Mixed and Mashed Up is a hands-on, glass making after-school program specifically for students in grades 6–8. Classes meet after school once a week for 12 sessions.    

Students will spend four sessions in three of Pittsburgh Glass Center’s premier glass art studios learning foundational glassblowing, flameworking, and kilnforming from professional teaching artists.  

In the hot shop, students will gather and shape glass from a 2,100-degree furnace. In the flame shop, students will melt, shape, and manipulate rods of glass over a 3,000-degree tabletop torch. In the kiln shop, students will explore the world of cutting and designing with flat glass and kilnforming, including casting, fusing, or stained glass.    

This program is designed with youth in mind. All studios focus on safety, confidence building with materials, and teaching foundational glassmaking skills to young artists. Sessions and content will vary and be adapted to students' interests and skills. This program can be and is often taken more than once.    

Students who participate in Mixed and Mashed up are invited to participate in a celebration and exhibition at the end of the semester and are also invited to show their work in a rotating display on Pittsburgh Glass Center’s third floor.    

PGC is committed to facilitating access for all young people. We offer full- and half-tuition scholarships for middle school and high school students based on application strength. No previous glass or art experience is required. Our only prerequisites are enthusiasm, curiosity, and an eagerness to learn.  

Class does not meet 11/26.

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