Our Classes
Special Classes
Focused on exploring the fullness of UrbanGlass’s creative environment, these classes range widely in subject matter and are designed to add richness to both your studio practice and everyday life.
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From Furnace to Finished, Blown Glass & the Painted Surface with Alan Iwamura
4 Sessions: June 20 — June 23
Thursday, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm -
“Flip, Flip, Flash” Glassblowing/Hot Sculpting with Julia and Robin Rogers
5 Sessions: June 26 — June 30
Wednesday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
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Narrative Fusion: Crafting Glass Stories with Decals and Enamels with Joe Hobbs
3 Sessions: July 19 — July 21
Friday, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm -
Furnace to Flame with Jen Elek & Jeremy Bert
5 Sessions: July 23 — July 27
Tuesday, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
Lightning in ANY Bottle: Creating Plasma Sculptures with Glass Solder with Percy Echols II
5 Sessions: July 30 — August 3
Tuesday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
Glass! Flowers! Friendship! with Sunside & Co.
3 Sessions: August 9 — August 11
Friday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
Frittastic: Pâte de verre with Alicia Lomné
5 Sessions: August 13 — August 17
Tuesday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
Assemblage - Stained Glass with Glenn Carter
5 Sessions: August 20 — August 24
Tuesday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
0 to Sculpture in 2.5 with John Erwin Dillard & Rebekah Birkan
5 Sessions: August 20 — August 24
Tuesday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Middle School Youth
Classes for ages 12-14.
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Intro to Bead for Middle Schoolers with Richard Paz
1 Session: June 22nd
Saturday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm -
Middle School Camp! Intro to Fusing: Animated Expressions
5 Sessions: July 8 — July 12
Monday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm -
Middle School Camp! Intro to Beadmaking: Flora & Fauna
5 Sessions: August 5 — August 9
Monday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
High School Youth
Ages 14-18.
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Make Glass Beads and Jewelry for High School Students with Ghislaine Sabiti
1 Session: May 4th
Saturday, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm -
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High School Camp! Intro to Flameworking: Drawing with Glass
5 Sessions: August 12 — August 16
Monday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Glassblowing
Learn the tools and techniques that have been used to blow and sculpt glass for over two thousand years. Introductory classes start with the basics of safety, teamwork, and form, while advanced classes focus on specific techniques, best practices and innovations in the field.
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Intro to Glassblowing April with Charlie Golonkiewicz
1 Session: April 27th
Saturday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm -
Intro to Glassblowing May-June with Jeff Strausser
6 Sessions: May 2 — June 6
Thursday, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
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Intro to Glassblowing May-July with Lucas Kernan
6 Sessions: May 28 — July 2
Tuesday, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
Intro to Glassblowing: Seeing Shapes in the Clouds with Roxana de Leon
1 Session: June 8th
Saturday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm -
From Furnace to Finished, Blown Glass & the Painted Surface with Alan Iwamura
4 Sessions: June 20 — June 23
Thursday, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm -
“Flip, Flip, Flash” Glassblowing/Hot Sculpting with Julia and Robin Rogers
5 Sessions: June 26 — June 30
Wednesday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
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What a Cup Can Teach Us with Granite Calimpong
5 Sessions: July 9 — July 13
Tuesday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
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Narrative Fusion: Crafting Glass Stories with Decals and Enamels with Joe Hobbs
3 Sessions: July 19 — July 21
Friday, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm -
Furnace to Flame with Jen Elek & Jeremy Bert
5 Sessions: July 23 — July 27
Tuesday, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
The Bleeps, the Sweeps, and the Creeps: non-traditional patterns in glass with Austin Stern
5 Sessions: July 30 — August 3
Tuesday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
Glass! Flowers! Friendship! with Sunside & Co.
