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This Saturday: Free Tours and Demos during Open House   Saturday, February 12 Open House Tours begin at 12 noon, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00 pm. Each tour is limited to 25 people, please call ahead or arrive early. Each Open House also features special themed glassworking workshops including 1/2 hour glassblowing workshops for $50 per person and sandblasting workshops for $15 per person. Sandblasting is great for kids and families. Reservations are required for most workshops, please call 718.625.3685 x 0 or to make reservations. FIRE SALE UrbanGlass is moving to an interim space in mid-2011, so join us for a fire sale of glass objects made by artists as well as a selection of beads and jewelry made by the ladies of The Bead Project, an entrepreneurial scholarship program for women. Armory Arts Week Events: Artist Talk & Cocktail Party TWO BIG EVENTS IN ONE NIGHT UrbanGlass Visiting Artist Leo Tecosky Saturday, March 5, 6-8 pm Current UrbanGlass Visiting Artist Leo Tecosky will create a visual narrative of his experimental print glasswork, which will be followed by a hot shop demonstration and discussion of themes in his work. Tecosky’s work is a reflection of cultural exchange, travel and experience. Working with traditional glassblowing and neon bending techniques, the artist has recently begun experimenting with the screen printing process; taking printmaking to a different and more sculptural level by allowing for a collage of 3-D glass imagery. No RSVP Required. Space is Limited. Guests will be accommodated on a first come, first served basis The Urbanites' Hands-On Glass Demonstration and Cocktail Party Saturday, March 5, 8-11pm Watch artists create sculpted artworks in hot glass. Exercise your creativity by designing your own glass art. Sip cocktails with local and international artists, Brooklyn art lovers and Armory Arts Week enthusiasts. Ticket information: $20 for The Armory Circle Members and UrbanGlass Urbanites $25 Advanced Tickets $30 At the Door (If tickets are still available) For more information or to purchase tickets, call 718.625.3685 x 211 or email kristin@urbanglass.org. Spring Master Classes - Sign up now! Image: Matt Eskuche Vessels and Form Conciousness with Matt Eskuche April 12-15 • 10:00–4:00 4 Sessions • Tuesday-Friday • $700 This class is designed to provide a solid technical and aesthetic base from which a persons work can progress. With jacks, and diamond shears aiding them, students of all levels experiment with borosilicate tubing and colored rod. Shape, scale, and proportion pass through a technical “strainer” in order to create form conscious pieces of varied scale and difficulty. Glass Synthesis with Katherine Gray April 26-29 • 10:00–4:00 4 Sessions • Tuesday-Friday • $700 In this class, students explore “traditional” glassblowing methods and tweak them to their own artistic ends. We examine iconic forms and functions of glass through history into the present day, and tease out unique and relevant meanings. This process starts by looking at prosaic, functional forms but ends by synthesizing myriad influences into a coherent, personal vision. Blowing Glass with Chris Taylor April 5-8 • 10:00–4:00 4 Sessions • Tuesday-Friday • $700 Blowing glass into long, impossible molds. Blowing glass into impossibly thin walled vessels. Blowing glass that looks a lot like other things. Blowing glass that creates a unique choreography. Blowing glass that defies impossibility. Illuminating the Vessel with Jason Chakravarty March 15-18 • 10:00–4:00 4 Sessions • Tuesday–Friday • $700 This class explores the use of Neon and Light and encourages students to think of art making as a multi-step, multi-media process. Students create blown glass forms in the Hot Shop that are filled and illuminated with noble gases such as neon, argon, krypton, and xenon. Students gain an understanding of neon and discuss the different gases, gas pressure, and the different effects achieved through various blown glass forms. UrbanGlass is a leading resource for both aspiring and established artists wishing to create with glass. We foster innovative art and advance the use and appreciation of glass as a creative medium. www.urbanglass.org   647 Fulton St., 3rd Floor, Ft. Greene, Brooklyn, NY 11217 (Entrance at 57 Rockwell Place) B, M, Q, R to DeKalb; C to Lafayette; 2,3,4,5 to Nevins St  info@urbanglass.org || 718.625.3685   This e-mail was sent from UrbanGlass Immediate removal with ® Secure. To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, . To change your e-mail address or update preferences, .