10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Venue: SONORAN GLASS SCHOOL

It’s a Pumpkin Fiesta at Sonoran Glass School. Explore hundreds of colorful handmade glass art pumpkins and try your hand at glassblowing, torchworking, or kiln-firing in one of our three studios (for $10-85).

Make fall-themed projects–including the popular Make Your Own Pumpkin experience. The gallery will also be open for browsing and shopping.

12:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Venue: BARRIO COLLECTION

Glass artists Katja Fritschze and Danny Perkins host an afternoon in their Barrio Viejo gallery displaying their work and demonstrating mold-blowing techniques in the front courtyard.

Sonoran Glass School’s mobile glass studio will be on site serving as the backdrop to Katja’s demonstration of making the chest and head of a deer out of glass at 1:30PM.

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Venue: PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY & STUDIO

The Philabaum Gallery will be open all day, but things really start kicking off in the afternoon. At 2 p.m., Tom Philabaum and friends start hosting advanced glassblowing demonstrations in the studio until 4 p.m.

Check out the casual glassblowing demonstrations in the Hot Shop.

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Venue: PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY & STUDIO

A new artist exhibit reception and a Philabaum-narrated glassblowing demonstration takes place at PGG&S in the early evening. The new reception, called pro·fus·ion
displays fused glass works from Richard M Parrish and Karen Bexfield.

Sip wine, mingle, browse works, and watch a glassblowing demonstration with the artists on wireless mics talking about their process.

Reception: Karen Bexfield and Richard Parrish Exhibit: pro·fu·sion....................4 PM
Finale Demonstration: Jason Marstall  Speaker: Tom Philabaum.........................5 PM