Reserve your seats for Mother’s Day glass art activities at Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts! Enrollment opens April 2025.
Prior registration is required (no walk-ins). Only available on 5/11/2025. Openings will be posted to this page by 4/1/25.
Gallery Special: Customers who spend $40 or more in the gallery receive 1 free "Foci-Made" pulled glass flower. The sale runs from April 19-May 11, 2025. Limit one free flower per customer, while supplies last.
Glassblowing Project: Create your choice of one vase, soap dispenser, or oil bottle. Prior registration required.
2 hour hands-on activity
Up to 4 participants at a time (no spectators permitted)
Project pickup: Due to glass art needing to be slowly cooled down in a kiln, your pieces will not be ready to take home with you the day of your experience. You will need to return to the studio to pick up the pieces. We guarantee projects will be ready within 7 days of your reservation date. You are welcome to call or email us to check if you project is ready prior to the 7-day mark.
Stained Glass Project: Participants select glass colors, grind the glass, and assemble to create their stained glass piece. Prior registration required.
3 hour hands-on activity
Up to 8 participants at a time (no spectators permitted)
Project pickup: Ready to take home upon class completion - no pick up required.
Beadmaking Project: Melt glass rods on a torch to shape and decorate beads with flower designs! Prior registration required.
3 hour hands-on activity
Up to 6 individuals at a time (no spectators permitted)
Project pickup: Due to glass art needing to be slowly cooled down in a kiln, your pieces will not be ready to take home with you the day of your experience. You will need to return to the studio to pick up the pieces. We guarantee projects will be ready within 7 days of your reservation date. You are welcome to call or email us to check if you project is ready prior to the 7-day mark.
Travel & Parking
2213 Snelling Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Our entrance is facing E 22nd St, beside a garage door and a small parking lot that is free to use. Additional free parking is available on the surrounding streets. One block to Hwy 55/Hiawatha Ave. Two blocks to entrance to I-94. Two blocks to Franklin LRT Station.
Metro Transit
Nearest bus stops are #56504 (22nd St E & Cedar Ave S) and #16444 (Minnehaha Ave S & 22nd St E), both on Route 9. Nearest light rail station is on Franklin Avenue (Blue Line). Both stops are within a five minute walk from the studio.
Accessibility:
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Wheelchair-accessible restroom
A limited amount of wheelchair-accessible parking spaces are available in the lot in front of our entrance.
Please note that the glassblowing space (or 'hotshop') has very strong ventilation system which is used to manage the heat, so the environment may be somewhat noisy.