ALL EVENTS
By Category: Drawing ✿ Fiber ✿ Glass ✿ Mosaic ✿ Multimedia ✿ Painting ✿ Upcycling ✿ Open Studios ✿ Guest Artists
Mosaic Horse
Use your glass cutting and design skills to cover our lifesize horse with gorgeous stained glass mosaic. All materials provided.
Bangin' Bike Wheel Spinners Session #1
Convert a recycled bicycle wheel into a gorgeous, colorful stained glass spinner for your yard. You will cut stained glass scrap, learn to foil and solder. All materials provided.
Bangin' Bike Wheel Spinners Session #2
Convert a recycled bicycle wheel into a gorgeous, colorful stained glass spinner for your yard. You will cut stained glass scrap, learn to foil and solder. All materials provided.
Mosaic Horse
Use your glass cutting and design skills to cover our lifesize horse with gorgeous stained glass mosaic. All materials provided.
2.4.26: Open Mosaic Studio
Bring your own project and supplies (or buy them at The Groove’s mosaic supply shop!) and work on your piece together with others. Use our tools and grinders as needed. Let’s make art in community!!
Mini Mosaic Valentines!
Make a one-of-a-kind Valentine card for that special person in your life. We will use tile, beads and glass to create a mini work of art inside a lidded tin box. A personalized message is added to finish card. Each participant will make 2-3 cards.
Cookie Cutter Glass HEARTS Casting
Back by popular demand! Learn to cast glass into solid shapes. You'll fill heart-shaped casting molds with sheet glass, crushed glass, frits, noodles, and stringers. You'll learn to layer the colors with clear and dichroic glasses to get brilliant combinations. These castings can be hung on a provided hook, used as paper weights, or just displayed.
All tools, materials, and heat (kiln-firing) provided!
Cookie Cutter Glass HEARTS Casting
Back by popular demand! Learn to cast glass into solid shapes. You'll fill heart-shaped casting molds with sheet glass, crushed glass, frits, noodles, and stringers. You'll learn to layer the colors with clear and dichroic glasses to get brilliant combinations. These castings can be hung on a provided hook, used as paper weights, or just displayed.
All tools, materials, and heat (kiln-firing) provided!
Open Soldering Studio
Do you have an unfinished project (from home or one of our classes?). Come use our tools and get your project foiled and soldered. Free to bike class or stained glass class folk - email us to register without a fee.
Mosaic Horse
Use your glass cutting and design skills to cover our lifesize horse with gorgeous stained glass mosaic. All materials provided.
Optical Illusions: Funky Fusing w/ Delfie
The optic dish uses volume control displacement to distort a pattern of stringers into a repeatable shape giving the dish an optical illusion. Each student will make an 8 inch optic dish. Dishes will be fused fired and slumped for you. Dishes can be picked up 3 days after class. All materials and 2 firings included.
The Art of Japanese Rock Wrapping w/ Carrie Botto
Come and learn the art of Japanese rock wrapping with master Carrie Botto. You will learn three knots and complete three gorgous projects. All materials provided. Great for ages 12+
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Classroom Mosaic Kit Assembly
Join us for the fun collective work of creating 20 classroom kits for APS teachers who will then provide mosaic activities to their students. FREE!
2.19.26: Open Mosaic Studio
Bring your own project and supplies (or buy them at The Groove’s mosaic supply shop!) and work on your piece together with others. Use our tools and grinders as needed. Let’s make art in community!!
Glass Geology with Karen Shatar
Build a vertical frame, attach to base glass and the pour frit in thin layers to simulate a geological formulation. Then layer silver foil and course on top to create reactions. Fire to full fuse schedule. (Provided). Handouts to take home provided.
Making Mosaic Mirrors Part 1
Includes Design/Andamento workshop the evening of Feb. 2 (on zoom)! We will custom-cut MDF board and use and glass tiles, found objects, tempered glass, stones and stained glass to craft a gorgeous mosaic mirror for your home. We will learn how to use a circle-cutter for glass and mirror. Make the mirror of your dreams!
Making Mosaic Mirrors Part 2
Includes Design/Andamento workshop the evening of Feb. 2 (on zoom)! We will custom-cut MDF board and use and glass tiles, found objects, tempered glass, stones and stained glass to craft a gorgeous mosaic mirror for your home. We will learn how to use a circle-cutter for glass and mirror. Make the mirror of your dreams!
