Summer Glass Camps for Kids and Teens
Bring your children and your neighborhood’s children together for our glass blowing classes for kids in Minneapolis, MN! We offer a variety of classes based on age, type of glass produced, and material complexity. Whether students are experimenting with glass making for the first time or have done it before and want a more advanced challenge, our glass exploration camps for kids and teens in Minneapolis, MN, are the great fit!
Foci MGCA offers a full-tuition scholarship open to BIPOC and a need based half-tuition scholarship open to anyone with financial need. Scholarship applications for summer 2024 are now closed.
Prior to camp start date parents/guardians are required to submit a Minor Liability Release Form and an Emergency Contact Form.
Individuals 14 years old and up are also eligible to sign up for our Core Classes!
Masks are not required but strongly recommended. Disposable masks are available upon arrival. View our COVID-19 Policy here.
Kids Glass Camp - Fired Up! (Ages 9-12)
This five day camp for ages 9-12 introduces students to the magic of working with glass through:
Glassblowing - shaping molten glass in the Hotshop
Kilnforming - designing and fusing colorful sheet glass in the Kilnshop
Flameworking - melting glass rods over a torch in the Flameshop
Participants focus on learning to safely use glass as an artistic expression and make a series of glass sculptures throughout the week. Our unique Summer Camps for kids use glass making processes to teach valuable skills such as team building, creative problem solving, and communication with peers and instructors.
Heat Warning: If the glassblowing studio is too hot to safely work, alternate kilnforming or flameworking glass projects will be made.
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 12:00pm (30 minute snack break)
$450
Registration opens Spring 2025
Teen Stained Glass Camp (Ages 13-17)
This Stained Glass Camp for Teens ages 13-17 teaches teens to work with sheets of glass to create patterns for various stained glass suncatchers. They will learn how to cut and grind glass, piece them together, and use copper foil to line edges for soldering! This is a great way to stay out of the heat and learn the fundamentals of creating stained glass.
Monday - Friday 1:00 - 4:00pm (30 minute snack break)
$375
Registration opens Spring 2025
Teen Glassblowing Camp (Ages 13-17)
This Glassblowing Camp for Teens encourages students to explore their creative sides by making sculptural expressions with molten glass. Participants practice exercises in collaborative group projects as well as individual explorations to make a series of blown and solid forms over the course of the week. Our unique Summer Camps for teens use glass making processes to teach valuable skills such as team building, creative problem solving, and communication with peers and instructors.
Heat Warning: Glassblowing classes are hot, especially over the summer! If individuals are particularly sensitive to heat, we recommend they sign up for classes exploring Flameworking, Stained Glass, or Kilnforming processes.
Ages 13 - 17
Monday - Friday 9:00am-12:00pm (30 minute snack break)
$450
Registration opens Spring 2025
Teen Flameworking Glass Camp (Ages 13-17)
This Flameworking Camp for Teens ages 13-17 introduces students to the limitless potential of forming glass with a torch. Teens will learn how to make glass beads, marbles, pendants, and sculptural animals, as well as collaborative networking projects! The process of flameworking can be less intimidating and physical than glassblowing in the Hot Shop and is a great introduction to the possibilities of working with glass.
July 22 - 26, 2024 on Monday - Friday from 1:00 - 4:00pm (30 minute snack break)
$450 (Registration Deadline 7/6/24)
Registration opens Spring 2025
Looking for our One-Day Glass Art Experiences? Check out our current Glass Discovery offerings here.
Minors ages 9-13 are allowed to participate with a parent/guardian who has also purchased a seat in the class.
Minors ages 14-17 are allowed to work independently with parent’s permission (signed guardian release form on file).
Open to adults of any age