Saturday June 25, 2022 | by UrbanGlass Staff
Education Intern Anisa Najar reflects on her time at UrbanGlass
I got the opportunity to intern at UrbanGlass from October 2021 to May 2022 (woah!) through the CUNY Cultural Corps program. …
Thursday June 9, 2022 | by UrbanGlass Staff
Bead Project’s Spring 2022 Trunk Show by Bead Project Director Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez
The Bead Project’s Spring 2022 Trunk Show took place on a Thursday evening, May 12th, from 5 – 7 pm in the Agnes Varis Art Center. Eleven students completed the Bead Project this semester after being selected from a pool of over 50 applicants, and the Trunk Show was a chance for them to share the glass beads, jewelry, and artwork they created during 9 weeks of studio time at UrbanGlass. …
Thursday April 21, 2022 | by UrbanGlass Staff
Brooklyn-Based Nonprofit UrbanGlass Celebrates 25 Years of Cornerstone Program, The Bead Project, with April 27 Celebration
The evening’s festivities will celebrate The Bead Project’s longstanding presence as an artistic and entrepreneurial space for women, femmes, and nonbinary creatives …
Thursday April 7, 2022 | by UrbanGlass Staff
April Studio Bulletin
Hello UrbanGlass studio community! Spring is here and we are very excited for our first major in person event since the start of the pandemic. We are doubly excited that it's a fundraiser for the Bead Project! Mike Jess will lead the studio technicians in preparing the studio for this event but we are also counting on your help and participation!…
Wednesday March 23, 2022 | by UrbanGlass Staff
March 2022 Open Studios: Back Together Again!
After two years of gathering virtually and missing the warmth of face-to-face connection, UrbanGlass is thrilled to finally bring Open Studios back to our Fort Greene space! …
Thursday February 10, 2022 | by UrbanGlass Staff
February 2022 Studio Bulletin
Tuesday January 4, 2022 | by UrbanGlass Staff
Fall 2021 Virtual Demonstrations with Brooklyn Tech High School
For the second year in a row, we were delighted to host Brooklyn Technical High School’s entire Industrial Design department — over 130 juniors and seniors — in a series of virtual glassblowing demonstrations streamed live from the UrbanGlass studio. …
Tuesday December 14, 2021 | by UrbanGlass Staff
2021 Fall Bead Project Trunk Show by Bead Project Director Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez
The Fall 2021 cohort of the Bead Project gathered in the Agnes Varis Art Center on Sunday, November 14th to host a Trunk Show in celebration of completing their 10-week course on flameworking and entrepreneurship.…
Friday November 19, 2021 | by UrbanGlass Staff
Virtual Su-CASA Reunion Art Show
This October, nearly four months after we wrapped up our 4-week Virtual Su-CASA program for Brooklyn seniors, we were excited to gather everyone back together for a virtual reunion art show. It had been so long since we last saw each other, so this was a chance to reconnect, catch up on what everyone had been up to, and see the work they made using the glass mosaic art kits we sent everyone after the program ended. …
Monday November 15, 2021 | by UrbanGlass Staff