UrbanGlass

'''UrbanGlass''', located on Fulton Street in the historic 1918 Strand Theatre in the Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District is the New York metropolitan area's leading glass-blowing facility.<ref name=bd>{{cite news|last=Lim|first=Samantha|title=UrbanGlass reopens as a 'treehouse'|url=http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2013/40/24_glassbrooklynreopen_2013_10_04_bk.html|access-date=2014-04-06|newspaper=Brooklyn Daily|date=2013-10-07|archive-date=2014-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090912/http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2013/40/24_glassbrooklynreopen_2013_10_04_bk.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

UrbanGlass was founded in 1977 by three artists and was originally known as the '''New York Experimental Glass Workshop'''.<ref name="UG">{{cite web |title=Mission and history |url=https://urbanglass.org/visit/mission |website=UrbanGlass |access-date=7 August 2022 |archive-date=4 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804081341/https://urbanglass.org/visit/mission |url-status=live }}</ref> It is now the primary studio for more than 200 artists and hosts more than 500 art students for regular classes.<ref name=bac>{{cite web|title=UrbanGlass|url=http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/directory/16237|publisher=Brooklyn Arts Council|access-date=2014-04-06|archive-date=2014-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515081035/http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/directory/16237|url-status=live}}</ref> UrbanGlass shares the Strand Theatre with BRIC Arts Media, which also reopened in October 2013. New to UrbanGlass upon its reopening in Fort Greene is the Agnes Varis Art Center, which is home to changing exhibits featuring the work of artists who work at UrbanGlass and others.

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==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.urbanglass.org}}

Category:Glass museums and galleries Category:Companies based in Brooklyn Category:American companies established in 1977