GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 7

AUGUST 10-15, 2025 (4 STUDIO DAYS)
Shane Fero
Nature and Imagination in Form

In this workshop students will draw on nature and their imaginations to make sculptures and vessels using tubes, rods, and powders–both clear and in colors. Working with both borosilicate and soft glass, we will cover point pulling, blowing, and solid sculpting to realize these forms. Expect many demonstrations and lots of practice. All levels.

Studio artist; teaching: Pilchuck (WA), The Studio at Corning (NY), UrbanGlass (NYC), Espace Verre (Montreal), Pittsburgh Glass Center, Bild-Werk Frauenau (Germany), International Glass Festival (UK), Scuola Bubacco (Italy), Chameleon Studio (Taiwan); 37 solo shows, over 500 exhibitions, work in 36 museum collections worldwide. 

shanefero.com | @shanefero

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens

GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 7

AUGUST 10-15, 2025 (4 STUDIO DAYS)
Jason Christian
Reticello

This workshop will offer an in-depth exploration of the reticello technique. Students will learn the meticulous process for creating the intricate, lace-like patterns characteristic of this classic Venitian technique. This workshop is designed for glass artists interested in expanding their skills, learning about traditional glass art techniques, and incorporating intricate patterns into their work. Intermediate/advanced level; two years of hot glass experience required.

Studio artist: gaffer at Chihuly Studio (Seattle): teaching: Pilchuck (WA), Pratt Fine Arts Center (Seattle), Pittsburgh Glass Center, UrbanGlass (NYC), Tulsa Glassblowing School (OK); residencies: Pilchuck (WA), Corning Museum (NY), Museum of Glass (WA); exhibitions: Habitat Galleries (FL), Hawk Gallery (OH), Pilchuck Exhibition Space (Seattle), Vetri (Seattle). 

jasonchristianglassdesigns.com | @jasonchrisglass

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens

GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 6
JULY 27-AUGUST 8, 2025 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Kimberly Thomas
Work Small, Think Big

Glass loves to work and play with other materials, and its versatility makes any object, shape, or form possible. With a primary focus on building technical literacy in borosilicate glass and expanding visual vocabulary, students in this project-based workshop will create narrative sculptures by combining flameworked elements with mixed-media. We’ll cover hollow and solid sculpting, color rod and frit applications, and working with wire, epoxy, paint, and shellac. Students will discover and experiment with new techniques, learn to move seamlessly from one material to the next, create multidimensional sculpture, and build a practice that illuminates the depths of an unbridled imagination. All levels. 

Penland School resident artist; teaching: Pilchuck (WA), Penland, former professor of glass at Salem Community College (NJ); Pilchuck Emerging Artist in Residency Program (WA); work exhibited at galleries and museums nationally; spent six years as a special effects make-up artist before she began flameworking in 2009.

kimberlythomas.art | @iroczii

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens

GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 6
JULY 27-AUGUST 8, 2025 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Marc Barreda
Devious Drinking Devices Reimagined

Trick glasses are glasses that surprise or fool the drinker. No matter the trick, game, or illusion, the best thing trick glasses do is bring people together. In the 16th–18th centuries, glassmakers brought this prankish foolery into the world. This workshop will bring it back into the hot shop with a spirit of curiosity and collaboration. We will learn the basics of the original trick glasses and use them to create new designs. Students will produce their own designs and collaborate across skill levels. As a group we will manifest glasses using every trick of the trade, mixing in other media where suitable. Sharing ideas and inventions will make our workshop into an exquisite corpse with groups, teams, and individuals all playing a role. Some basic hot glass experience will be helpful, but this workshop is open to all levels. 

Studio artist; teaching: Design Academy (Netherlands); collections: Creative Glass Center of America (NJ), Museo Nacional del Vidrio (Spain), Nationaal Glasmuseum (Netherlands), co-author of Trick Glasses: Devious Drinking Devices.

marcbarreda.com | @studio_barreda

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens

GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 5
JULY 13-25, 2025 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Eunsuh Choi
Dimensional Glass Construction

This workshop will focus on a specific technique called “networking” that involves connecting rods of borosilicate glass in a tight, web-like configuration to create forms with defined silhouettes. Students will build a solid foundation for glass construction by bending and welding together small-diameter glass rods. We will work from full-sized drawings or blueprints to make two- and three-dimensional pieces. The workshop will cover design, structural analysis, and engineering concepts. The meticulous networking technique can be used for all kinds of constructions from body ornaments to large sculptures. Focusing on conceptual and technical skills, we will push our ideas from the sketchbook onto the torch. All levels. 

Studio artist; teaching: Pilchuck (WA), Pittsburgh Glass Center, Snow Farm (MA), Rochester Institute of Technology (NY), UrbanGlass (NYC), State University of New York Brockport, Penland; collections: Corning Museum of Glass (NY), European Museum for Modern Glass (Germany), Cafesjian Foundation (Armenia), Korea Craft Museum (Korea); publications: Sculpture, Neues Glas, The Flow, Glass Quarterly, American Craft, New Glass Review. 

choiglass.com | @eunsuhchoi

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens

GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 5
JULY 13-25, 2025 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Minami Oya
What’s Your Superpower?

