Events from 7/11/2026 – 7/3/2026 – Pittsburgh Glass Center Skip to content Exhibitions & Events Loading view. April 2026 Fri 24 Walk in and try glassmaking. No reservations required! Walk In + Make-It-Now Fri 24 A championship-worthy creative experience! Sports Suncatcher Make-It-Now Sat 25 Walk in and try glassmaking. No reservations required! Walk In + Make-It-Now Sat 25 A championship-worthy creative experience! Sports Suncatcher Make-It-Now Sun 26 Walk in and try glassmaking. No reservations required! Walk In + Make-It-Now Sun 26 A championship-worthy creative experience! Sports Suncatcher Make-It-Now Tue 28 Pittsburgh Glass Center is excited to host the April edition of the Creative Hive, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council's FREE monthly community-building event for artists, creatives, art educators, culture bearers, and arts administrators. Creative Hive by Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Free Thu 30 Free artist talk with Mark DeShields, Ian Shishido, Ian Solomon, and Aya Oki Crafting the Future Artist Talk May 2026 Fri Documenting the history of one of Pennsylvania’s preeminent glass artists and PGC co-founder, Kathleen Mulcahy Exhibition: Kathleen Mulcahy—A Fine Intoxication: Gathering Glass Fri Walk in and try glassmaking. No reservations required! Walk In + Make-It-Now Hot Shop Activities With the help of an instructor, participants will learn how to transform 2,000°F molten glass into a unique glass artwork. Sculpted items will be manipulated and shaped with various metal hand tools. Blown items will be inflated via a flexible tube attached to a blow pipe. The Hot Shop, as the name might suggest, can get warm at times, particularly during summer months. That being said, the activity will only take about 10-15 minutes per person so you won’t be warm for long. We encourage our guests to wear lighter, natural material clothing for safety and comfort. Visitors are welcome to bring water bottles and a water fountain/filling station is available. These activities will involves sitting, standing, and walking around. Suitable for ages 5 and up. Kiln Shop Fusing Activities Combine brilliantly colored pieces of glass granules and thin glass strands to create a one-of-a-kind luminous fused glass artwork. Once you design it, we’ll fire it, so that all pieces become one. Participants will work seated in our climate-controlled Classroom and with room temperature pieces of glass. You will begin with a glass tile that acts as your “canvas,” then arrange the colorful glass granules and thin glass strands into a design of your choosing. Once the designs are complete, suncatchers are placed in a kiln overnight to melt (fuse) together forever. Suitable for ages 5 and up. Flame Shop Activities With the help of an instructor, participants will learn how to use tools and a tabletop torch to melt and manipulate glass rods and transform them into truly one-of-a-kind objects. These activities take place in our climate controlled Flame Shop, which involves working with a flame, but is not nearly as warm as our Hot Shop. Participants will be sitting at a workstation, making this option slightly more accessible and less physically demanding. Suitable for ages 8 and up. ARTISTS EDUCATORS SHOP JOIN & GIVE DONATE NOW