Glass Sculpture Classes in NYC, New York

Learn about ways that the Jewish Museum welcomes students with learning differences through partnerships with special education schools and programs designed for students with a range of disabilities. Included is a visit to the Museum’s galleries and hands-on art activities in the art studio, where Jewish Museum educators will model techniques...

Join us for a weekend of experimentation as we learn how to re-use found glass and re-think what can be created from waste. Students will be encouraged to bring in found glass to cut and crush. However, glass scraps of different shapes and colors will be provided.  We will cover basic skills such as cutting, fusing, slumping and re-assembling...

Learn how to create your own neon sign or sculpture from start to finish in this two-day intensive workshop.  The class will be presented as a series of tutorials focused on glass bending, designing, wiring, and installation, along with a demonstration of how a glass tube is processed and filled with gas to produce light.  This course...

Let’s get technical! Due to its functionality and importance, scientific glass is some of the most technically complicated glass out there. This class will focus on scientific flameworking methods for working with hollow tubing.  In the first half of class, we will cover basic techniques for sealing glass together and using ring seals....

Open up new possibilities in glassworking or refine the skills needed to finish existing glass pieces in this four-week introductory coldworking course.  Classes will cover carving, cutting, sandblasting, and polishing glass, and provide insight into the equipment and processes of the cold shop. Students can incorporate these techniques into...

Basic and advanced techniques of direct stone carving - initial roughing out, developing a form, final finishing and polishing are presented. There is a choice of softer stone or marble. Hand and pneumatic tools are both covered. Participants should end the course with the basic knowledge necessary to work on their own.  Instruction is individually...

Highly  acclaimed sculptor, Ailene Fields, will be demonstrating and teaching the fine art of stone carving and finishing. Basics of stone carving - initial roughing out, developing a form, final finishing and polishing are presented during the course. There is a choice of softer stone or marble. tools, sharpening and maintenance are all covered. ...

From Gothic windows to Tiffany lamps, stained glass has captured the imagination for hundreds of years. Contemporary artists have expanded the traditional use of stained glass beyond windows into autonomous panels, three-dimensional structures and sculpture.  Designed for all experience levels, beginners learn fundamental design, glass cutting,...