The Museum of Glass is celebrating 20 years of The Kids Design Glass program. Enjoy over 170 glass sculptures designed by children, each now part of the museum's collection.

To illustrate the roles of designer and glassmaker, the Museum introduced the “Design Your Own Vessel” contest. The program went spectacularly awry. Kids do not design vessels. They draw creatures—characters and monsters and imaginary beings. Kids do not write artist’s statements. They write fanciful descriptions and wild stories. And kids are not designers. Experienced designers know the limits of the material and understand the traditions of glassmaking. Kids do not know these rules, so they are free to create without constraint. The program was renamed Kids Design Glass.

Each month, MOG’s Hot Shop Team selects one child’s masterpiece to create the work in glass. The young designer, with family and friends, has a front row view, inspecting the work as it is created. After the work is cooled and cold-worked, one sculpture is given to the young designer and its near-twin becomes a part of the Museum’s collection.

Hours:
Monday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday10 AM–5 PM
Thursday10 AM–5 PM
Friday 10 AM–5 PM
Saturday 10 AM–5 PM
Sunday 10 AM–5 PM