
Exciting glassblowing demonstrations
Dance party on the deck with DJ Carrie Sours (Sweet Abyss)
Guatemalan street and comfort food by El Chucho will be available for purchase
Hot Glass Rainbow Paperweight
Create a distinctive desktop sculpture with all the colors in the rainbow. Ages 5+.
$50/person. Pre-registration required.
Flameworked Rainbow Magnet
Make a one-of-a-kind colorful glass magnet at the torch. Ages 8+.
$30/person. Pre-registration required.
Fused Glass Rainbow Suncatcher
Combine brilliant colors of glass to create a one-of-a-kind luminous suncatcher. Ages 5+
Pay What Makes You Happy! Proceeds from this activity will benefit our LGBTQ+ scholarship fund in partnership with Dreams of Hope. Pre-registration not required. Sign up at the Front Desk during the event.
We’ll also be joined by our friends from Dreams of Hope. Be sure to meet them and learn more about their work and how you can get involved! Admission donations collected at our Front Desk during the month of June, as well as proceeds from the fused suncatcher activity, will benefit our LGBTQ+ scholarship fund in partnership with Dreams of Hope.
Through the power of the arts, Dreams of Hope provides the region’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, and allied (LGBTQIA+) youth a welcoming environment to grow in confidence, express themselves, and develop as leaders. Learn more.
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Hot Shop ActivitiesWith the help of an instructor, participants will learn how to transform 2,000°F molten glass into a unique glass artwork. Sculpted items will be manipulated and shaped with various metal hand tools. Blown items will be inflated via a flexible tube attached to a blow pipe. The Hot Shop, as the name might suggest, can get warm at times, particularly during summer months. That being said, the activity will only take about 10-15 minutes per person so you won’t be warm for long. We encourage our guests to wear lighter, natural material clothing for safety and comfort. Visitors are welcome to bring water bottles and a water fountain/filling station is available. These activities will involves sitting, standing, and walking around. Suitable for ages 5 and up. |
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Kiln Shop Fusing ActivitiesCombine brilliantly colored pieces of glass granules and thin glass strands to create a one-of-a-kind luminous fused glass artwork. Once you design it, we’ll fire it, so that all pieces become one. Participants will work seated in our climate-controlled Classroom and with room temperature pieces of glass. You will begin with a glass tile that acts as your “canvas,” then arrange the colorful glass granules and thin glass strands into a design of your choosing. Once the designs are complete, suncatchers are placed in a kiln overnight to melt (fuse) together forever. Suitable for ages 5 and up. |
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Flame Shop ActivitiesWith the help of an instructor, participants will learn how to use tools and a tabletop torch to melt and manipulate glass rods and transform them into truly one-of-a-kind objects. These activities take place in our climate controlled Flame Shop, which involves working with a flame, but is not nearly as warm as our Hot Shop. Participants will be sitting at a workstation, making this option slightly more accessible and less physically demanding. Suitable for ages 8 and up. |