Funky Art on a Pole: Welding & Fusing with Mitch - session 1
The first session will take place at Mitch Berg’s south valley Fuego studio, selecting, designing and welding metal scrap to form a sculptural base for your work. Session 2 takes place at The Groove, where we’ll fuse glass to fit your sculptural vision!
Funky Art on a Pole: Welding & Fusing with Mitch - session 2
The first session will take place at Mitch Berg’s south valley Fuego studio, selecting, designing and welding metal scrap to form a sculptural base for your work. Session 2 takes place at The Groove, where we’ll fuse glass to fit your sculptural vision!
Mosaic Horse
Use your glass cutting and design skills to cover our lifesize horse with gorgeous stained glass mosaic. All materials provided.
Mug to Mosaic with Kelley Knickerbocker
The humble mug. Cheery, tacky, heartwarming, playful, snazzy, artful, endearing, or hideous. Each one contains mugtitudes, including the ingredients of an awesome abstract mosaic: surface colors/textures/patterns, claybody color/texture, curves/corners, and raw/finished edges. Using the the students’ own mugs as context and vehicle, in this 3-day course Kelley unpacks and guides students through each stage of mosaic metamorphosis: inspiration, design planning, palette development, material analysis, precision processing, and execution. Each student will transform their mug into an 8" square mosaic - set directly into cement mortar - in a wood frame. Bring your mug and let's get cracking! Your mug should be large-ish, any color(s)/pattern(s)/texture(s), and a different color on the inside than the outside.
A good understanding of basic mosaic principles and vocabulary is helpful but not necessary.
Self-Guided ABQ Mosaic Caravan Tour
This is a great opportunity to join a caravan of cars taking a tour of Albuquerque’s wonderful public mosaic artwork.
FREE Artist Talk & Booksigning: Rachel Davies
Join us for a free presentation and booksigning by internationally acclaimed mosaic artist Rachel Davies, who is in Albuquerque (from Scotland) for the CMA conference. Bring your copy of her book, or buy one there!
Guest Artist: Rachel Davies
Learn more about her website: here.
Mosaic Horse
Use your glass cutting and design skills to cover our lifesize horse with gorgeous stained glass mosaic. All materials provided.
FREE Artist Talk (Anabella Wewer & Kelley Knickerbocker): The Practice of Learning
Theories and opinions on how we learn vary wildly: Copy the masters. Take more workshops. Narrow your focus. Learn all the techniques. Repeat everything at least three times. Practice, practice, practice. Watch videos over and over. In-person is better. Experimentation is key! Theory is crucial. If the work sings, technique isn’t important. Toss the rules out and just make. If you like it, learn it. And on and on.
In their combined 40+ years of practice, and many, many years teaching, Kelley and Anabella have amassed a heap of experience, thoughts, and opinions about learning and teaching. And they know they'll always still be learning. They love having a good back-and-forth to get at the heart of - and keep learning about - any topic, and this time they’re having it in public in Albuquerque at the Amy Biehl High School during a free, live session as part of the ABQ Mosaic Art Festival. Come join the conversation!
Andamento as Language (Including Hammer & Hardie and Smalti techniques)
Classical andamento need not be thought of as restrictive or old-fashioned, but rather as the grammar of mosaic, giving definition and clarity to the work. Going beyond the principles of andamento, this course shows you how to develop style and narrative in mosaic, creating your own mosaic language.
Grammar and typography govern how we arrange letters into words and determine how easy or hard a text is to read and understand. In mosaic, the language is seemingly simpler — but texture, spacing, and dimension, layered over the basic principles of andamento can give lines, and therefore a mosaic, very different characteristics.
In this workshop we will also cover cutting with hammer & hardie, using a multitude of materials, and emphasizing proper posture and cutting techniques for different effects. We will then spend a few hours working with smalto to understand its properties, characteristics and how to cut it to achieve different effects. After these two basic topics, we will launch fully into developing language, now with tesserae that are intentionally cut for exploring andamento as language.
Previous knowledge of andamento rules is a pre-requisite. Hammers and hardies will be available, along with nippers and all other mosaic tools.
Andamento as Language (Including Hammer & Hardie and Smalti techniques)
Classical andamento need not be thought of as restrictive or old-fashioned, but rather as the grammar of mosaic, giving definition and clarity to the work. Going beyond the principles of andamento, this course shows you how to develop style and narrative in mosaic, creating your own mosaic language.
