Glass Art Courses

Fall 2025 (September 2 - December 15):

15-week Fall and Spring courses meet one day per week, with students having access to the Glass Education Center 6-days per week.

FNA110: Creative Principles of Flameworking
Saturdays 9:00 am – 12:55 pm*
This introductory course introduces the tools and techniques of flameworked glass. Hands-on experiences enable the student to gain the hand skills necessary to create with glass. Class projects emphasize both the technical and creative elements necessary for creating significant flameworked glass. 

FNA150: Glassblowing I
Mondays 1:00 pm – 4:35 pm*
This course provides a basic introduction to hot glass blowing. Students will be introduced to various methods in an effort to give them the basic knowledge necessary to create both functional and nonfunctional glass objects. Students will apply fundamentals of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional design as they learn different ways of manipulating glass forms in both solid and blown states.

FNA221: Glass Kiln Techniques
Wednesdays, 5:40 – 9:00 pm* 
Glass Kiln Techniques includes a variety of processes for manipulating glass in a kiln including fusing, slumping, enamel painting, and other techniques for creating imagery. Processes will be introduced through demonstrations performed by the instructor, lectures, handouts, and other support materials. The topics include kiln set-up, types of glass, compatibility, incorporation of non-glass materials, annealing, and finishing (cold working, cold color application).

FNA222: Glass Kiln Casting
Tuesdays 1:00 pm – 4:20 pm*
Glass Kiln Casting will survey several techniques utilized to cast glass. The techniques to be covered will include the following: open-faced molds, multi part molds, pate de verre, and silicone/rubber mold making for the lost wax process of casting.