We are proud to present a series of glass blowing workshops that will be open to the public during the Festival in addition to the daily demonstrations.

Prairie Dog Glass

Daily Workshops, 2–4 pm & 6–8 pm, North end of 200 East

Visit the Prairie Dog Glass' mobile glass blowing studio from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Artists will be on-hand, every day of the Festival to demonstrate how to form molten glass. Daily workshops are available for Festival guests to create their own paperweights.

Glass Art Guild of Utah

Times and Classes outlined below; West of Earth Garden Cafe

Local glass artists from the Glass Art Guild will demonstrate and lead workshops. Pick from creating stained glass, lamp beads, mosaics, fused glass, or come back every day to do it all.

Kerry Collett – Stained Glass / Soldered Glass Jewelry

Thur, June 23, 1 pm, 4 pm & 7 pm

Learn how to make jewelry with a statement! This class will show students how to assemble jewelry using stained glass techniques. Artwork is sandwiched between two pieces of glass, put together using foil tape and then soldered using lead free solder. Students should bring 4 pieces of 1"x1.5" artwork (no real photograph paper, please!) that can be used in two pendants. All other materials will be provided.

Nichole Stevens – Mosaics / Mosaic Glass Pendant

Fri, June 24, 1 pm & 5 pm

In this class, students will learn to make a decorative mosaic pendant using glass tiles. Students will be given an overview of basic tools and enough materials to complete one pendant in the shape of their choice. The direct method of applying cut tile and glass with adhesive onto a metal base will be used in this project. Students will finished assembling their pendants in the class. I demonstrate how the students can complete their project at home. A small container of grout will be given to each student to take home to complete their pendant.

Kerry Collett – Lamp beads / Beginning Glass Bead Making

Sat, June 25, 1 pm, 4 pm & 7 pm

Have you ever wanted to make your own glass beads for jewelry? This class will introduce you to the wonders of melting glass in a flame and turning them into beautiful beads, done your way! Each student will have the opportunity to create glass beads and learn basics for decorating them. Students should wear natural fiber clothing (i.e. cotton). All other materials as well as handouts on safety and information on continuing education will be provided.

Sarinda Jones – Fused glass / Kiln Formed Glass Magnet

Sun, June 26, 1 pm, 4 pm & 7 pm 

This workshop will help understand the mysteries of melting glass with a small 1.5"x1.5" magnet. These projects will be assembled by you with pre-cut glass and then kiln fired. A magnet will then be glued to the back. This is a great experiment to see how glass behaves under heat. You will have this UAF souvenir to place in your home or office.

PLEASE NOTE: All participants will need to wear cotton clothing, covered shoes (no sandals or open toed shoes), have their hair tied back if it's long and wear sunglasses.

Online registration is now closed. You can register on the Festival grounds as space permits in workshops. Space is limited so in-person registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. You must also pay the workshop fee in cash.

Artist Bios

Kerry Collett

Kerry has always balanced two needs—to create something beautiful and to teach. She was highly involved in theater in high school and received her degree in secondary education. Later she was her church choir director. In 1998, she read an article about Kristen Frantzen-Orr in a magazine, which included her step-by-step process for creating a flower bead. She'd had no idea that could be done—it intrigued her and she had to try it. That Christmas, her husband gave her a beginning glass kit, and she began to teach herself to create glass art.

Kerry has been doing torchwork (or lampwork) for about 12 years, fused glass for 10 years, and stained glass for over 3 years. She currently works in glass mosaics, kiln-formed glass, lampworking, and stained glass, but she is interested in all types of glass work. She teaches beginning and intermediate torchwork, stained glass pendants, and fused glass jewelry. One compliment that she pays herself is she is a good teacher. Kerry has mostly created jewelry, but she is currently getting into creating bigger pieces, as she's gained access to a bigger kiln. The artists who have influenced include Kristen Frantzen-Orr, Lydia Muell, and some of her artist friends. Her goals for the future are to focus, to try to narrow her natural tendency to be all over the place with glass, to make certain techniques really hers. Find more info at www.celtcraftdesigns.artfire.com or www.celtcraft.etsy.com.

Tadijana Nichole Stevens

Tadijana Nichole Stevens spent her childhood summers alongside her artistic mother traveling the state as members of the Intermountain Society of Artists (ISA). There was never a time in her life when art was not present. She has dabbled in many mediums over the years before discovering the rich, colorful world of modern mosaic art. Finding it limitless in its application and design, mosaic art resounds with Nichole. She is inspired by the visceral, tangible, three-dimensional nature of the art form. As well as conventional tesserae, Nichole uses beads, mirror, broken china, and found objects in her work.

In 2006 & 2007, Nichole won the Salt Lake County Fair Creative Arts Sweepstakes ribbon, Salt Lake County Fair Best in Show, and Utah State Fair Best of Show as well as winning over ten blue & high blue ribbons for her mosaic art work. Nichole has taught mosaic art classes for the University of Utah's Life Long Learning and Urban Scrap Glass.

Sarinda Jones

Sarinda Jones is a kiln-formed glass artist currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah. Having had a relationship with art from an early age, Sarinda has worked with several mediums and also studied art history. In August of 2003, Sarinda studied at the international renowned Pilchuck Glass School with an emphasis on kiln-formed glass and casting techniques. June 2010 Sarinda was invited to attend a kiln formed glass residency at North Lands Creative Glass in Lybster, Scotland.

She is an award-winning artist and has shown her work Nationally and has been commissioned to create a variety of pieces. These have included window panels, wall pieces and large-scale Architectural sculptures and an assortment of other works. She has been a studio artist for the last ten years and recently has national recognition for her DNA sculptures being a finalist for the NICHE Award of American Craft/Rosen Group in Philadelphia, PA. Also exhibiting with the American Craft Council in San Francisco in 2009 and in 2010. In 2006 she was an invited artist to the Utah Arts Festival. More info at ReflectiveArtStudio.com.

Yolanda Kunder – Demonstrating Arts Coordinator