Grammar and typography govern how we arrange letters into words and determine how easy or hard a text is to read and understand. In mosaic, the language is seemingly simpler — but texture, spacing, and dimension, layered over the basic principles of andamento can give lines, and therefore a mosaic, very different characteristics.
In this workshop we will also cover cutting with hammer & hardie, using a multitude of materials, and emphasizing proper posture and cutting techniques for different effects. We will then spend a few hours working with smalto to understand its properties, characteristics and how to cut it to achieve different effects. After these two basic topics, we will launch fully into developing language, now with tesserae that are intentionally cut for exploring andamento as language.
Previous knowledge of andamento rules is a pre-requisite. Hammers and hardies will be available, along with nippers and all other mosaic tools.
Teacher Training: Mosaics in the Classroom
We invite APS teachers (of every grade level and content area) to apply for a free program being offered by The Community Groove at The Groove Artspace. We will accept up to 16 teachers serving a variety of schools and student populations.
3.11.26: Open Mosaic Studio
Bring your own project and supplies (or buy them at The Groove’s mosaic supply shop!) and work on your piece together with others. Use our tools and grinders as needed. Let’s make art in community!!
Making Mosaic Mirrors - Grouting
Includes Design/Andamento workshop the evening of Feb. 2 (on zoom)! We will custom-cut MDF board and use and glass tiles, found objects, tempered glass, stones and stained glass to craft a gorgeous mosaic mirror for your home. We will learn how to use a circle-cutter for glass and mirror. Make the mirror of your dreams!
Teacher Training: Mosaics in the Classroom
We invite APS teachers (of every grade level and content area) to apply for a free program being offered by The Community Groove at The Groove Artspace. We will accept up to 16 teachers serving a variety of schools and student populations.
Mosaic Horse
Use your glass cutting and design skills to cover our lifesize horse with gorgeous stained glass mosaic. All materials provided.
3.26.26: Open Mosaic Studio
Bring your own project and supplies (or buy them at The Groove’s mosaic supply shop!) and work on your piece together with others. Use our tools and grinders as needed. Let’s make art in community!!
Fused Glass Mosaics with Lavae
• Title of Class: Fused Glass Mosaics
• Brief Description: Mosaics that look like stained glass without the caming and soldering. We'll compose pieces of colored glass onto a glass backer sheet and then “grout” them with powdered glass to define and give depth. You might choose to paint an icon or pattern onto the glass with high temperature paint. It all gets fused in the kiln to created a solid piece of art that's suitable for a plate or light catcher in your window.
• All tools, materials, and heat (One kiln-firing included) provided.
Micro Mosaic Pendants with Nancy Holt
Learn the historical art of creating intricate jewelry using tiny tesserae of multiple kinds. This hands-on course will teach you how to cut materials, use them effectively in a design, and set them into metal bezels. You will leave with a finished, wearable artpiece of your own design.
Class topics:
* The history of the micro mosaic
* How to design a graphic micro mosaic using paper and colored pencils.
* How to cut micro mosaic materials: smalti, filati, millefiori, beads, and mini tiles.
* How to use specialized adhesives to attractively set your tesserae
No prior experience is necessary, and all tools and materials are provided.
Tweezers are necessary for this method and will be provided. If you have a favorite pair (like I do!) it would be good to bring it to class.
Also, there will be close up work so if you need visual assistance tools these would be helpful as well.
Landscape Collage with Alison
Come to The Groove and learn how to create a beautiful landscapecollage!
In this class you will learn how to glue layers of translucent tissue paper on to a 12x 12 board and create a glowing landscape. You will learn about color combinations and spectral light, to create a landscape with light, depth, and glowing color. Supplies provided.
5 hour class, with lunch break.
$150
Drawing Fundamentals: Still Life w/ Light, Shadow & Shape - Session #1
Join us for this 3-session introduction to drawing, focusing on the use of pencils and charcoal to capture the essence of a still life: shape, shadow and light. For beginners through intermediate drawers.
Open Soldering Studio
Do you have an unfinished project (from home or one of our classes?). Come use our tools and get your project foiled and soldered. Free to bike class or stained glass class folk - email us to register without a fee.
Cool Copper Inclusions in Glass
Can you include metals in glass art? Yes, you can! Copper works very well. In this class, you'll cut copper sheet using templates and slip them between sheets of glass to be kiln-fired. You can also build in a copper post, and create a “pot-sticker” for your plants!
