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Scholastic Art includes six print issues each school year plus a robust website featuring lesson plans, videos, slideshows, skills sheets, and more. Image courtesy of Scholastic Art.

Scholastic Art is a classroom magazine for middle and high school students. It is designed to inspire creative self-expression through the exploration of art history and contemporary art. This resources makes art relevant and accessible to students with teen-friendly texts that span movements, eras, and cultures.

New York,
NY
Other
Other
The Scope: An MFA Exhibition. Courtesy of the artists

UrbanGlass is proud to present our biennial MFA exhibition, which features recent graduates from Masters programs who are working with glass.

The title for this exhibition, The Scope, honors the breadth of techniques and inspirations within the material landscape of glass.

Brooklyn,
NY
Exhibitions + Shows
Glass
A Studio guest makes their own glass flower during a glassmaking experience. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass.

Every year, The Studio welcomes tens of thousands of Museum visitors to glassmaking through its Make Your Own Glass program.

These short sessions introduce participants to the magic of glass blowing, fusing, sandblasting, beadmaking, or engraving.

This much-loved, family-friendly program connects people of all ages and skill levels to traditional crafts, and this year, we’re celebrating Museum and Studio anniversaries with an all-star lineup of returning projects inspired by past exhibitions.

Corning,
NY
Workshops + Courses
Glass
Beaded Match Safe, possibly Chautauqua, NY, about 1917. 96.4.67. Gift of the Stillman Family. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass

As part of a long-term collaboration with the Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center of the Seneca Nation of Indians, the Museum will present an installation focused on the use of glass in the art, history, and culture of the Seneca people, on whose ancestral land the Corning Museum of Glass is located.

The installation will examine the introduction of glass beads by European traders and the economic importance of beadwork made by Seneca and other Haudenosaunee women.

Corning,
NY
Exhibitions + Shows
Glass
Opening night of the 2025 Junior Curator exhibition, Table Talk: A Global Gathering. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass

The Junior Curator program provides students in grades 8–12 with true curatorial experience, promoting their voices to the wider community.

Participants receive training from educators, curators, registrars, librarians, and other staff to create an exhibition of their own design that is seen by thousands of visitors from around the world.

The 2026 Junior Curator cohort will open their show in June.

Corning,
NY
Exhibitions + Shows
Glass
Season 3 Blown Away contestant Madeleine Hughes demonstrates glassmaking live at the Museum. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass

In Netflix’s competition series Blown Away, talented glass artists from across North America and the globe competed in timed glassblowing challenges.

In the exhibition Blown Away: Where Are They Now, the pressures of the camera have been removed, and the artists have submitted top-of-the-line work that exemplifies their artistic practices.

No time limits, no thematic constraints, and from the comfort of their own studios—find your favorites, and see what they’re up to!  

Corning,
NY
Exhibitions + Shows
Glass
The Tiffany Studios Gallery showcases a wide variety of Tiffany Studios projects, from household items to stained glass windows. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass

Founded by Louis C. Tiffany (1848–1933), a leading tastemaker in America, the Tiffany Studios employed hundreds of artists and artisans who turned Tiffany’s expansive vision into decorative objects and complete interior decorations, with glass as a primary material.

Stop by the 35 Centuries of Glass Galleries to witness some of their most inspired creations.

Corning,
NY
Exhibitions + Shows
Glass
Artist and Hot Glass Team member Helen Tegeler demonstrates her craft in the Amphitheater Hot Shop. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass

A cornerstone of the visitor experience at the Corning Museum of Glass is watching glass come to life at our live demonstrations at multiple venues across the Museum and The Studio.

Professional artists present glassblowing and flameworking demonstrations daily, narrated by our team to share every detail of the process in a concise, informative, and fascinating fashion.

Corning,
NY
Artist Open Studio Exhibitions + Shows
Glass
A stunning crystal punch bowl serves as an eye-catching centerpiece. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass

The Crystal City Gallery shares the story of how Corning became one of the premier centers for glass cutting in the United States, while Corning Glass Works simultaneously became established as a manufacturer of science and specialty glass. Stunning crystal creations await, from a punch bowl fit for royalty to a crystal model of the town of Corning itself.

Corning,
NY
Exhibitions + Shows
Glass
Paula Bartron at the bench in the glass studio, University of California, Berkeley, 1971. Photo from the Marvin Lipofsky Papers, Rakow Research Library, MS-0185, Corning Museum of Glass. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass

Tough Stuff: Women in the American Glass Studio showcases the work of female glass artists in 1960s and ‘70s America. The exhibition broadens the story of glass in America by looking more expansively at the breadth of studio artists who were working with the material in innovative ways.

