Blow Your Own Glass!
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Arts & DIY
A Firebird instructor will guide you through the process of making an ornament, heart, pumpkin, or bowl. No experience needed! Your glass will be ready the following week.
Firebird Community Arts offers highly personalized ceramics and glass blowing instruction from our warehouse-turned-art studio located in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood. We deliberately relocated here in an effort to be closer to, and of better service to, the Chicago communities most in need of affordable, high-quality arts instruction and a safe space within which to practice art as a tool for healing.
For us, that means offering arts instruction to people living in a variety of neighborhoods on the South and West sides of the city. It also means bringing people together, who would not otherwise meet, to learn from and connect with one another.
After several decades of work, we have helped thousands of people grow their empathy, work through challenges, find new jobs and see the positive connections between them and those who live around them. Art helps us all heal.
Private Event Bookings: Interested in booking or requesting a private glassblowing experience? Click here to request your event!
Please wear natural fiber clothing (like cotton, wool, and linen) and closed-toed shoes.
10 years or older
We provide everything else!
This experience has a minimum of 2 students required to go forward. You'll be notified if it is below minimum 7 days in advance. If the minimum is not met 24 hours before the event, you’ll have the option to pay the difference for a private event amount, transfer to another date or Dabble experience, or receive a refund.
Cancellation Policy
Firebird Community Arts
$120 per Ticket
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Glassblowing is an exciting artform requiring heat and a singular focus that yields dazzling results. Ceramics is similarly soothing and meditative. With the guidance of experienced art professionals, our workshop and class participants learn how to take a glass or ceramics project from gritty to glossy. All class fees support the goals of Firebird Community Arts. From classes to open studio time to private events, we have an option for you.