GoggleWorks Center for the Arts Group Visits Brochure

GoggleWorks

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Group Visits & Private Workshops

YOU CREATE, WE MAKE! GLASSBLOWING DEMO

75-100 individuals / 1 hour / $300 You Create, We Make! allows your youth group to imagine and sketch their own glass sculpture. Then, visit GoggleWorks and watch as our hot glass studio artists bring it to 3-dimensional life. Learn about glassblowing and take part in the creative process from start to finish; plus the piece will be yours to keep!

Tours & Demos

WORKSHOPS GLASSBLOWING WORKSHOP

Explore GoggleWorks’ campus, learn more about our teaching studios, and see our artists in action.

GLASSBLOWING DEMO

Up to 75 individuals | 1 hour | $250 In our state-of-the-art hot glass studio, watch our experienced glassblowers make a piece of glass art from start to finish, while explaining the process to the audience.

Plus, add on a guided tour to see the rest of our campus! (+$50)

CERAMICS DEMO

Up to 25 individuals | 30 min | $125 Watch a wheel throwing demonstration in our Ceramics Studio from one of our skilled potters.

Plus, add on a guided tour to see the rest of our campus! (+$75)

4-7 individuals | $100 per participant 8+ individuals | $85 per participant Experience hot glassblowing first hand while learning to pick and apply colors, twist, turn, and shape hot glass into a unique object for your home. Choose between creating a glass flower, paperweight, bud vase, stemless wine glass, or a pint glass/tumbler.

WOOD WORKSHOP

4-10 individuals | $85 per participant Gain an introduction into woodworking and come away with an interesting project you can be proud of. Choose to make a trivet, ornament, or decorative window hanging on the scroll saw, turn your own cup or bowl on the lathe, or try your hand at cabinet making with an insight into joinery.

Cabinet making projects vary.

Our experience at the GoggleWorks “ceramics and glass fusing classes was truly transformative. From the moment we entered the studios, we were immersed in an atmosphere of creativity and collaboration.

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-Sweet Street sales, marketing, and R&D teams

GLASS FUSING WORKSHOP

CERAMIC WORKSHOPS

4-8 individuals | $85 per participant 9-12 individuals | $80 per participant Layer bits of colored glass to create a unique design to fuse together in the kiln. Choose to make suncatchers, glass tiles, fused glass coasters, small plates, or candy dishes.

Learn the fundamentals to create ceramic cups, bowls, and more, either on the potter’s wheel or with handbuilding techniques.

GLASS FUSING TEAM BUILDING WORKSHOPS

Handbuilding: 4-9 individuals | $75 per participant 10-15 individuals | $70 per participant

4-8 individuals | $85 per participant 9-12 individuals | $80 per participant In GoggleWorks team building workshops, work together with your team to create art in our vibrant fused glass studio!

MOUNTED WALL MURAL Together with your team, create a multisectioned glass image to display in your office or workplace. Learn to communicate better, solve problems creatively, and collaborate while creating a beautiful glass art piece.

MUSICAL MOSAICS Along with your team, rotate through creating multiple 5”x5” glass tiles, adding to the design of the team member before you. Learn new ways to collaborate together and embrace flexibility, while having fun and creating unique fused glass mosaic art.

Wheel Throwing: 4-6 individuals | $75 per participant 7-10 individuals | $70 per participant

DRAWING & PAINTING, MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOPS

4-25 individuals | $55 per participant Projects vary..

PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP

4-25 individuals | $55 per participant Using the specific technique of gelatin plate printing, come up with your own designs and create a series of monoprints with ink and paint.

METALSMITHING /JEWELRY MAKING WORKSHOP

4-15 individuals | $70 per participant Starting with a few essential tools, materials, and simple drawings, you can learn to make a wearable jewelry project while building a working knowledge of the craft.

Interested?

register now!

Contact programs@goggleworks.org to learn more, ask questions, and to register for your very own group event

YOUTH+TEEN ART PARTIES GoggleWorks Art Parties bring a creative spirit to your celebration, whether it’s a graduation gift, event celebration, or birthday party for children and teens. Party packages include a one or twohour art workshop and a party room for one hour.

Workshop supplies are included.

Bring your own refreshments and decorations.

CERAMICS

up to 10 participants | Ages 5+ | $325 up to 15 participants | add $20 each Use handbuilding techniques to create small pots, vases, or sculptures.

FUSED GLASS SUNCATCHER

up to 10 participants | Ages 10+ | $350 up to 15 participants | Ages 10+ | add $25 each Come in and learn the basics of cutting, shaping, and grinding glass into a beautiful suncatcher.

PAINTING OR MIXED MEDIA

up to 10 participants | All ages | $300 up to 20 participants | add $20 each Projects vary.

HOT GLASS

up to 12 participants | Ages 8+ | $600 Create a glass flower or paperweight in our hot glass studio.

DRAW IT ALL

up to 10 participants | All ages | $250 up to 20 participants | add $15 each Interested in drawing people, places, or perhaps fantastical beasts? Learn the basics of drawing as you partake in this workshop with pens, pencils, and colored pencils!

GUIDELINES All adult workshops are two hours in length unless otherwise noted. No experience is necessary to participate.

Group visits to GoggleWorks must be reserved at least two weeks in advance.

Please provide any information GoggleWorks should know to help you have a positive class experience. GoggleWorks’ campus is handicapped accessible. Elevators are located throughout the main building.

DRESS CODE POLICY HOT GLASS STUDIO:

Tie back long hair, wear non-synthetic or natural fabric clothes, and closed-toe shoes.

GLASS FUSING, METALSMITHING, & WOOD STUDIOS: Closed-toe shoes.

CERAMICS STUDIO:

Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty!

PARKING Free parking is provided in GoggleWorks’ parking lot at 2nd and Walnut Streets.

Contact programs@goggleworks.org for more information!

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