Turn up the color and the volume. Join us for a high-energy Pride celebration where glass, music, and community come together in the most vibrant way possible.
We’re teaming up with Allies, Dreams of Hope, Persad Center, and Sisters PGH to fill the studios with creativity, joy, and unapologetic self-expression. Create your own rainbow suncatcher or sandblast a design that shines as bright as you do.
Keep the celebration going with something truly special—our anniversary collab beer with Two Frays Brewery, brewed just for Pittsburgh Glass Center. Sip it from a limited-edition handmade glass designed for this one-of-a-kind release. Plus, Quick-E Food Truck will be here with food for all.
Bold. Bright. Loud. Come celebrate Pride with us—PGC style.
Get up close and feel the heat! The fire is getting hotter this year on the first Friday of every month.
Step into our studio for a FREE evening of creativity and inspiration. Watch artists transform molten glass into stunning works during live glassblowing demonstrations and explore cutting-edge contemporary glass art exhibitions you won’t see anywhere else. Come and explore a place where creativity, innovation, and tradition collide. Celebrate 25 years with us!
With 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.
Kiln Shop Fusing Activities
Combine 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.
Flame Shop Activities
With 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.
