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This is a free one-day festival. It is the only one of its kind in the US and features demonstrations of a wide variety of art glass techniques used by our members. An activity is also provided for children. This event is held every other year and is sponsored by the NCAGG in cooperation with cultural institutions in our area. In the past the festival has been held at the Glen Echo Park, on the Potomac near Bethesda, MD with the cooperation of the Glen Echo Art Glass Consortium and the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture. In 2008 the festival was held at the Lorton Arts Center in Lorton, VA.
In the past many NCAGG members have donated various works of art at our shows with the proceeds benefiting S.O.M.E, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC that provides many valuable services for the area’s elderly and homeless. Services include meals, clothes, shelter, training, counseling, rehabilitation, and health care.
Fairfax County holds an annual arts festival, Spotlight on the Arts to support and encourage the awareness of cultural opportunities in the greater Fairfax community. The festival is considered one of Virginia's foremost arts festivals with music, dance, theater, visual arts etc. Several NCAGG members have participated to demonstrate stained glass windows and assist children with making fun plastic “stained glass” windows.
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Glass Arts Festival
Our guild demonstrates glass art at the Festival of
the Building Arts every year. The Festival is held in the fall at the 
Our guild has also been involved in exposing
elementary school students to the art of stained glass. Members of NCAGG made and
installed stained glass windows in their school, and the children were intricately
involved in all construction aspects of the window, from the design to cutting glass to
soldering.