ALL EVENTS
By Category: Drawing ✿ Fiber ✿ Glass ✿ Mosaic ✿ Multimedia ✿ Painting ✿ Upcycling ✿ Open Studios ✿ Guest Artists
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.
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.
Exploring Ancient Glass: Pate de Vere with Dori Settles
his hands-on class introduces students to pâte de verre, using finely ground glass powder, frits and binders to create colorful, thin, and often translucent pieces. You’ll learn various approaches to working with glass materials and molds while being encouraged to experiment and find your own style. Through demonstrations and practice, you’ll gain the skills to create your own unique glass pieces. Students will provide their own dust mask or respirator, everything else will be provided.
FREE Artist Talk: Dori Settles on her work & artistic journey
Join us for a FREE artist talk from acclaimed glass artist Dori Settles and hear about her work and artistic journey. We will also see the work from the students in Dori’s Pate de Verre class exhibited and celebrated
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.
FREE Artist Talk: Lucy Lyon, Glass Artist
Join us for the free artist talk from internationally renowned glass artist Lucy Lyon, who will discuss her work and her artistic journey.
Decorative Art Glass House Tour
Decorative Glass Art Tour
Glass has been decorated since it was first formed. An ABQ resident in the Northeast Heights has collected over 2000 pieces of art glass from the Victorian era to today in preparation for an upcoming book, "Glass Decorative Techniques: A Historical Perspective." The tour will focus on how artists have decorated glass through different time periods and how the use of glass techniques changed because of new discoveries and societal expectations.
Funky Art on A Pole! - 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!
