Pittsburgh Glass Center - Pennsylvania
The first open and comprehensive glass art studio and gallery in Southwestern Pennsylvania, is a non-profit organization, dedicated to teaching, creating and promoting glass art. PGC invites you to explore their 16,000+ square foot facility housing state of the art studios in hot glass, flameworking, coldworking, casting and kilnworking! The Pittsburgh Glass Center was the leading host organization for the 2007 Glass Art Society Conference.

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts - Maine
The school in Deer Isle, ME offers intensive studio based workshops in a variety of craft media including clay, glass, metals, paper, blacksmithing, weaving, woodworking and more. Programs range from short workshops to three-week sessions and anyone may participate, from beginners to advanced professionals.

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts - Tenessee
It is a nationally renowned center of contemporary arts and crafts education. Workshops are offered for one and two weeks in the spring and summer, and one-week and weekends in the fall. Areas of study include: ceramics, fibers, metals/jewelry, painting, drawing, photography, warm glass, woodturning, woodworking, sculpture, and book and paper arts. The public is welcome year-round to visit the school’s five galleries, resource center, and bookstore and supply store. Artist residencies, assistantships, work-study, scholarships, community outreach, conferences, and music programs contribute to Arrowmont’s mission of “enriching lives through art.”

NCAGG's experience with Arrowmont has blossomed in the last few years as several of our members have taught there, including Kari Minnick, Liz Mears and Liz Braun. A number of our members enjoyed Brad Walker’s Warm Glass conference that was held at Arrowmont in 2006. NCAGG member Jerre Davidson writes: “I was very fortunate to get to go to both Corning and Arrowmont for the Warm Glass Weekend in 2007. I did not manage to attend any of the pre- or post-conference workshops, but enjoyed the company of so many glass fanatics and the conference presentations very much. The food was excellent and there was lots of it. The accommodation was a little Spartan and if you ever go I would recommend taking your own towels! The surrounding countryside in both Gatlinburg and Corning is beautiful and breathtaking.”

The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass - New York
This is an internationally renowned teaching facility that also offers various residency and scholarship programs. Instructors from the US and abroad teach at The Studio, sharing their insight and wisdom. Students at The Studio range in experience from beginning to advanced, fueled by their passion and desire to create. Classes at The Studio are held throughout the year. Spring and fall classes typically include ten-week sessions that meet once per week, weekend sessions, and one-day sessions. Summer and winter classes are generally one week or two weeks in length. NCAGG member Martin Kremer taught a class in summer 2010 and again in 2011 along with Kari Minnick.

Bullseye Glass - Oregon, New Mecixo
The well-known glass manufacturer offers every year a variety of classes and workshops as well as private custom classes in kilnforming, kilncasting, torchwork and coldwork, taught by many well-known American and international artists. Classes are held in Portland and Santa Fe primarily in spring and summer and range from a few hours to a few days. BE also offers educational material online including many instructional videos.

North Lands Creative Glass - Scotland
It is situated in Lybster, a small fishing village on the North East Coast of Scotland. North Lands is open both to glass artists and to painters, sculptors, architects and designers wishing to explore the technical and artistic potential of glass either on its own or in combination with other materials. Through its program of summer master classes, its annual conference and its residencies, North Lands aims to stimulate a lively exchange of ideas whilst also allowing time for reflection and action in a professional environment. North Lands was born in the nineties out of a need to create a center of excellence to stimulate the growing interest in the possibilities of glass as an art form. Our own Judith Conway has taught at North Lands while Dave Studley enjoyed taking classes there and Martin Kremer was a resident artist in 2010.

The Glass Furnace - Turkey
It offers classes in Instabul taught by international masters including many glass artists from the US. The director of the school visited NCAGG while he was representing Turkey in the Smithsonian’s Silk Road Folklife Festival in 2002. NCAGG Member Nina Falk has a first-hand report from her visit to the school although she has not yet studied there. She writes: “The Glass Furnace is located outside a small village, in a beautiful peaceful country setting, with completely modern facilities - studios, gallery, dorms, swimming pool. To get there you need to ride the boat bus to the end of the line (a good way to see the city) and then take a taxi for almost an hour! We didn't have a lot of time when we finally reached the school, but it was worth every minute. Classes are held during the whole summer for multiple sessions, and teachers and students come from all over the world. Everyone was very friendly and the fees are much lower than elsewhere, so even with the transportation costs it is not more expensive than elsewhere. I hope to return someday.”

National Glass Center - Spain
Alan Jaworski also recommends the Spanish National Glass Center in La Granja San Ildefonso. Among others Sante Pizzol, a well known Italian glass painter teaches there. You can find a wide variety of workshops and classes in fusing & slumping, beads, and glassblowing. Check also their Cursos Monograficos, their short course list.

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