• All tools, materials, and heat (One kiln-firing included) are provided.
The Many Faces of Fused Glass with Mitch
Cut, assemble and fire traditional fused glass but utilizing a variety of non-glass materials and techniques. Using wire and sheet copper embedded in fused glass, we will create an opportunity to collage a variety of materials to glass. The objects created can be, but is not limited, to making a mask.
Intro to Glass Casting w/ Willi Haye Session 1
Have you wondered what it’s like to capture light inside a sculpture?
Join Willi Haye for a glass casting course and learn how to transform glass into a luminous sculpture, perfect for beginners and experienced artists alike.
Explore techniques, experiment with textures, and create a luminous one-of-a-kind work of art. No experience necessary, just curiosity, creativity, and a love for exploring new materials.
2 weekends in a row from 9-4pm Saturday and Sunday at the Groove Artspace in Albuquerque.
Intro to Glass Casting w/ Willi Haye Session 2
Have you wondered what it’s like to capture light inside a sculpture?
Join Willi Haye for a glass casting course and learn how to transform glass into a luminous sculpture, perfect for beginners and experienced artists alike.
Explore techniques, experiment with textures, and create a luminous one-of-a-kind work of art. No experience necessary, just curiosity, creativity, and a love for exploring new materials.
2 weekends in a row from 9-4pm Saturday and Sunday at the Groove Artspace in Albuquerque.
Drawing Fundamentals: Still Life w/ Light, Shadow & Shape - Session #2
Join us for this 3-session introduction to drawing, focusing on the use of pencils and charcoal to capture the essence of a still life: shape, shadow and light. For beginners through intermediate drawers.
Intro to Glass Painting and Enameling
Join us for an opportunity learn and/or improve glass painting/enameling (and some screen printing) skills. We will all be learning and doing together. All materials provided. One kiln firing is also included.
4.16.26: Open Mosaic Studio
Bring your own project and supplies (or buy them at The Groove’s mosaic supply shop!) and work on your piece together with others. Use our tools and grinders as needed. Let’s make art in community!!
Intro to Glass Casting w/ Willi Haye Session 3
Have you wondered what it’s like to capture light inside a sculpture?
Join Willi Haye for a glass casting course and learn how to transform glass into a luminous sculpture, perfect for beginners and experienced artists alike.
Explore techniques, experiment with textures, and create a luminous one-of-a-kind work of art. No experience necessary, just curiosity, creativity, and a love for exploring new materials.
2 weekends in a row from 9-4pm Saturday and Sunday at the Groove Artspace in Albuquerque.
Intro to Glass Casting w/ Willi Haye Session 4
Have you wondered what it’s like to capture light inside a sculpture?
Join Willi Haye for a glass casting course and learn how to transform glass into a luminous sculpture, perfect for beginners and experienced artists alike.
Explore techniques, experiment with textures, and create a luminous one-of-a-kind work of art. No experience necessary, just curiosity, creativity, and a love for exploring new materials.
2 weekends in a row from 9-4pm Saturday and Sunday at the Groove Artspace in Albuquerque.
Drawing Fundamentals: Still Life w/ Light, Shadow & Shape - Session #3
Join us for this 3-session introduction to drawing, focusing on the use of pencils and charcoal to capture the essence of a still life: shape, shadow and light. For beginners through intermediate drawers.
Screen Printing With Glass Powders Session 1
In this class you will learn a simple way of making your own silk screens. You will use your silk screen to make an 8-inch wall-hanging or plate.
Screen Printing With Glass Powders Session 2
In this class you will learn a simple way of making your own silk screens. You will use your silk screen to make an 8-inch wall-hanging or plate.
Outdoor Mosaics with Leah Session #1
This workshop will start with information on the techniques used by several artists in Albuquerque for creating mosaic mural walls, including the one Leah made for her own backyard. We will discuss the pros and cons of various methods.
The 2 sessions will be hands-on, in-person. We will demonstrate one common indirect method and then deep dive into another. Each participant will plan and create a figure on foam/mortar board (up to 2’ x 2’), then cut out the figure and prepare it for mosaic.Then, you will apply tesserae of ceramic tile, broken dishes, found objects or items you bring to use or share.
