Intro to Bead for Middle Schoolers with Richard Paz Spring 2024

Intro to Bead for Middle Schoolers with Richard Paz Spring 2024

Have fun and use fire to create your own glass beads in this introductory class!

By UrbanGlass

Date and time

Saturday, June 22 · 11am - 5pm EDT

Location

UrbanGlass

647 Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11217

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About this event

  • 6 hours


Have fun and use fire to create your own glass beads in this introductory class! Working in the flameworking studio, we will melt colorful rods of glass at the torch to create beads. You'll learn how to add colors and use tools to create unique shapes and designs. We will also talk about how to make jewelry and other creative ways to use your beads.


What to expect: Flameworking with soft glass requires a little practice at heat control with the torch to create successful sculptures. After demonstrations, expect to make between 2 - 6 successful objects in this class, and a couple failures, while gaining confidence and skill in the studio. Read more about how to prepare for class on our Registration Info page.


Eligibility: No previous experience required. Open to middle school aged youth.


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.


Sliding-scale Pricing: We offer sliding-scale pricing options for youth classes in an effort to provide greater access to glass education for our growing community of young artists. Please self-select the pricing tier most appropriate for your financial situation. Families who are able to should select the higher tuition so that we can continue to offer our programs with ample staffing of expert teaching artists, and top quality glassmaking tools and materials in our state of the art studios.


1 Session, Sunday, June 22nd, 11am-5pm
Instructor: Richard Paz

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UrbanGlass

UrbanGlass fosters experimentation and advances the use and critical understanding of glass as a creative medium. The organization provides access to and an education in glass for professional artists, seniors, students, and members of the public of all backgrounds and familiarity with the material. We offer year-round free and low-cost programming through our 17,000 square foot studios, robust class schedule, fellowship and scholarship opportunities, exhibition center, and in-house printed magazine.

Founded in 1977 by a group of dedicated artists, UrbanGlass sought to confront the many barriers limiting creative access to glass such as the high costs of real estate, equipment, and the scarcity of technical expertise. From the organization’s conception it served as it does today: As a creative hub and unparalleled resource center for artists, enabling this material to become available for experimentation beyond the confines of factories and universities in New York City for the first time. Today, glass is seen as an integral component of contemporary art’s complex landscape.

$75 – $165