Get ready for spooky season! In this fun and festive fused glass experience, you’ll use colorful glass granules (frit) and thin glass rods (stringers) to design and make your own spooky suncatcher. Create ghostly shapes, glowing moons, witches, bats, spooky spiders, or other designs that come alive in the light. Once your design is complete, we’ll fire it in the kiln so all the pieces fuse together into a finished suncatcher ready to display. Create a handcrafted suncatcher that captures the magic, mood, and glow of spooky season.

Due to the nature of hot glass, items cannot be taken home the same day they are created. All items made in the kiln shop must go through an annealing process to slowly cool the glass. Items are available for pick-up after 5 days. Shipping can be arranged on site the day of your activity.

Ages 5+ Adult supervision is required for any children under 14 years old.

In this fun, introductory workshop held at the Westmoreland Museum of Art, you’ll transform a plexi glass base of your choosing into a vibrant, personalized work of art using colorful glass. With guidance from a skilled instructor, learn how to design, nip, arrange and adhere your glass to create a vibrant mosaic suncatcher. We’ll provide a grouting demonstration and grout for you to finish your work at home so your glue can fully cure. 

Leave with a one-of-a-kind sparkling glass mosaic suncatcher perfect for brightening a window or adding color and personability to your decor. 

Ages 5+.

Adult supervision is required for any children under 14 years old.

Each participant must pre-register to make a mosaic.

More about Reflections In Glass: 

Reflections in Glass is a five-day celebration of creativity and collaboration between The Westmoreland Museum of American Art and Pittsburgh Glass Center. Throughout the Museum, discover original glass artworks created by 15 talented artists, each inspired by a piece from The Westmoreland’s permanent collection. 

Explore the exhibition, learn about the artists and their creative processes, and vote for your favorite piece through the People's Choice Award. Enhance your experience with special programming throughout the week, including, hands-on glassmaking workshops, after-hours events, and watch exciting live glassblowing and neon demonstrations.

Trick or treat? In this quick and exciting flame shop experience, you’ll work closely with a skilled artist to gather and shape molten glass into whimsical glass candy using a 3,000°F torch. Finish it with a magnet or glass loop to make an ornament or pendant, or leave it as a fun and festive sculpture.

Make-It-Now experiences offer a quick hands-on introduction to the magic of glassmaking. In the flame shop, you’ll work one-on-one with a skilled local artist at a 3,000° tabletop torch. In about 20 minutes or less, you’ll work together to heat, shape, color, and craft your glass item. Perfect for beginners, these short experiences give a taste of the excitement, skill, and artistry that goes into working with glass in a supportive, guided setting.

Ages 8+ Adult supervision is required for any children under 14 years old.

Feel the heat of the hot shop as you shape molten glass into a one-of-a-kind blown glass pumpkin. In this quick and exciting hot shop experience, you’ll work closely with a skilled artist to blow and shape glass from our 2,100°F furnace into a festive pumpkin perfect for celebrating autumn or brightening your space year-round.

Make-It-Now experiences offer a quick hands-on introduction to the magic of glassmaking. In the hot shop, you’ll work one-on-one with a skilled local artist at the 2,100°F furnace. In about 15 minutes or less, you’ll work together to shape, color, and craft your glass item. Perfect for beginners, these short experiences offer a taste of the excitement, skill, and artistry that goes into working with glass in a supportive, guided setting.

Ages 5+.

We require adult supervision for any participants under 14 years old.

Due to the nature of hot glass, items cannot be taken home the same day they are created. All items made in the hot shop must go through an annealing process to slowly cool the glass. Items are available for pick-up after 5 days. Shipping can be arranged on site the day of your activity.

PGC 231 Celebrate spooky season with stained glass! In this introductory 4-hour workshop, you’ll create a Halloween-inspired stained glass suncatcher. Under the guidance of a skilled instructor, you’ll learn the fundamentals of stained glass, including how to cut glass, follow a pattern, use the copper foiling method, and solder your pieces together.

Using colorful sheet glass and traditional stained glass techniques, you’ll assemble a bold and playful spooky design—think ghosts, pumpkins, bats, or other seasonal motifs—that comes alive as light passes through it. Your finished piece is perfect for displaying in a window or on a wall to add a festive glow all season long.

PGC 223 Put your personal touch on handblown glass pumpkins. In this introductory workshop, you’ll start with two clear glass pumpkins hand crafted by our glass artists and use an industrial sandblaster to create your own designs, playful faces, names, patterns, or other details. With guidance from an experienced instructor, you’ll transform each piece into something uniquely your own.

At the end of the workshop, you’ll leave with both of your sandblasted pumpkins, ready to display or give as gifts. One pumpkin has an opening at the base, perfect for adding fairy lights (not included) to create a glowing seasonal luminary.

PGC 178 Bring the outdoors inside. In this introductory workshop, create whimsical glass leaves using a 3,000°F torch. Guided by a skilled instructor, learn torch basics and explore shaping and surface techniques to form expressive, leaf-inspired designs. Add a loop to make it a pendant or keep them as mini sculptures. Perfect for brightening your décor, gifting, or celebrating the seasons.

PGC 146

Carve out some fun with molten glass pumpkins. In this introductory workshop, you’ll gather glowing molten glass from the 2,100°F furnace and add colors of your choice. Then guided by a skilled instructor, you will blow and sculpt it into beautiful pumpkins with curly stems. This workshop is a fun introductory experience into hot glassblowing. Each participant will make two blown pumpkins, perfect for harvesting compliments at home, gifting to a loved one, or adding a decorative touch to any space.

 

 

Due to the nature of hot glass, your items will be available for pickup 5 days after your activity.