Beginner Skill Level: Young Adults & Adults, no experience necessary
Instructors: Staff

On the fence, as to whether you want to take a weekly bead-making class? Then ponder no further....take a Try Me! Class focused on use of soft glass for beadmaking and see if it whets your appetite. Our Instructor is an experienced professional artist and can give you a better sense as to what is involved in this technique and medium. Students will be contacted when artwork is ready for pick-up.

Winter Quarter: One day

Saturday February 22, 10am-12pm (Staff)

Tuition: $65 materials included

Location: W-7, Rm. 711

Beginner Skill Level: Young Adults & Adults, no experience necessary
Instructor: Staff
On the fence as to whether you want to take a weekly boro glass class? Then ponder no further.... take a Try Me! Class focused on flameworking with Boro glass and see if it whets your appetite. Our Instructor is an experienced flameworking artist and can give you a better sense as to what is involved in this technique and medium. Students will be contacted when artwork is ready for pick-up.

Winter Quarter: One day

Saturday February 22, 1pm-3pm (Staff)

Tuition: $65 materials included
Location: W-7, Rm. 711

All skill levels: Young Adults & Adults

Instructor: Sandi Martina

Create your own photo keepsakes! Choose your favorite photo, design a glass frame and fire image onto glass. On first day, students will make glass blanks to fire images onto choosing from one 8x10 and one 3x3 magnet; two 5x7s and one 3x3 magnet or five 3x3 magnets. Digital files required, please bring jpeg images on a flash drive or your laptop. Files can also be emailed after the first class. Images can be photos of any subject — portraits, pets, landscapes; poems and quotes; or original drawings and paintings. Images will be sized depending on design. On day two, we will print images onto the decal paper then transfer images to your glass blanks. Additional glass components can be added at this stage. When complete, pieces will be loaded for final firing. 

*Please note that once fired, images become sepia toned. 

Winter Quarter: Two days

Saturdays January 18 + 25, 10am-1pm

Tuition: $145

Materials: $65, added at time of registration.

Location: W-7, Rm. 716

Intermediate Skill Level: Young Adults & Adults-Ages 15 and Up

Instructor: Julie Bahun

Take your basic fine silver fusing skills to the next level.  This class will focus on building various chain styles.  Bring beads to use in creating your own necklace, bracelet, or earring design. Although we will review basic fine silver fusing knowledge and tools; basic knowledge of these techniques are required to be successful in chain making and project completion.  Each student will complete a pair of earrings and bracelet during class. Participants are asked to bring their own beads.

Winter Quarter: One day

Saturday February 1, 10am-2pm

Tuition: $90

Materials: $65, added at time of registration.
Location: W-7, Rm. 711

All Skill Levels, Young Adults & Adults
Instructor: Anita Damron

Have you ever wanted to try mosaics?  In this introductory class, you will learn some of the basics of mosaic art and create your own glass mosaic artwork using beautiful hand cut glass pieces.  Grouting and Finishing workshop on Feb 8 is a recommended follow up. $15 materials fee payable to instructor.

Winter Quarter: One day

Saturday February 1, 1pm-3pm

Tuition: $50

Materials Fee: $15- payable to instructor.

Location: W-7, Rm. 716

All Skill Levels: Young Adults & Adults
Instructor: Anita Damron

Grouting and finishing can enhance the beauty of your mosaic art projects and help to ensure that they hold up to the environmental conditions you have planned for them.  Learn about the types of grout, additives, and finishing products available, and when to use them.  Bring your piece from your Try Me! Mosaic Art - Design and Build class, bring a project from home or another class to grout, or finish a piece that the instructor has created for you (instructor needs three days’ notice for this option)-mail@anitadamron.com

Winter Quarter: One day

Saturday February 8, 1pm-3pm

Tuition: $50

Materials Fee: $15- payable to instructor.

Location: W-7, Rm. 716

Intermediate Skill Levels: Young Adults & Adults

Instructor: Kathryn Lagassey

Have no idea what colors to put together? The difference between primary, secondary and tertiary colors? Kathryn will guide you through the weird and wonderful world of color theory. You will learn the difference between complementary colors, warm vs. cool colors, and achromatic colors. This mysterious world will confuse one no more! You will be able to put together colors and shades like a pro! We’ll also discover why we like (and buy) certain colors combinations more than others. This class is a must for the emerging glass artist.

Winter Quarter: One Day                                             

Saturday February 15, 10am-5pm

Tuition: $150

Materials: $60, added at time of registration.
Location: W-7, Rm. 711

All Skill Levels: Young Adults & Adults
Instructor: Anita Damron

Create unique pendants, earrings and more using glass and other materials from Italy, Morocco, Turkey, Austria, China and more. Planning and design, use of tools and materials will be discussed.