Everyone has a superpower, but it takes practice and discipline to discover it. This workshop will provide tools to help students identify and navigate their unique connections to the world and then focus on their findings through glass. The formula is attention, repetition, iteration. Each student will decide on a single subject/motif/idea, make a prototype, then make multiples and iterations. The end result could be a stand-alone sculpture or the beginning of a larger installation. Demonstrations will cover various techniques to address students’ specific interests, including blown forms, patterns and texture, basic hot sculpting, hot/cold assembly, and plaster mold blowing. All levels.

Studio artist; teaching: Public Glass (CA), California College of the Arts (CA), San Jose State University (CA); residency: California College of the Arts (CA); representation and recent exhibitions: TINT Gallery (CA), Public Glass (CA), 3 square Art (CO). 

minamioya.com | @minamioya

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens

GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 4
JUNE 29-July 11, 2025 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Joshua Kerley
Expanding Horizons: Pâte de Verre and Foam Glass

This workshop will use pâte de verre and foam glass processes to question traditional perceptions of glass. We will employ a range of intuitive techniques to fabricate positive models and then negative refractory molds. From these molds we will craft delicate glass-paste objects and other-worldly curiosities using the alchemical foam glass method. A playful approach to color will be encouraged through mixing and blending frits and powders, enabling students to produce unique palettes of hues and tones. Demonstrations, discussions, and research will promote an experimental and speculative outlook on kiln glass techniques. Be prepared to take risks, respond to the unexpected, and, most of all, have fun! All levels.

Studio artist; teaching: senior lecturer in glass at University of the Creative Arts Farnham (UK), Bild-Werk Frauenau (Germany), Royal College of Art (UK), Glass Hub (UK), Galerie Handwerk (Germany), Frieze London (UK); Collect 2024, Somerset House (UK); collections: Museum at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), Ernsting Foundation’s Glass Museum in Coesfeld (Germany); representation: Bullseye Projects.

joshuakerley.com | @joshuakerleymaker

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens

GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 4
JUNE 29-July 11, 2025 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Nate Cotterman and Adam Holtzinger
Make it Better

Whether your intent is to be a studio artist, a production glassmaker, or to fabricate your own design objects, the ability to turn 2D concepts into the 3D objects will be integral to your success. This workshop will cover design basics and the tools needed to make your ideas clear. Hand drawing, simple schematics, and scale drawings will help you understand the importance of pre-visualization and problem-solving prior to execution. The goal is to have a clear idea of the object’s design and scale before entering the hot shop. Using drawings, calipers, and classic glassblowing techniques, we will execute our ideas, look at them critically, and adjust as needed. We ask that you bring an open mind and a critical eye to this workshop. Intermediate/advanced level; two-years of glassblowing experience required. 

Nate: Studio artist producing a line of bar ware, lighting, and home decor; teaching/demonstrations: Pilchuck (WA), Pittsburgh Glass Center, Penland, Cleveland Institute of Art; Windgate Grant, Pittsburgh Glass Center residency, former Penland Resident Artist. 

natecotterman.com | @natecotterman

Adam: Studio artist; co-founder of KEEP handblown glass lighting + objects (NYC); teaching/demonstrations: Pilchuck (WA), UrbanGlass (NYC), Pittsburgh Glass Center, The Studio at Corning (NY), Penland; work exhibited internationally and featured in design magazines and The New York Times. 

keepbrooklyn.com | @keepbrooklyn

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens

GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 3
JUNE 15-27, 2025 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Jean M. Fernandes
Casting Glass: Positive, Negative, and Back

Creating a kiln-cast glass object involves multiple steps that can seem overwhelming at first glance. This workshop will de-mystify and simplify the complexities of glass casting by offering various approaches to transforming an idea or model into a mold and then making a finished glass object. Lectures and demonstrations will cover mold making, mold recipes, kiln setup and monitoring, annealing schedules, and finishing techniques. By the end of the class, you will have a wealth of ideas and information, finished cast glass objects, and a deeper understanding of the relationship between the model and the mold. All levels.

Studio artist; teaching: University of Texas at Arlington, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pilchuck (WA), Arrowmont (TN), SiNaCa Studios (TX), Creative Arts Center of Dallas; residencies: Pittsburgh Glass Center, George W Hawkes Downtown Library (TX); collections: Prague Gallery of Czech Glass (CZ). 

jeanfernandes.com | @jeanmfernandes

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens

GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 3
JUNE 15-27, 2025 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
KCJ Szwedzinski and David Walters
(Image)ination

This workshop will focus on methods for transferring imagery onto blown glass. Students will learn the fundamentals of screenprinting (analog and digital) with glass enamels and the calligraphy pen. They will make blown forms that support their imagery, handmade sheet glass to print on and then pick back up in the hot shop, and their own screenprinted decals. We will emphasize teamwork, sketching, and ideation. Together we will create an environment where we push ourselves to experiment, fail, and learn together. All levels. 

