Subject: New Weekend Intensives, Classes, & Experiences 🍀🐇

Winter Classes and Experiences

New Weekend Intensive Classes

Whether you're looking to try something new, deepen your existing practice, or develop your professional skills these convenient weekend classes will deliver.


From three-hour classes to multi-day offerings, these classes are smaller in size than our four-week classes and are taught in our new classroom space giving you a more focused experience.


Available Classes:

Instructor Gina Pisto demonstrating wheel throwing.

Four-Week Ceramics Classes

Get a creative warm up at the Belger Crane Yard Studios. We have classes for all experience levels like the following March offerings:

Visit our website for a current listing of ALL classes and enroll today!

Plan Your Next Date Night in our Studios

Date Night Fun in the Ceramics Studio

In addition to throwing on the potter's wheel, the following handbuilding options are now available:

  • Feb. 22 - Planters

  • Feb. 28 - Berry Bowls/Colanders

Class time: 6:30 - 8:30pm

Cost: $100 per couple

Location: Belger Crane Yard Studios (2011 Tracy Ave., KCMO)


Open to all skill levels. Sign up today!

Glass Fusing Date Night at the Belger Glass Annex

Join us for a Friday night of fusing fun. Bring a date, partner, or "friend for life" and make a fused glass work of art.

  • Feb. 28 - Jewelry & Magnets

  • Mar. 21 - Light Catcher

Class time: 6:00 - 8:00pm

Cost: $100 per couple

Location: Belger Glass Annex (1219 E. 19th St., KCMO).


Open to all skill levels. Register today!

Belger Glass Annex

Classes and Experiences 

Glass 1 students at the Belger Glass Annex

Glass Classes
Sign up for March classes at the Belger Glass Annex before slots are filed.

  • Glass 1 - Learn how to gather molten glass from the furnace, add a bubble to the glass, and shape glass using traditional tools and techniques. 

  • Glass 2 - Learn new color application techniques and how to use tools like the sophietta, newspaper, and parchoffis.

Free Public Programs

Artist Talk and Demo with Hoseok Youn
Artist Talk on Thursday, March 6 starting at 6pm
Glassblowing Demo on First Friday, March 7 from 6 to 8pm

Join us for a FREE artist talk with Belger Glass Annex Lead Glassblower Hoseok Youn! Youn specializes in Venetian goblets. Learn more about his practice, Venetian glass history and tradition, and the history of goblets.


Youn will also lead the glassblowing demo on First Friday, March 7 (6 to 8pm) so stop by the Glass Annex to watch his creative process.

Visiting Artist Jason McDonald

APRIL 28 – MAY 2, 2025

Jason McDonald is an Oakland-based glass artist with a passion for Venetian furnace glassblowing techniques. This Netflix’s “Blown Away” contestant is a Windgate-Lamar Fellowship recipient, and the Belger Glass Annex’s 2025 Visiting Artist.


Public Events with Jason McDonald:

  • A free artist talk on Wednesday, April 30, from 6 to 7pm at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery (2011 Tracy Ave., KCMO)

  • A free glassblowing demonstration on First Friday, May 2, from 6 to 8pm at the Belger Glass Annex (1219 E. 19th St., KCMO)

  • His SOLD OUT masterclass will be open to public viewing on April 28 from 10am to 12pm; April 29 from 9am to 12pm; and May 1 from 9am to 12pm.

  • A free glassblowing event with fellow glass artist and "Blown Away" contestant Elliot Walker on Saturday, April 26 at 4pm.

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