3 Sessions: August 9 — August 11
Friday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
The Bird is the Word (and so is Glass) with Lucas Kernan
1 Session: August 17th
Saturday, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Coldworking Studio
The tools of the cold shop are used to carve, shape, polish, decorate and finish cold glass. Similar to a wood or metal shop, the cold shop contains saws, flat grinders, belt sanders, lathes, and a sandblaster specific for working with glass. Start with a focus on safety, and expand into exploring the many dynamic ways coldworking enhances and compliments glass work.
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Sequential Erosion of Glass with Austin Davenport Grier
1 Session: June 2nd
Sunday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Flameworking and Beadmaking
Flameworking (or lampworking) encompasses many different types of glasswork created with a torch. Artists use glass rods or tubes softened by the heat of the torch to create detailed sculptures, hollow forms, beads, and more. Learn the basics of beadmaking all the way through the subtleties of detailed glass sculpture.
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New York Spring Teams! : A Two-Day Introduction to Creation in Soft Glass with Starr Eaddy
2 Sessions: May 5 — May 12
Sunday, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm -
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Beadmaking Weekend: Flameworking Fundamentals with Richard Paz
2 Sessions: June 1 — June 2
Saturday, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes: Figurative Studies in Glass with Carmen Lozar
5 Sessions: June 4 — June 8
Tuesday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
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Glass Dimensional Construction with Eunsuh Choi
5 Sessions: June 26 — June 30
Wednesday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
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Glass Flora and Fauna with Madeline Rile Smith
3 Sessions: July 12 — July 14
Friday, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
Fruits and Fungi! Intro to Beads with Hannah Martin
1 Session: July 18th
Thursday, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm -
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Intro to Beads: Dichroic Glass Beads with Maria Aroche
1 Session: July 28th
Sunday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm -
Middle School Camp! Intro to Beadmaking: Flora & Fauna
5 Sessions: August 5 — August 9
Monday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm -
Intro to Beads: Prints and Patterns with Kenya Chester
1 Session: August 10th
Saturday, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm -
High School Camp! Intro to Flameworking: Drawing with Glass
5 Sessions: August 12 — August 16
Monday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Neon
Neon signs light up the city in all different shapes, words, and colors. From beginner to advanced classes, learn to bend glass tubes to be pumped with noble gasses and lit as sculptures or signage.
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High School Camp! Intro to Neon (FREE - STEM)
10 Sessions: July 8 — July 19
Monday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm -
Furnace to Flame with Jen Elek & Jeremy Bert
5 Sessions: July 23 — July 27
Tuesday, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
Lightning in ANY Bottle: Creating Plasma Sculptures with Glass Solder with Percy Echols II
5 Sessions: July 30 — August 3
Tuesday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
Make a Neon Shape (2.5 Hours) with Jess Krichelle & Kate Hush
1 Session: August 4th
Sunday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm -
Stained Glass & Creating Imagery on Glass
For thousands of years, artists have created decorative stained glass panels that cast colorful shadows and depict histories through image. Learn the basics of designing, cutting and piecing together unique stained glass creations. Explore glass painting and imagery processes to tell layered stories on glass.
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Make Stained Glass (4 Hour Slots) April with Kelsie McNair & Trish Buggy
1 Session: April 27th
Saturday, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm -
One Day Mosaics; Flora and Fauna with Courtney McCloskey
1 Session: May 12th
Sunday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm -
Intro to Stained Glass May-June with Kelsie McNair
6 Sessions: May 14 — June 18
Tuesday, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
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One Day Mosaics; Play with Pattern with Courtney McCloskey
1 Session: June 1st
Saturday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm -
Make Stained Glass (4 Hour Slots) June with Kellie Krouse & Michelle Hinebrook
1 Session: June 8th
Saturday, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm -
Making Gradients with Glass Powders with Suzanne Head
2 Sessions: June 22 — June 23
Saturday, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Powder Drawing in Stained Glass with Suzanne Head & Kelsie McNair
6 Sessions: June 25 — June 30
Tuesday, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
One Day Mosaics: Summer Scenery: Abstract Landscapes and Patterns with Michelle Bayat
1 Session: July 13th
Saturday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm -
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One Day Mosaics: Exploring Glass Design with Ana Stavarache
1 Session: August 4th
Sunday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm -
High School Camp! Intro to Stained Glass (FREE - STEM)
10 Sessions: August 5 — August 16
Monday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm -
Stained Glass 101 (August) with Laura Carbone
2 Sessions: August 10 — August 11
Saturday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
Assemblage - Stained Glass with Glenn Carter
5 Sessions: August 20 — August 24
Tuesday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Kilnforming and Casting
Kilnforming refers to the spectrum of techniques that use the heat of the kiln to transform and shape glass. Fusing and slumping explore cutting flat glass to create shapes and patterns, the use of colorful crushed or powdered glass, and how these elements are transformed once inside the kiln. Kiln casting techniques include moldmaking, working with wax, and firing 3D forms in the kiln.
