Press coverage from January 25, 2019 by Elle McLogan for CBSNewYork - Link

More Than Just Playing With Fire: Visiting The Artists At UrbanGlass In Brooklyn

To be an artist at UrbanGlass, you can’t be afraid of a little danger.

Press coverage from January 16, 2019

Devin Mathis named Executive Director of UrbanGlass

BROOKLYN—January 16, 2019—UrbanGlass announces the appointment of Devin Mathis as its Executive Director, effective today. After a national search, the Board of Directors selected Mathis to lead the iconic organization, based in the Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District. Mathis joins UrbanGlass from the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy in New York, where she was the Director of Programs, leading nearly five hundred cultural, recreational, and educational programs annually.

Press coverage from December 17, 2018 by Megan N. Liberty for Hyperallergic - Link

Best of 2018: Our Top 15 Brooklyn Art Shows

5. Pushing Buttons at Urban Glass Pushing Buttons, curated by Benjamin Wright at Urban Glass, explored our current state in the Anthropocene, taking into account humanity’s relationship to technology and nature...

Press coverage from November 7, 2018 by Natalie Matthews Butcher for New York Times - Link

6 New York Jewelers to Know

The holidays are coming, and so-called engagement season is fast approaching. Little wonder, then, that jewelry is on the brain. For the city’s stellar local jewelers, of course, jewelry is top of mind year-round.

Press coverage from October 17, 2018 by Anna Talley for Modern Magazine - Link

Shari Mendelson at UrbanGlass

At first glance, it’s surprisingly difficult to distinguish between what is ancient and what is modern in Shari Mendelson: Glasslike, curated by Elizabeth Essner, on view at UrbanGlass in downtown Brooklyn.

Press coverage from February 20, 2018 by Shiloh Frederick for BK Reader - Link

This UrbanGlass Beadmaking Program Challenges and Changes Lives

For over twenty years UrbanGlass’s beadmaking scholarship program has provided creative and entrepreneurial skills to artsy, low-income women in New York.

Press coverage from January 18, 2018 for NYC-Arts - Link

NYC-Arts Full Episode: January 18

A profile of UrbanGlass in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, which has been devoted to supporting glassmaking as a creative medium for 40 years.

Press coverage from December 29, 2017 by Victoria Hofmo for The Norwegian American - Link

An Indigenous People In Glass

Sámi artist Tomas Colbengtson brings life to glass.

Press coverage from December 19, 2017 by Florence Fabricant for The New York Times - Link

A Vessel for the Most Important Seasoning

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Press coverage from December 19, 2017 by Andy Katz for Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Link

UrbanGlass Celebrates 40th Anniversary in Characteristic Style

City's Premier Glass Artists Gather for a Night of Commemoration and Glassblowing!

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