Tuesday July 25, 2023 | by UrbanGlass Staff

Hot Popping & Glass Painting with Bloomberg Arts Interns By Alyx Scala, 2023 BAI Intern

This July, UrbanGlass hosted 40 interns from Studio Institute’s Bloomberg Arts Internship program for a hands-on workshop focused on up-cycling glass bottles. Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) is a beneficial paid summer program for juniors in high schools across NYC. In this program, accepted students are given help preparing for college through college writing classes and a chance to try new things through various worksites.

This week

CONVERSATION: Leo Tecosky on his recent $100,000 craft award, aging glass collectors, and a new era for equity in glass

OPENING: Jiyong Lee debuts at Traver Gallery with "Invisible Microcosm" through July 29, 2023

Brooklyn artist Layo Bright receives the 2023 Pittsburgh Glass Center's Ron Desmett Award

Deadline for 2024 Berlin GAS conference proposals is July 30th

Up your technical game by grabbing one of the remaining slots in an UrbanGlass summer intensive

Artist and educator Alli Hoag named as Toledo Museum of Art GAPP artist for Fall

Hot Popping & Glass Painting with Bloomberg Arts Interns By Alyx Scala, 2023 BAI Intern

Recycled glass plays a leading role in miraculous repair of major highway, introducing many to the potential of "foamed glass"

CALL FOR ENTRIES: The 2024 Toyama International Glass Exhibition will offer more than ¥5,000,000 ($34,800 USD) in prize money

IN MEMORIAM: Outsider artist Robert Blackstone (1971 - 2023), whose Crystal City installation is a visionary portrait of Dayton, Ohio, falls victim to the city's gun violence