Your mosaic will be ready to hang and grout on your outdoor wall as a single piece or as the start of your larger mural.
Outdoor Mosaics with Leah Session #2
This workshop will start with information on the techniques used by several artists in Albuquerque for creating mosaic mural walls, including the one Leah made for her own backyard. We will discuss the pros and cons of various methods.
The 2 sessions will be hands-on, in-person. We will demonstrate one common indirect method and then deep dive into another. Each participant will plan and create a figure on foam/mortar board (up to 2’ x 2’), then cut out the figure and prepare it for mosaic.Then, you will apply tesserae of ceramic tile, broken dishes, found objects or items you bring to use or share.
Your mosaic will be ready to hang and grout on your outdoor wall as a single piece or as the start of your larger mural.
Extra Fancy Funky Fused Flowers with Linda Session 1
We are going to create gorgeous glass garden flowers on stakes - we will design our flowers and then fuse them flat. A second firing in a mold will give them shape. Then you collect them and attach them to your stakes and admire!
Andamento & Mosaic Design Basics (zoom)
This is a zoom class focusing on andamento (flow) of pieces (tess/tessarae), design concepts and mosaic aesthetics.
Hot Prints: Encaustic Photo Transfer w/ Mikaela
Come paint with wax, power up some heat guns, and create two stunning printed pieces. In this class students will paint with molten wax and transfer images onto the hot surface. By the end of the workshop, students will be confident in their ability to transfer printed images onto the wax using a special phototransfer technique. This encaustic phototransfer workshop is for artists of all levels. Join us for an experiment with hot wax and to master a unique printmaking technique!
Please note, hot wax can aggravate those with sensitive lungs. A fan will be going in the background to promote ventilation, and masks will be offered to attendees. This class is not recommended for children under 13 years of age.
Extra Fancy Funky Fused Flowers with Linda Session 2
We are going to create gorgeous glass garden flowers on stakes - we will design our flowers and then fuse them flat. A second firing in a mold will give them shape. Then you collect them and attach them to your stakes and admire!
Glass on Glass Mosaic w/ Erika Session #1
The Glass-on-Glass Mosaic (using stained glass on flat glass OR gorgeous glass blocks, for indoors or outdoors) class is appropriate for everyone, including beginners, who wants to experiment with glass and learn how to make something beautiful. The classes will be small enough for both group and individual instruction.
Day 1 is a five-hour block, when we introduce techniques and talk about design, and then give everyone time to work on and (hopefully) complete their project. You can continue your project at home if you wish. Day 2 is a three-ish hour block when we will clean our pieces, grout and and then do final cleaning. You will then be ready to tackle much bigger projects, like glass-on-glass mosaic tables, for example. All tools and materials included.
Glass on Glass Mosaic w/ Erika Session #2
The Glass-on-Glass Mosaic (using stained glass on flat glass OR gorgeous glass blocks, for indoors or outdoors) class is appropriate for everyone, including beginners, who wants to experiment with glass and learn how to make something beautiful. The classes will be small enough for both group and individual instruction.
Day 1 is a five-hour block, when we introduce techniques and talk about design, and then give everyone time to work on and (hopefully) complete their project. You can continue your project at home if you wish. Day 2 is a three-ish hour block when we will clean our pieces, grout and and then do final cleaning. You will then be ready to tackle much bigger projects, like glass-on-glass mosaic tables, for example. All tools and materials included.
Intro to Glass Painting and Enameling
Join us for an opportunity learn and/or improve glass painting/enameling (and some screen printing) skills. We will all be learning and doing together. All materials provided. One kiln firing is also included.
Open Soldering Studio
Do you have an unfinished project (from home or one of our classes?). Come use our tools and get your project foiled and soldered. Free to bike class or stained glass class folk - email us to register without a fee.
Fused Crackle Glass w/ Delfie Session #1
This is a technique that Bob Leatherbarrow introduced where glass powders and water are used to make textured crackles on glass. We will be making an eight inch round or square glass piece that will be slumped into plate or bowl.
Fused Crackle Glass w/ Delfie Session #2
This is a technique that Bob Leatherbarrow introduced where glass powders and water are used to make textured crackles on glass. We will be making an eight inch round or square glass piece that will be slumped into plate or bowl.
5.13.26: Open Mosaic Studio
Bring your own project and supplies (or buy them at The Groove’s mosaic supply shop!) and work on your piece together with others. Use our tools and grinders as needed. Let’s make art in community!!
