What happens if your material questions become your art practice? Come and try on the answer to this question with Olivia and Susie in this week-long intensive. We’ll put into action the verbs of glass-making, moving away from metaphor and towards collective gesture. We’ll explore the hot and cold shops through prompts, material experimentation, word play, games and racoon-like attention to shiny magic. Join us if you know glass and want to shake up your relationship to it, and come play if glass is a stranger and you want a blind date with a hottie. This class will culminate in a quick group exhibition at Urban Glass.
What to Expect: All experience levels are welcome. We’ll vary our approach daily, but will be consistently collaborative. We will demonstrate both how to make things and demonstrate how to loosen our idea of what making things means. Plan to experiment and to embrace failure as a skill. We will play with sound, with drawing, with gesture, with rule breaking. Whatever happens, we will be playing in service of display- the end result of our week will be a pop-up show at UrbanGlass.
The hot shop is a loud studio, and can get quite warm. Handling glass and tools may require a certain level of dexterity and ability to lift 5-10 lbs approximately.
Eligibility: No experience necessary. Open to ages 14 and up.
Pick-up: The glass needs to cool down overnight, so the students will have to return to UrbanGlass once notified to pick up their work.
School Notes:
Preparing for class
- It is recommended that students bring notebooks and water bottles to in person classes. All basic materials and supplies needed for the class will be provided. If students wish to use specific tools or materials not supplied in class they are responsible for obtaining these items themselves.
Studio Attire
- For your safety, protective eyewear must be worn at all times in all areas of the UrbanGlass Studio. We will provide appropriate eyewear for your use. Appropriate work clothes are also required. Flammable or synthetic fabrics, sandals and open-toe shoes are not allowed. Long hair must be tied back.
