PGC’s Top 10 for 2023
Nearly Half a Million Paid to Artists An important part of our mission is to support artists. This year we directly supported artists
December 31, 2023
News
Glass Goes Up on New PGC Facade
We can see clearly now as the glass panels are installed on the front of our expanded facility.
New high-efficiency glass donated by Vitro Architectural Glass and a $100,000 grant from The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation have made this important part of our expansion possible.
November 21, 2023
A Peek Inside the New PGC
Executive Director Heather McElwee takes you on a quick hard-hat tour of our new spaces.
November 20, 2023
NEW! Garfield Youth Apprenticeship
The Garfield Youth Apprenticeship is an 8-week program that invites local youth aged 16 – 24 years old from our Garfield neighborhood for a paid learning and apprenticeship program at Pittsburgh Glass Center.
July 25, 2023
Layo Bright Receives 2023 Ron Desmett Memorial Award For Imagination With Glass
Multimedia sculptor Layo Bright has received the 2023 Ron Desmett Memorial Award for Imagination with Glass. She will receive a $2,500 cash award and time in PGC’s studios to create a new body of glass works that explore narratives and material cultures of the African diaspora and Black feminism.
July 6, 2023
Virtual Glassblowing Is Real At Pittsburgh Glass Center
Pittsburgh Glass Center and the Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) have launched the first virtual glassblowing experience. PGC worked with a team of ETC graduate students over 15 weeks to design a virtual experience that educates, engages, and inspires middle and high students about the glassmaking process.
May 15, 2023
Nothing Can Stop Us Now! We’ve Broken Ground On Our Expansion
Over 100 friends and glass art appreciators turned up to help us celebrate our groundbreaking on March 23.
March 24, 2023
PGC Glass Collectors Travel To Murano
This month a group of Pittsburgh Glass Center supporters and glass art appreciators, led by Executive Director Heather McElwee and Operations Director Chris Clarke, traveled to Italy for a special glass art collectors’ tour of Venice and Murano. Here is PGC Board Liaison Merriann Grant’s account of her experience.
March 18, 2023
Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Celebrating International Women’s Day
Over 62% of our instructors, students, and employees are women. Any day you walk into our glass studios you will find strong, smart, creative women leading the way. Happy International Women’s Day to all of the strong, creative, and talented women in glass. Where would we be without you?
March 8, 2023