Recycled Mosaics: Session 1
Create a mosaic using recycled materials.
This 8-hour class (over two days) will introduce you to a unique method of making mosaics with used aluminum coffee pods.
We will design and create a mosaic on either a discarded fan blade or an old vinyl record with or without a mirror. All materials and tools will be provided but bring your favorite scissors if you have them.
On the first day, we will learn about the technique, create a design, and start preparing the tesserae. On the second day, we will glue the tesserae to the chosen substrate and complete the project with sealant. If you are not finished, I will provide you with the materials to complete the project at home. All materials are non-toxic and the cutting does not require a lot of strength.
Recycled Mosaics: Session 2
Create a mosaic using recycled materials.
This 8-hour class (over two days) will introduce you to a unique method of making mosaics with used aluminum coffee pods.
We will design and create a mosaic on either a discarded fan blade or an old vinyl record with or without a mirror. All materials and tools will be provided but bring your favorite scissors if you have them.
On the first day, we will learn about the technique, create a design, and start preparing the tesserae. On the second day, we will glue the tesserae to the chosen substrate and complete the project with sealant. If you are not finished, I will provide you with the materials to complete the project at home. All materials are non-toxic and the cutting does not require a lot of strength.
Fun with Tile Mosaics! - Session 1
This is a great chance to learn mosaic basics: design, tile cutting, adhesives, grouting… You’ll complete a wonderful 8×8 piece ready to display. We provide all the materials, and this class is appropriate for all ages! Beginners and experienced mosaic folk welcome.
Fun with Tile Mosaics! - Session 2
This is a great chance to learn mosaic basics: design, tile cutting, adhesives, grouting… You’ll complete a wonderful 8×8 piece ready to display. We provide all the materials, and this class is appropriate for all ages! Beginners and experienced mosaic folk welcome.
Mosaic Guitars & Other Instruments - session 1
Select an instrument from our collection (or bring your own) to mosaic with glass and glass tile. This class is one of our very. most special - it requires time, patience and lots of beautiful material!
Mosaic Guitars & Other Instruments - session 2
Select an instrument from our collection (or bring your own) to mosaic with glass and glass tile. This class is one of our very. most special - it requires time, patience and lots of beautiful material!
6.11.26: Open Mosaic Studio
Bring your own project and supplies (or buy them at The Groove’s mosaic supply shop!) and work on your piece together with others. Use our tools and grinders as needed. Let’s make art in community!!
Painting with Crayons w/ Mikaela
Create a mini flower or leaf painting using molten crayons! This modern twist on encaustic art invites students to use the Encaustic Stylus Pro and crayons to paint a mini work of art. Images will be provided, but please feel free to bring your own photos. This class is for students of all levels – if you are looking to explore a new medium or perfect your encaustic practice, join us!
Please note, hot wax can aggravate those with sensitive lungs. A fan will be going in the background to promote ventilation, and masks will be offered to attendees.
This class is NOT recommended for children under 13.
Intro to Glass Painting and Enameling
Join us for an opportunity learn and/or improve glass painting/enameling (and some screen printing) skills. We will all be learning and doing together. All materials provided. One kiln firing is also included.
Sgraffito on Glass with Karen
Prepared 6x6 full fused glass provided with an additional glass enamel layer on top. Scratch into the surface with bbq sticks to make designs by using stencils, free hand, doodles or zentangles. Fired and hung or set in a stand.
Freeze & Fuse Glass Garden Party! Session 1
Using powder glass and the power of the kitchen freezer, you'll mold glass elements (blossoms, leaves, and stems one day and during the second session you'll compose them onto a base sheet of glass for a second firing. Hang it in a window or frame it on a wall.
• All tools, materials, and heat (Two-kiln-firings included) provided.
Open Soldering Studio
Do you have an unfinished project (from home or one of our classes?). Come use our tools and get your project foiled and soldered. Free to bike class or stained glass class folk - email us to register without a fee.
Freeze & Fuse Glass Garden Party! Session 1 2
Using powder glass and the power of the kitchen freezer, you'll mold glass elements (blossoms, leaves, and stems one day and during the second session you'll compose them onto a base sheet of glass for a second firing. Hang it in a window or frame it on a wall.
• All tools, materials, and heat (Two-kiln-firings included) provided.
