Shahzia Sikander, Yasmeen Siddiqui, and Alpesh Kantilal Patel discuss The Glass Mosque; a collaboration among Sikander, composer Vijay Iyer, poet Bhanu Kapil, and author Fred Moten. Sikander, Iyer, Kapil, and Moten are equal partners in this three-year creative project which began in 2022.
Continue ReadingJoin us for a night of togetherness at UrbanGlass in the Hot Shop on Monday Oct 30th, 2023. Marc Barreda will be onsite demonstrating how to make trick glasses and Kitty Lameris will join in via zoom for a virtual presentation to share further insights found in their research. Their book Trick Glasses will be available for purchase at the event. Light refreshments will be provided.
Doors open at 5:30 PM, the Demo begins at 6.
Sita's Window Gallery exhibition features installations and landscapes with gemstones mined throughout America. The stones are encased in borosilicate, soft and recycled glass using traditional and non-traditional glassblowing and flameworking techniques.
Opening Reception October 18th from 6-9 PM.
Continue ReadingThe diverse works from eighteen artists will be installed throughout the gallery to eschew singular storytelling and instantiate multiple narratives for our fourth and final exhibition of 2023.
Have you ever noticed all the glass you encounter every day in the city? From mosaics in the subway to windows in skyscrapers, glass makes our city a more vibrant and exciting place. Join us for Open Studios: Fall in the City and discover the many ways glass shapes the world around us with an afternoon of art making and exciting demonstrations in UrbanGlass’ 17,000 sq ft studios. Sign up for one activity or try them all!
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