Join Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts for an visiting artist lecture by Cedric Mitchell.

Stop by the Foci MCGA gallery for an exhibition walkthrough with local artist Shelley Beaumont and learn firsthand about her stunning artwork!

Join Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts for an visiting artist lecture by Jiyong Lee, a studio artist and educator who specializes in coldworked glass techniques.

Join us for an evening with acclaimed glass artist Sayaka Suzuki at Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Art for an artist talk and glass pâte de verre demonstration!

Join us for an exhibition reception, artist talk, and flameworking demonstration with glass artist SaraBeth Post Eskuche for her solo exhibition A Tisket, A Tasket. The exhibit will be on view from October 20, 2023- January 12, 2024.

Join us for an exhibition reception and artist talk with glass artist Carolyn Spears for her solo exhibition Power of Place. The exhibit will be on view from July 14 - Sept 29, 2023.

Join us for the reception for Carla Christenson’s Solo Exhibition At the Seams, In the Flesh.

Glass artist and printmaker Jen Blazina blends surreal imagery and found objects in Little Worlds, an exhibition presenting new works in cast glass, bronze, and screen printed imagery on glass.

Exhibition reception and artist talk for From Darkness into Light: Claude Riedel and the Art of the Ner Tamid, featuring a retrospective of artworks by Minneapolis based artist Claude Riedel. Riedel is recognized internationally for crafting Ner Tamids, or “eternal light'', the essential piece that hangs above the ark in synagogues.

Join us for an artist talk and glassblowing demonstration featuring Megan Stelljes, a 2022 Visiting Artist at Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts. Megan is teaching a glass workshop at Foci MCGA that focuses on learning hot glass sculpting techniques concentrating on color application and hot assembly. The workshop will primarily utilize powder application to achieve color patterns and textures referencing natural objects.

Come learn more about Megan's artwork and see her process in action!

Featuring 2021 Emerging Artists in Residence: Dante Germaine, Megan Sutton, and Emma Wood

We invite everyone to join us for an artist talk by glass sculptor and United States Army Veteran Jeffrey Stenbom.

Join us in attending artist talk and glassblowing demonstration by visiting artist Corey Pemberton.

Join us in the Foci Studio for a chance to gain insight into the creative process of visiting artist and glass coldworking master Frantisek Janak.