Mosaic Guitars & Other Instruments - session 3
Select an instrument from our collection (or bring your own) to mosaic with glass and glass tile. This class is one of our very. most special - it requires time, patience and lots of beautiful material!
Intro to Glass Blowing
Doug Ostroff will introduce you to his mobile glass studio and will demonstrate the basic process of glass blowing and sculpting of this wonderful material that will be around 2100 F degrees. Students will have the opportunity to make a cup and a chile pepper with an instructor. All materials are included with the class. Doug has 25 years of glass blowing experience and has been teaching glass blowing for 10 years to kids 12 to 85 years old.
2-Day Glass Blowing Deep Dive
Doug Ostroff will introduce you to his mobile glass studio and will demonstrate the basic process of glass blowing and sculpting of this wonderful material that will be around 2100 F degrees. Students will have the opportunity to make a cup and a chile pepper with an instructor. All materials are included with the class. Doug has 25 years of glass blowing experience and has been teaching glass blowing for 10 years to kids 12 to 85 years old.
Fused Mandala Flowers w/ Karen
Design a mandala using a stencil, pattern or your own design. Placing glass powder onto base glass with small straw or designated tool to create pattern to cover the glass. Fire to full fused.
Bright Bowl-Overs!
These little fused glass bowls trap light and color. You'll make two 6” x 6” bowl overs. So fun to compose the colored shards on a clear base sheet. They'll be fired twice: fused and then draped in the kiln.
• All tools, materials, and heat (Two-kiln-firings included) provided.
FAB Stained Glass Kaleidoscope: Day 1
With precise cutting, assembly and soldering, you will learn to make and decorate a kaliedascope. You will learn to make your color slides to create your beautiful, unique, colorful design.
FAB Stained Glass Kaleidoscope: Day 2
With precise cutting, assembly and soldering, you will learn to make and decorate a kaliedascope. You will learn to make your color slides to create your beautiful, unique, colorful design.
Glass on Glass Mosaic Session #2
The Glass-on-Glass Mosaic (using stained glass on flat glass OR gorgeous glass blocks, for indoors or outdoors) class is appropriate for everyone, including beginners, who wants to experiment with glass and learn how to make something beautiful. The classes will be small enough for both group and individual instruction.
Day 1 is a five-hour block, when we introduce techniques and talk about design, and then give everyone time to work on and (hopefully) complete their project. You can continue your project at home if you wish. Day 2 is a three-ish hour block when we will clean our pieces, grout and and then do final cleaning. You will then be ready to tackle much bigger projects, like glass-on-glass mosaic tables, for example. All tools and materials included.
Glass on Glass Mosaic Session #1
The Glass-on-Glass Mosaic (using stained glass on flat glass OR gorgeous glass blocks, for indoors or outdoors) class is appropriate for everyone, including beginners, who wants to experiment with glass and learn how to make something beautiful. The classes will be small enough for both group and individual instruction.
Day 1 is a five-hour block, when we introduce techniques and talk about design, and then give everyone time to work on and (hopefully) complete their project. You can continue your project at home if you wish. Day 2 is a three-ish hour block when we will clean our pieces, grout and and then do final cleaning. You will then be ready to tackle much bigger projects, like glass-on-glass mosaic tables, for example. All tools and materials included.
CMA Calling Card Mosaics
We will 1) join Contemporary Mosaic Arts (free), then register for the calling card activity $25. Then, with the guidance of Molly Bell, we will use glass, tile and other materials to construct and grout a miniature mosaic “calling card,” which you can either keep or submit to the calling card exchange activity associated with the CMA conference in ABQ this coming March. FUN for all ages!! The Groove will collect donations (approx $10) for materials), but otherwise the only cost is the cost of the CMA activity registration, which gets you the prepared tin.
1.22.26: Open Mosaic Studio
Bring your own project and supplies (or buy them at The Groove’s mosaic supply shop!) and work on your piece together with others. Use our tools and grinders as needed. Let’s make art in community!!
Mosaic Horse
Use your glass cutting and design skills to cover our lifesize horse with gorgeous stained glass mosaic. All materials provided.
Glass Painting, Enameling & FABrication with Joseph Cavalieri
Renowned New York visiting artist Joseph Cavalieri is excited to teach a five-day class encompassing all aspects of making a stained glass panel, from design to production. Many samples will be made in class. Techniques covered include painting, pen-and-ink drawing, air-brushing, atomizing, and silk screening with silkscreens Joseph will provide. You don’t need to be an expert painter, as we will be tracing images in the class.
