Summer Glass Classes
Please scroll down this page to see the complete list of Summer Glass classes for adults.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Did you notice a change in the fee for your class? To simplify our accounting and recordkeeping, we no longer charge separate studio and materials fees. The total price for your class did not increase but it might look like it did. In fact, the class will actually cost less if you are a member since we are now discounting the studio and materials fees in addition to the tuition discount. We will continue to charge the model fees separately and, since the summer camp catalog had gone to press when this decision was made, we will continue to charge materials fees for summer camp programs through the end of this summer.

10% Discount for First-time Students:
First-time students save 10% off the price of a class when they register for their first class at the Art Center. Discount does not apply toward Transportation, Firing, New Student Material, or Model fees; Summer Arts Camp; Birthday Parties; subsidized classes, and cannot be combined with any other offer.

Call 952.473.7361, ext. 16, if you have questions or to register for a class.

Jump to these glass classes and faculty:
STAINED GLASS FUNDAMENTALS
INTRO TO MOSAICS USING SMALTI
EXPLORING KILN FIRED GLASS

Glass Faculty

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STAINED GLASS FUNDAMENTALS
Instructor: Jeffrey Goetz
Skill Level: B, AB [core class]

Learn the tools, materials and techniques necessary to create a stained glass panel. Choose from a selection of patterns that are designed to make it easy for you to finish a panel and that will teach you the basics of stained glass construction. Advanced students are welcome to finish on-going panels or create new ones.
Enrollment limited to 10; ages 18 and up

F995
Saturdays, June 26 - July 24
(5 sessions) 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
$171 Members / $190 Non-members

G995
Saturdays, July 31 - August 28
(5 sessions) 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
$171 Members / $190 Non-members

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INTRO TO MOSAICS USING SMALTI
Instructor: Connie Cohen
Skill Level: All

For beginning and experienced students alike, this course will cover the basics of mosaics using Mexican smalti (one of the oldest yet most vibrant materials created for mosaic). Students will explore this beautiful, traditional material as they create their own mosaic panel. They will learn how to cut and set smalti with both ancient and contemporary techniques and tools. Design, color and composition will be discussed. Demonstrations and instruction will include use of a hammer and hardy for Italian smalti. Students will have the option to purchase these extra tools on their own if they choose to pursue this method.
Enrollment limited to 12; ages 16 and up

F966
Tuesdays, June 22 - July 20
(5 sessions) 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
$149 Members / $165 Non-members
$135 New Student Materials Fee (includes sales tax)

G966
Tuesdays, July 27 - August 24
(5 sessions) 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
$149 Members / $165 Non-members
$135 New Student Materials Fee (includes sales tax)

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EXPLORING KILN FIRED GLASS
Instructor: Christopher Kelly
Skill Level: All

In this class, we will develop an understanding of the process of fusing glass. Topics include glass chemistry and compatibility, design considerations, cutting and grinding, assembly, and firing techniques. Students will come away with a good base knowledge of glass fusing.
Enrollment limited to 15; ages 16 and up

F989
Thursdays, June 24 - July 22
No Class July 1 and July 8
(3 sessions) 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
$116 Members / $129 Non-members

G989
Thursdays, July 29 - August 26
(5 sessions) 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
$185 Members / $205 Non-members

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GLASS FACULTY

Connie Cohen
Connie studied Art and Business Administration at the University of Minnesota where she received her Bachelor of Science degree. For many years she worked in advertising as both a production manager and graphic designer. She continued her art education and received a Masters of Architecture from SCI-Arc in Southern California. Connie comes to mosaics using her background in graphic design and architecture and has attended workshops and seminars with international mosaic masters in both Ravenna and Venice Italy.

Jeffrey Goetz
Jeffery has been the Director of the Arkansas Institute for Building Preservation Trades, a Vice President of the American College of the Building Arts in Charleston, the Technical Director for Inspired Partnerships in Chicago and taught at the Building Preservation Technology program at Belmont Technical College. While at the college he administered an Army Legacy Grant for window restoration projects at West Point and Fort Drum and participated in an exterior restoration project at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. He studied Italian stained glass techniques at the Vetrate Artistiche Toscane, in Siena, Italy and has been twice honored in the juried state-wide competition by the Palmetto Hands Artisans Exhibition in Charleston, SC.

Christopher Kelly
Studio Artist; Owner FK Art Glass; Teaching Assistant / Studio Tech ARCC Glass Department 1996–1999; Nationally Juried Artist 1999–2002; Commission Work 2003–Present. Teaches Classes in Glass Blowing, Fusing, and Equipment Design & Building.