The exhibition marks the first project by the Museum to focus on the ingenuity of female artists working in glass.

Corning,
NY
Exhibitions + Shows
Glass
Yu Jei Yen, Capstone Project: Sitting on the Unsettling. Parsons School of Design

The Parsons MFA Textiles program is a vibrant hub of creativity in New York, where ideas grow through hands-on textile making. Our studio is a community of mindful artists and designers. We promote authenticity, originality, and innovation, channeling the power of textiles to transform art, design, and industry. In this interdisciplinary program, we merge craft and hi-tech to address issues of justice, sustainability, well-being, and beauty in the world through textiles.

Students explore fiber and materials, weaving, knitting, 3D printing, dyeing, pattern design, and embellishment, while connecting these practices to the social, cultural, environmental, and emotional dimensions of textiles throughout time. Learning extends beyond the classroom into NYC’s textile studios and design ateliers, while personalized mentorship supports each student’s creative and technical voice. Welcoming makers, researchers, and designers from diverse backgrounds—including fashion, interior and product design, fine arts, and architecture—to join us in shaping the future of textiles.

New York,
NY
University or College
Fiber
Students at WCW with Larissa Huff. Ken Page

We envision the Wendell Castle Workshop (WCW) as an internationally significant organization celebrating the intersection of art, woodworking, and furniture design by educating the public about Wendell Castle, teaching skills inspired by his work, and encouraging makers and designers to keep his legacy alive through their own practice. Located in Castle’s former studio, the WCW is a creative hub where people come from around the globe to learn, create, and connect.

Our mission is to provide classes and resources to help people experience and expand the creative legacy of Wendell Castle.

Scottsville,
NY
Arts/Cultural Organization Craft School
Metal Wood
Museum of Arts and Design in New York City’s Columbus Circle. Photo: Gustav Liliequist; courtesy Museum of Arts and Design.

The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) champions contemporary makers across creative fields and presents the work of artists, designers, and artisans who apply the highest level of ingenuity and skill.

Since the Museum’s founding in 1956 by philanthropist and visionary Aileen Osborn Webb, MAD has celebrated all facets of making and the creative processes by which materials are transformed, from traditional techniques to cutting-edge technologies.

Today, the Museum’s curatorial program builds upon a rich history of exhibitions that emphasize a cross-disciplinary approach to art and design, and reveals the workmanship behind the objects and environments that shape our everyday lives.

MAD provides an international platform for practitioners who are influencing the direction of cultural production and driving twenty-first-century innovation, and fosters a participatory setting for visitors to have direct encounters with skilled making and compelling works of art and design.

New York,
NY
Museum
Clay Fiber Glass Metal Mixed Media Other Wood
Experience American art at The Rockwell Museum, A Smithsonian Affiliate in Downtown Corning. Allison Usavage Photography, 2023.

The Rockwell Museum, in association with the Smithsonian Institution, tells the story of the evolving American experience through the work of American artists. Founded in 1976, The Rockwell is a community hub showcasing the diversity of American experience through compelling exhibitions and imaginative programs. The collection includes a mix of contemporary Native American art with traditional bronze sculptures, landscape paintings, and other works that embody America. Housed in the restored 19th-century Old City Hall building, The Rockwell is active in the local community and holds special events and educational programming with area schools. The Rockwell provokes curiosity, engagement, and reflection about art and the American experience.

The Museum’s campus includes the KIDS ROCKWELL Art Lab, located around the corner at 36 E. Market Street, featuring family-friendly activities, games, and hands-on projects connected to our exciting special exhibitions and collection of American artworks.

Corning,
NY
Arts/Cultural Organization Museum
Clay Fiber Glass Metal Mixed Media Paper Wood
Glass heated under intense flames during a glassmaking demonstration in the Amphitheater Hot Shop. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass.

The Corning Museum of Glass is an independent, not-for-profit museum dedicated to the exploration and exhibition of glass.

Since its founding in 1951, the museum has grown to steward the world’s most comprehensive and important collection of glass objects, including: contemporary sculptural marvels from artists like Dale Chihuly, Lino Tagliapietra, and Toots Zynsky; groundbreaking scientific innovations like the 200-inch telescope lens casting; and 35 centuries of glass and glassmaking.

The Museum welcomes over 300,000 annual visitors, offering daily live demonstrations and glassmaking experiences for all ages.

The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass uses state-of-the-art glassmaking spaces to advance glassmaking education and support new ideas, forwarding the world of glass art, and the Rakow Research Library maintains and grows a record of glass history while supporting today’s researchers.

The museum strives in all aspects to achieve its mission of inspiring people to see glass in a new light. 

Corning,
NY
Craft School Museum
Glass