Winter Quarter: (One day workshop)

Saturday February 15, 10am-4pm

Tuition: $145

Materials Fee: $75- payable to Instructor- Plus $5 (covers use of tools, equipment and any misc. program provided materials) added at registration.
Location: W-7, Rm. 716

Intermediate Skill Levels: Young Adults & Adults

Instructor: Kathryn Lagassey

Explore the versatile world of hollows! You will learn several different methods of achieving the hollow form, transforming them into amazing beads and objects. Various decorating and shaping techniques will be covered. Hollows are no longer the round, basic bead anymore! 

Winter Quarter: One Day                                             

Saturday February 29, 10am-5pm

Tuition: $150

Materials: $80, added at time of registration.
Location: W-7, Rm. 711

Beginner Skill Level: Young Adults & Adults

Instructor: Sandi Martina

Make your windows twinkle with handmade fused glass suncatchers! This three-hour workshop gives a quick introduction to kiln-formed glass including scoring, nipping, grinding and fusing. Create three suncatchers. They make great gifts! Pieces will be ready for pick up 2-3 days after workshop.

Winter Quarter: One day

February 29, 10am-1pm

Tuition: $80

Materials: $45, added at time of registration.
Location: W-7, Rm. 716

All Skill Levels, Young Adults & Adults
Instructor: Anita Damron

Create your own micro mosaic artwork.  No cutting or grouting necessary.  Work with hand cut mini pieces of glass if you prefer, or micro tiles of recycled sintered glass and ceramics (tiles measure about 1/5” square.

Winter Quarter: One Day

Saturday March 7, 10am – 4pm each day

Tuition: $145

Materials Fee: $50-payable to Instructor at beginning of workshop. Plus $5 (covers use of tools, equipment and any misc. program provided materials) added at registration.
Location: W-7, Rm. 716

Intermediate Skill Levels: Young Adults & Adults

Instructor: Kathryn Lagassey

Using a variety of specialized glass, explore the world of reducing and striking glass. From raku to a variety of silver crystal glasses, you will be amazed at the variety and breathtaking colors you can achieve. Learn to achieve gorgeous metallics, and shimmering opalescent colors and more! 

Winter Quarter: One Day                                             

Saturday March 14, 10am-5pm

Tuition: $150

Materials: $70, added at time of registration.
Location: W-7, Rm. 711

Beginner-Advanced Skill Level: Young Adults & Adults

Instructor: Gayla Lee

Experiment with color and geometry as you learn techniques for building patterns in cross section with fused glass pattern bars. Students will make several styles of pattern bars and will work to produce 1-2 finished projects. Students can expect to have left over stock to use in future work. No glass working experience is required; advanced students also are welcome.

Winter Quarter: Two days                                

Saturday March 14 + Saturday Mar 21, 10am-4pm ea. day

Tuition: $265

Materials: $120, added at time of registration.
Location: W-7, Rm. 716

All Skill Levels: Young Adults & Adults

Instructor: Sarah Wicks

During this class you will learn several ways to create unique internal details within your marbles that will mesmerize!   Using borosilicate glass, you will start with small clear marbles and work your way up to complex designs.  For added sparkle, you will learn safe ways to include some dichroic glass into the center of your marbles.   If time allows, we will also work on external designs, to create beautiful backgrounds on your marbles.  No prior flameworking experience required. A one-hour lunch break has been incorporated into the length of this workshop.

Winter Quarter: One day

Saturday March 21, 10am-5pm  

Tuition: $150

Materials: $75, added at time of registration.

Location: W-7, Rm. 711

Intermediate to Advanced, Young Adults & Adults

Instructor: David Barnes

A follow-on workshop that builds upon the topics and experiences covered in the Fused Art Glass 101 workshop.  In this workshop, one will learn details in nonlinear design, fusing techniques, glass cutting, assembly, embellishment, kiln firing and slumping and problem solving. The class will include lecture, demonstration and student application of additional techniques in glass cutting and cold-working. Students will make an 8” square piece to be draped and a circle piece which will be slumped. Please bring a bag lunch to class.

Winter Quarter: Two days

Sundays March 22 + 29, 12pm-4pm

Tuition: $180

Materials: $85 added at time of registration.
Location: W-7, Rm. 716

Intermediate Skill Levels: Young Adults & Adults

Instructor: Kathryn Lagassey

Make awesome soft glass pendants and marbles by applying color to the outside of glass and and then imploding it. Create amazing patterns, forms and flowers under a lens of clear glass!

Winter Quarter: One Day                                             

Saturday March 28, 10am-5pm

Tuition: $150

Materials: $80, added at time of registration.

Location: W-7, Rm. 711