Press coverage from November 16, 2015 by Allegra Hobbs for The Brooklyn Paper - Link

‘Shaft’ of light: Stained glass Isaac Hayes part of ‘Power of Pop’ exhibit

The Soul Man gets illuminated.

A stained glass artist has enshrined “Shaft” singer Isaac Hayes and other pop culture icons like President Obama and Ricki Lake in a series of old-school portraits, available for inspection and veneration at the UrbanGlass gallery in Fort Greene on Nov. 18. The glass-worker says that he loved giving the historically clerical medium an unexpected modern spin.

Press coverage from November 6, 2015 by Mark Gillespie for Whiskycast - Link

Making a Whisky Glass: Don’t Try this at Home!

As part of Auchentoshan’s “Art of Auchentoshan” project, a group of whisky writers was given a chance to hand-blow our own whisky glasses at Brooklyn’s UrbanGlass – with supervision!

Press coverage from November 3, 2015 by Hanneke Weitering and Lauren J. Young for ScienceLine - project of nyu's science, health and environmental reporting program - Link

Looking Behind the Glass

Scientific glassblowers work directly with engineers, chemists and scientists to create everything from solar panels, microscopes and CAT scan machines. In the video below, we visit a troupe of glassblowers at work at UrbanGlass, an open-access art and glassblowing studio.

Press coverage from September 23, 2015 by Barbara Eldredge for Brownstoner - Link

Peek Inside Fort Greene’s Unique Glass-Making Studio UrbanGlass (Photos)

Glass is everywhere in our lives — from eyeglasses to screens to windows — but we’re usually looking through it instead of at it. Not so at UrbanGlass, a glass-obsessed non-profit offering studio space in one of the country’s largest glass-making studios, located at 647 Fulton Street in the heart of Fort Greene’s emerging Cultural District.

Press coverage from May 26, 2015 by Sam Blum for Brooklyn Magazine - Link

MIT’s Glass Band Might Just Blow Your Mind

Musical instruments aren’t typically made of glass. Glass is the stuff of impending mishaps, of dropped objects that explode and splatter into jagged little shards when someone isn’t careful. But when used in a homespun and improvisational way, glass can lend itself to music–think of the empty jug you blew into as a kid, or the way your Mom’s fine crystal used to ping when you tapped it with chopsticks.

Press coverage from January 28, 2015 by EdLab Studios for New Learning Times - Link

Seen in New York

The flick of a striker lights a hot blue flame while the roar of blowtorches resonates through the cavernous workshop.

Press coverage from December 1, 2014 by The Cut for New York Magazine - Link

New York Magazine’s Gift Guide

Neon Classes

At UrbanGlass’s Neon Weekend workshop, students get their Tracey Emin on.

Online and in print.

Press coverage from November 19, 2014 by Rima Suqi for The New York Times - Link

Blown Out of the Water: UrbanGlass Introduces Barware Inspired by Loos

Davide Fuin, a master glassblower on the Venetian island Murano, was not amused to receive a box of plastic water bottles fromManuel Gorkiewicz.

Press coverage from October 8, 2014 by nyc.gov for NYC Careers - Link

Inform NYC Career: UrbanGlass

The Urban Glass Episode of our Inform-Career Series Has Aired! You can now watch it on NYC Life on Channel 25, in NYC Taxis, and on our Video-on-Demand player.

Press coverage from September 21, 2014 by Kelly Velocci for NEW YORK COTTAGES & GARDENS - Link

In Fort Greene, Glassblower Andrew Hughes See His Craft Clearly

Nestled on the third floor of the hulking UrbanGlass building in Fort Greene, Brooklynm is a row of fiery furnaces where crucibles bubble with liquid glass. Craftsman Andrew Hughes, his clothes worn and his arms covered in old gym socks to protect him from the scorching heat, holds a long, hollow steel blowpipe, dips the tool into the molten liquid, and begins his workday. “Glass is a rewarding material,” he says. “But it’s also incredibly frustrating. You need an intimate relationship with it in order not to just walk away.”

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