Brooklyn

Established as the New York Experimental Glass Workshop in 1977, UrbanGlass is a nonprofit organization started by three art school graduates to further experimentation and critical understanding of glass as a creative medium. Located in Brooklyn’s former Strand Theater, UrbanGlass’s fully equipped 17,000-square-foot studios, are the largest and most renowned open-access glass studios in the United States. Over 380 professional artists, students, graduates, and those just wanting to learn the art of creating with glass, make use of the innovation hub each year.

At street-level is the publicly accessible Agnes Varis Art Center, housing the Robert Lehman Gallery—an expansive space with high ceilings and polished cement floors where a rotation of glasswork and contemporary art exhibitions take place throughout the year; and the UrbanGlass|ware shop where glass jewelry and objects made by artisans using the facility are sold.