The glass studio, located in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood, is a collaborative community art space. Pearl joined forces with Firebird Community Arts to bring fire-based, social justice, arts programming to the city. Mediums range from ceramics to glass blowing.
The studio, built from scratch by Pearl and her team, was created to provide an accessible and supportive community space for artists, where creativity is nurtured and collaboration is pivotal.
The studio hosts classes, workshops, and camps for all ages and abilities in both the ceramic and glass arts. For a list of upcoming classes and to register, visit Firebird Community Arts.
The studio is available for rental to glass professionals and students. For more information email Pearl at pearljdick@gmail.com
Rental Rates:
6" glory hole $30/hour
12” glory hole $35/hour
16" glory hole $40/hour
18" glory hole $45/hour
Studio features:
200 lb electric furnace melting Cristalica glass (96 COE compatible)
2 Top loading casting kiln
2 front loading annealers
Pickup oven
Fusing kiln
16" flat grinding wheel
Belt sander
MK diamond saw
Covington Lathe
Flameworking studio $15/hr
