Fellowship & Opportunities

UrbanGlass is seeking a part time assistant in the Agnes Varis Art Center (AVAC) to help maintain and support our programming in this storefront and gallery space. AVAC is open 7 days a week, and is seeking individuals with flexibility to help cover shifts. 

UrbanGlass seeks submissions from artists who would like to sell their designs at UrbanGlass|ware. The deadline for this opportunity is January 17, 2020.

UrbanGlass offers internships in the areas of Education, Development, and Journalism.

The Bead Project is a scholarship program designed for creatively inclined, economically disadvantaged women. Over the course of ten classes at the UrbanGlass studios, students learn the art of glass beadmaking, simple jewelry fabrication techniques, and the entrepreneurial skills to develop a business plan. 

Application deadline for Spring 2020: February 15, 2020

UrbanGlass offers scholarships to support merit and need based access to our classes. Applications are accepted four times a year. 

Computronium, James Corporan, 2019. 

Images by Blaine Davis.

An open call for emerging artists to present exhibitions, performances and other community-engagement programs in our ground-level Rockwell Street windows. 

Submission deadline: Wednesday, January 8, 2020

UrbanGlass’ MFA Exhibition NEW WORK will feature the work of 3-5 recent graduates of North American MFA programs whose work features glass. The exhibition provides an international showcase for new and noteworthy talent in the field and is an important platform for the presentation of new work. 

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Anna Riley - 2018 Studio Resident

UrbanGlass 2020 Studio Residencies will provide four artists working in glass with the opportunity to create a new body of work in our studio. 

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Monica Cook - 2018 Visiting Artist

The UrbanGlass Visiting Artist Fellowships will provide artists the opportunity to develop a new body of work exploring ideas and techniques using the medium of glass. 

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Doug Johnston, Visiting Designer 2018

The UrbanGlass Visiting Designer Fellowships will provide one individual with access to our 17,000 foot glass studio over the course of approximately 6 months.

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Burnt Asphalt in the studio

UrbanGlass seeks proposals from artists and artist collectives for performance works to be presented in the studio in 2020. 

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