We work with non-toxic enamels that are kiln fired onto the glass surface. Copper foiling and soldering techniques, lighting and framing will be learned as well. The choice of imagery is totally up to the students’ imagination. Perfect for beginners and students that have some experience working with glass and want to expand their knowledge further.
Cavalieri will help with your design choice, share samples of his work, share a framing and lighting system which he developed, as well as present lectures on ‘Art Residencies’ and ‘Marketing for Artists.’
1.7.26: Open Mosaic Studio
Bring your own project and supplies (or buy them at The Groove’s mosaic supply shop!) and work on your piece together with others. Use our tools and grinders as needed. Let’s make art in community!!
Mosaic Horse
Use your glass cutting and design skills to cover our lifesize horse with gorgeous stained glass mosaic. All materials provided.
Open Soldering Studio
Do you have an unfinished project (from home or one of our classes?). Come use our tools and get your project foiled and soldered. Free to bike class or stained glass class folk - email us to register without a fee.
Beginning Stained Glass Session #2
In the beginning stained glass class, you will make a roughly 6x8 inch piece of art, using any glass and beginner-level pattern that you choose! We will teach you how to cut and grind glass, how to apply copper foil, and how to solder and frame your piece. This is a two day class starting at 10:00 and ending at 3:30, with a lunch break.
All glass and materials you use are included in the cost of the class.
Beginning Stained Glass Session #1
In the beginning stained glass class, you will make a roughly 6x8 inch piece of art, using any glass and beginner-level pattern that you choose! We will teach you how to cut and grind glass, how to apply copper foil, and how to solder and frame your piece. This is a two day class starting at 10:00 and ending at 3:30, with a lunch break.
All glass and materials you use are included in the cost of the class.
Fused Glass Poinsettas
Hang them on your holiday tree or in a window. You can hang them around your neck as a pendant. Fused glass poinsettias make great holiday gifts.
• In this class, we'll cut glass and compose the ornaments. They get fused in the kiln to create two dazzling pieces which you'll retrieve in 48 hours.
• All tools, materials, and heat (one kiln-firing) provided.
Creating Space for Grief
This workshop is an invitation to pause and honor our grief. Artist and therapist, Tina Wolverton will lead a workshop on creating grief bowls. The bowl is traditionally a vessel of nourishment yet it is also a symbol of emptiness. What are you carrying ? What is in your bowl? We will explore how to honor our
grief through art, writing and being in safe community together. This workshop is appropriate for adults working through both individual and collective grief. Participants are asked to bring a small bowl that will be used as a mold as well as any personal mementos, collage materials, papers or thin fabric.
Mosaic Horse
Use your glass cutting and design skills to cover our lifesize horse with gorgeous stained glass mosaic. All materials provided.
Funky Art on a Pole: Welding & Fusing with Mitch - session 2
The first session will take place at Mitch Berg’s south valley Fuego studio, selecting, designing and welding metal scrap to form a sculptural base for your work. Session 2 takes place at The Groove, where we’ll fuse glass to fit your sculptural vision!
Funky Art on a Pole: Welding & Fusing with Mitch - session 1
The first session will take place at Mitch Berg’s south valley Fuego studio, selecting, designing and welding metal scrap to form a sculptural base for your work. Session 2 takes place at The Groove, where we’ll fuse glass to fit your sculptural vision!
Fused Glass Ornaments
Join us to make gifts and ornaments for whatever holiday you celebrate! Fun for the entire family!
12.3.25: Open Mosaic Studio
Bring your own project and supplies (or buy them at The Groove’s mosaic supply shop!) and work on your piece together with others. Use our tools and grinders as needed. Let’s make art in community!!
Mosaic Horse
Use your glass cutting and design skills to cover our lifesize horse with gorgeous stained glass mosaic. All materials provided.
Mosaic Coasters! - Session 2
Come Make as many coasters as you can during the first session (and grout the next day). We will be using glass tile as tess and small 4×4 round or square tiles as substrate. A great gift idea - all ages and levels of experience most welcome!!
Mosaic Coasters! - Session 1
Come Make as many coasters as you can during the first session (and grout the next day). We will be using glass tile as tess and small 4×4 round or square tiles as substrate. A great gift idea - all ages and levels of experience most welcome!!