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Lost Wax Casting and Mold Making Techniques with Celeste Wilson
3 Sessions: June 14 — June 16
Friday, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
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Kilncasting with Zircar Mold Mix 6 with Brooke Hamling
5 Sessions: July 16 — July 20
Tuesday, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
Duplicating Form and Casting Glass with Dean Allison
5 Sessions: July 23 — July 27
Tuesday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
Frittastic: Pâte de verre with Alicia Lomné
5 Sessions: August 13 — August 17
Tuesday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Youth Camps
Dive into an exciting glass technique in one of our camps!
UrbanGlass offers a unique camp experience for young creatives looking to discover the endless creative possibilities of glass. Our week-long courses for middle and high school students introduce students to various techniques like glassblowing, beadmaking, stained glass, and more! In an effort to provide greater access to glass education for our growing community of young artists, we offer sliding-scale pricing options for youth camps so families can self-select the pricing tier that fits their financial situation.
We also offer FREE camps in collaboration with STEM Matters NYC, a Dept. of Education program that partners with cultural institutions to provide enrichment programs during spring and summer break for NYC students in grades K-12. Students are selected through an application process, with priority given to students who attend Title I schools. To be notified when applications open, please join the STEM Matters NYC mailing list by signing up here: https://spep.libwizard.com/f/mailinglist
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High School Camp! Intro to Neon (FREE - STEM)
10 Sessions: July 8 — July 19
Monday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm -
Middle School Camp! Intro to Fusing: Animated Expressions
5 Sessions: July 8 — July 12
Monday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm -
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High School Camp! Intro to Stained Glass (FREE - STEM)
10 Sessions: August 5 — August 16
Monday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm -
Middle School Camp! Intro to Beadmaking: Flora & Fauna
5 Sessions: August 5 — August 9
Monday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm -
High School Camp! Intro to Flameworking: Drawing with Glass
5 Sessions: August 12 — August 16
Monday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Youth Camps - Summer Camps
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High School Camp! Intro to Neon (FREE - STEM)
10 Sessions: July 8 — July 19
Monday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm -
Middle School Camp! Intro to Fusing: Animated Expressions
5 Sessions: July 8 — July 12
Monday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm -
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High School Camp! Intro to Stained Glass (FREE - STEM)
10 Sessions: August 5 — August 16
Monday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm -
Middle School Camp! Intro to Beadmaking: Flora & Fauna
5 Sessions: August 5 — August 9
Monday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm -
High School Camp! Intro to Flameworking: Drawing with Glass
5 Sessions: August 12 — August 16
Monday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Youth Camps - Spring Break
Free Programs
Join a variety of free programming including lectures, professional development from our staff, and community still-life drawing sessions.
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High School Camp! Intro to Neon (FREE - STEM)
10 Sessions: July 8 — July 19
Monday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm -
High School Camp! Intro to Stained Glass (FREE - STEM)
10 Sessions: August 5 — August 16
Monday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Free Lectures & Demos
Find these videos and more on our YouTube Channel!
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UrbanGlass@Home Episode 1: Introduction to Grant Applications with Tanner
1 Session: January 1st
Monday, 12:00 am – 11:59 pm