# UrbanGlass

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'''UrbanGlass''', located on Fulton Street in the historic 1918 [Strand Theatre](/source/Strand_Theatre_(Brooklyn)) in the [Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/BRIC_Arts_Media), which also reopened in October 2013. New to UrbanGlass upon its reopening in [Fort Greene](/source/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}}

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

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