Columbus Glass Art Center Classes

Columbus Glass Art Center Classes include fused glass classes where participants use cold sheets of fusible glass, special tools to cut the glass into shapes, and arrange the pieces into custom designs. The program also offers stained glass classes that involve cutting and grinding pieces of cold sheet glass to fit a pattern, then foiling and soldering the pieces together, as well as mosaic classes where participants arrange glass fragments on a tile and grout them into place. Additional options include flameworking classes using borosilicate glass on a Red Max torch to make larger and more advanced glass sculptures, and Hot Shop classes that work with molten glass from the furnace to blow hollow forms or sculpt solid glass using heat, color, and tools.

• Schedule: Class options Tuesday–Friday between 12pm–7pm and Saturday between 10am–4pm

Columbus Glass Art Center operates as a comprehensive glass-making facility that includes molten glass, casting, fusing, neon, stained glass, cold working, and torch working, and it offers hundreds of classes and public programs each year, along with exhibition and retail space, high school and college internship programs, and a work credit program. The organization was founded in 1987, later established a studio in what is now Columbus’s Arena District, moved to the Grandview area in 2001, and in 2014 relocated to a larger space in the Franklinton Arts District before adopting the name Columbus Glass Art Center in 2024. Its stated mission is to celebrate the art and science of glass, and its values are Treasure, Joy, Teaching & Learning, Stewardship, and Belonging, with a vision to be a destination for vibrant possibilities. The leadership team includes Alex (Assistant Director), Rose (Facilities Manager), Anita (Office Manager), John (Shop Technician), and board members Ken Donchatz (President, Muirfield Country Club), Maria Wineinger (Secretary, Kitties Cakes, levyrestaurants@ Lower.com), Julie Klein (Member Liaison, UCFW #1059), Larry Clark (Member, Made From Scratch, Retired), Angel Grunenwald (Member, Real Estate Agent), and Gary Janchenko (Member, Central Ohio Primary Care). The organization has traveled around Central Ohio teaching glass art with a focus on the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s Artists-in-Schools Program and describes itself as a civic hub for glass art creation and learning and a place of cultural equity that continues to adapt and grow. Unique features include an annual Mardi Gras-themed fundraising party called Glassquerade 2026 and a pop-up gallery show featuring glass artists John Sharvin and Minhi England, with imaginary and playful sculptures on display from Saturday Feb. 14 to Saturday Feb. 21.

Last updated May 14, 2026.