KCJ: Studio artist; operations assistant at Glass Art Society; teaching assistant: Tulsa Glass School (OK), Pilchuck (WA); residencies: Vermont Studio Center, Chulitna Research Institute (AK), Pierini International Glass Art Center (France), Mini Mart City (Seattle); Emerging Artist in Residence at Pilchuck (WA). 

kcjszwedzinski.com | @szwedzinski

David: Studio artist; teaching: Tulsa Glassblowing Center (OK), Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pilchuck (WA), Jam Factory (Australia), Penland; assistant to Lino Tagliapietra for over 30 years; exhibitions: Traver Gallery (Seattle), Racine Art Museum (WI), Museum of Glass (WA), SOFA Chicago, Creative Glass Center of America (NJ). 

davidwaltersglass.com | @davidwaltersglass

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens

GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 2
JUNE 1-13, 2025 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Sarah Blood
Light, Weight, and the Sublime

This intensive workshop in neon and mixed-media will focus on skill development, experimentation, and personal expression. Through demonstration, presentations, discussions, and hands-on experience, we will explore traditional and non-traditional neon techniques and their integration with mixed-media. Students will engage in tasks designed to foster rigorous and thoughtful artmaking. By applying these techniques in both the studio and the sketchbook, they will develop a focused approach to exploring ideas, allowing for both creative expression and technical proficiency with a goal of developing a vocabulary in neon and mixed materials. Working with neon is technically difficult and failure will be a large part of the learning process. During the workshop we will come to understand the value of failure as part of the creative process and what it can teach us in all areas of our lives. All levels.

Studio artist; associate professor of light at NYSCC at Alfred University (NY); other teaching: Tsinghua University (Beijing), Pilchuck (WA), Penland; John Michael Kohler Arts Center Arts/Industry Residency (WI); recent exhibitions: Akron Museum (OH), Windgate Museum of Arts (AK), Museum of Glass (WA), Delaware Contemporary Museum (DE), Traver Gallery (WA), Cité des Arts International (Paris), Kummelholmen (Sweden).

sarahblood.com | @sarah_blood

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens

GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 2
JUNE 1-13, 2025 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Jessi Moore
Chromatic Creations

This advanced-beginning workshop will delve into the wide world of COLOR in blown glass. Using color application as a jumping-off point we will delve into satisfyingly saturated colors exploring how shape and hue intermingle. Techniques such as lip wraps, bit application, and faux-encalmo will create dynamic, chromatic, functional objects that mix and match colors. An additional focus of the workshop will be learning and refining basic blown shapes such as cone, cylinder, sphere, and bowl. With daily demonstrations and plenty of practice time, students can expect to gain foundational skills and explore personal directions in their work. We will emphasize collaboration and teamwork. Be ready to sweat it out and have fun! Advanced-beginning level; at least one previous glassblowing workshop required. 

Studio artist; teaching: New York University, The Studio at Corning (NY), Pittsburgh Glass Center, UrbanGlass (NYC), Snowfarm (MA); recent residencies: Goggleworks (PA), Pittsburgh Glass Center, Haystack (ME). 

jessimooreglass.com | @jessimoorenotless

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens

GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 1
MAY 25-30, 2025 (4 STUDIO DAYS)
Katie Severance
The Science of Stemware

This workshop will explore the fundamentals of borosilicate flameworking and the dynamics of combining elements formed on the torch with elements formed on the lathe. Students will gain an intimate understanding of lathe anatomy and maintenance by giving the lathe a tune-up and oil change. Then we will have an overview of torch and lathe techniques from a scientific glassblowing perspective. Our focus will be on designing and fabricating stemware by integrating torch-sculpted stems with lathe-blown cups and lathe-flared feet. Using the lathe, students will be able to seamlessly assemble stunning stemware. All levels.

Studio artist, fabricator, professor of Scientific Glass Technology at Salem Community College (NJ); other teaching: The Studio at Corning (NY), Pilchuck (WA), Toledo Museum of Art (OH); recent exhibitions: Museum of American Glass (NJ).

PerseveranceGlassworks.com | @Perseverance_Glassworks

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens

GLASS – SUMMER SESSION 1
MAY 25-30, 2025 (4 STUDIO DAYS)
Kayla Ohlmer
Exploring Fundamentals

In this workshop we will dive into the fundamentals of glassblowing through play and exploration of the material. We will explore the material properties of glass as we cover fundamentals such as gathering, marvering, shop safety, and making basic blown forms. With hands-on instruction, practice, and teamwork, students will develop a stronger foundation in the hot shop and broaden their approach to working with glass. Our goal for this fun adventure is to learn new skills and try our ideas in glass. Introductory level. 

Studio artist; program director at Tulsa Glassblowing School (OK); visiting artist: SiNaCa Studios (TX), Belger Glass Annex (MO); recent exhibitions: 108 Contemporary (OK), Appalachian Center for Craft (TN), Momentum Spotlight Artist Recipient (OK), 21c Museum (OK), Commune (VA).

kaylaohlmer.com | @kayla.ohlmer.glass

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens