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Pumpkin Palooza: Make Your Own Fall Wreath

Pumpkin Palooza: Make Your Own Fall Wreath

Starts Sun, Oct 11 · $20.00

Make a fall wreath at GoggleWorks during Pumpkin Palooza. You work with wreath forms, fabrics and other seasonal materials set out by GoggleWorks artists, and you can bring pieces from home if you…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
  • All ages
Pumpkin Palooza: Make Your Own Flameworked Pumpkin

Pumpkin Palooza: Make Your Own Flameworked Pumpkin

Starts Sun, Oct 11 · $45.00

Make your own glass pumpkin in the Flameworking Studio at GoggleWorks during Pumpkin Palooza. Working with a torch alongside GoggleWorks flameworking artists, you heat glass, shape it, add color, and…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Pumpkin Palooza: Make Your Own Hot Glass Pumpkin

Pumpkin Palooza: Make Your Own Hot Glass Pumpkin

Starts Sun, Oct 11 · $55.00

Make your own glass pumpkin in the Hot Glass Studio at GoggleWorks during Pumpkin Palooza, the center's fall event in Reading. You work at the furnace with help from the hot glass artists, shaping…

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  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
Homeschooling Charcoal Drawing Workshop for Youth

Homeschooling Charcoal Drawing Workshop for Youth

Starts Mon, Oct 12, 1:00 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00

This single session workshop introduces charcoal to homeschooled students. Students learn the fundamentals of drawing with charcoal, work on a variety of types of paper, and experiment with this…

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  • Kids
Creative Kids: Clay Weaving Ceramics Workshop

Creative Kids: Clay Weaving Ceramics Workshop

Starts Mon, Oct 12, 2:30 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00

In this one session workshop at GoggleWorks, kids learn to work with clay, weave clay designs, and decorate a surface. Instructor Paola Mateo leads the class, which is open to all skill levels and is…

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  • Kids
Fused Glass Lollipop Vase

Fused Glass Lollipop Vase

Starts Mon, Oct 12, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00

Make a fused glass lollipop vase to use at home in this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. You work through the glass fusing process from start to finish, including how to…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Figure Drawing Crash Course

Figure Drawing Crash Course

Starts Mon, Oct 12, 6:00 PM · Member: $59.50 / Non-Member: $70.00

This single session workshop covers the basics of drawing the human figure from a live model. Instructor Lee Shannon leads a series of guided drawing exercises and introduces methods for capturing a…

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  • Adults
Basket Weaving: Blooming Nice Bowl

Basket Weaving: Blooming Nice Bowl

Tue, Oct 13 to Tue, Oct 20 · Member: $89.25 / Non-Member: $105.00

In this basket weaving class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you build a round bowl shaped basket on a double slotted base, then add woven flowers around the outside. The finished piece works as…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Weaving in Clay

Weaving in Clay

Starts Tue, Oct 13, 10:00 AM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00

This one session workshop at GoggleWorks shows you how to build a woven basket out of clay. You roll coils and slabs by hand, then shape them into a basket you can use on a table or in a kitchen. The…

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  • Adults
Intermediate Glassblowing: Session B

Intermediate Glassblowing: Session B

Tue, Oct 13 to Tue, Nov 10 · Member: $331.50 / Non-Member: $390.00

This class at GoggleWorks is for people who have blown glass before and want to keep building on that experience. You set your own goals and work on a self-directed project, either on your own or…

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  • Adults
Intro to Watercolors and Gouache: Session B

Intro to Watercolors and Gouache: Session B

Wed, Oct 14 to Wed, Nov 11 · Member: $204.00 / Non-Member: $240.00

This beginner class at GoggleWorks covers the basics of painting with transparent watercolor and opaque gouache. Students practice core application techniques and work on mixing and using color, with…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Make and Taste Glassblowing With Thorn Alley Kitchen

Make and Taste Glassblowing With Thorn Alley Kitchen

Starts Wed, Oct 14, 6:00 PM · Member: $85.00 / Non-Member: $100.00

Work at the furnace and shape your own beverage glass in this one evening glassblowing workshop. A GoggleWorks instructor guides you through the basics, so no experience is needed. The class meets in…

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  • Adults
Bowl Turning: Session B

Bowl Turning: Session B

Starts Thu, Oct 15, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00

This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks introduces the basics of turning bowls on a wood lathe. You start with raw wood and work toward a finished bowl, learning how to hold and use turning tools…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Enameled Keychain Metalsmithing Workshop for Adults

Enameled Keychain Metalsmithing Workshop for Adults

Starts Thu, Oct 15, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00

Spend an evening learning plique-a-jour enameling, a technique often compared to miniature stained glass. You will make translucent enamel panels held within a metal framework, so light shines…

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Intro to Glassblowing: Session B

Intro to Glassblowing: Session B

Thu, Oct 15 to Thu, Nov 12 · Member: $331.50 / Non-Member: $390.00

This five session class introduces glassblowing through demonstrations and hands-on work at the bench. Students practice basic techniques while the group talks about historical and contemporary glass…

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  • Adults
Weekend Sand Casting: Session A

Weekend Sand Casting: Session A

Fri, Oct 16 to Sat, Oct 17 · Member: $119.00 / Non-Member: $140.00

This weekend workshop at GoggleWorks introduces sand casting, a long standing way of shaping metal. Participants pack molds using casting sand, then pour molten metal to make jewelry or small…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Illustrating on Toned Paper

Illustrating on Toned Paper

Starts Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 AM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00

This single-session workshop at GoggleWorks looks at illustrating with colored pencils and paint pens on toned background papers. You will try blending techniques and see how each medium behaves on a…

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  • Adults
Printmaking Drop-In Workshop

Printmaking Drop-In Workshop

Sat, Oct 17 to Sat, Nov 21 · $20.00

This drop-in printmaking workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts meets on Friday mornings, with each date standing on its own as a single session. Artist Suzanne Fellows leads the group through a…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Intro to Wheel Throwing: Session B

Intro to Wheel Throwing: Session B

Sat, Oct 17 to Sat, Nov 21 · Member: $283.05 / Non-Member: $333.00

This beginner ceramics class at GoggleWorks covers the basics of working on a potter's wheel. Students learn to throw cylinders, cups, bowls and other forms, then shape and trim their pieces. Basic…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Flameworked Acorns Glass Workshop at GoggleWorks

Flameworked Acorns Glass Workshop at GoggleWorks

Starts Sat, Oct 17, 1:00 PM · Member: $80.75 / Non-Member: $95.00

This single session workshop is an introduction to borosilicate glass and the torch. Working at the flame, you melt and sculpt a glass acorn by hand and take it home. Nikki Vitchner teaches, and the…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Mini-Makers Pinch Pot Monsters Clay Workshop

Mini-Makers Pinch Pot Monsters Clay Workshop

Starts Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 PM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00

This family clay workshop at GoggleWorks pairs each child with an adult. Together you shape a pinch pot and then turn it into a creature of your own design. Instructor Zoungy Kligge leads the…

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  • Kids
Mini-Makers Sewing a Throw Pillow Workshop

Mini-Makers Sewing a Throw Pillow Workshop

Starts Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 PM · Member: $39.10 / Non-Member: $46.00

Children and a grown-up work side by side to sew colorful mismatched throw pillows. Pairs share the experience of learning to use a sewing machine, and there is one machine for each parent and child.…

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  • Kids
Bowl Turning: Session A

Bowl Turning: Session A

Starts Thu, Sep 17, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00

This single evening workshop covers the basics of bowl turning. You work at a wood lathe and shape a raw piece of wood into a finished bowl. The instructor, Mike Kuterbach, goes over safe and…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Intro to Wheel Throwing: Session A

Intro to Wheel Throwing: Session A

In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Oct 19 · Member: $283.05 / Non-Member: $333.00

This introduction to the potter's wheel covers the basics of throwing cylinders, cups, bowls and other forms. Instructor Heidi Sensenig guides students through throwing, shaping and trimming, along…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Intro to Handbuilding

Intro to Handbuilding

In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Oct 12 · Member: $235.88 / Non-Member: $277.50

This ceramics class covers the basics of building pots and other objects by hand, without a wheel. Students work with pinching, coil building, and soft slab construction. Each session opens with…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Learn to Turn

Learn to Turn

In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Oct 19 · Member: $306.00 / Non-Member: $360.00

Learn to Turn is a woodturning class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading. You work on the lathe and pick up the core techniques behind turned wood projects, such as bowls, pens and…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Intro to Sewing: Session B

Intro to Sewing: Session B

In progress since Sep 15, next Tue, Sep 22, through Oct 13 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00

This introductory sewing class at GoggleWorks covers the groundwork: machine maintenance, seam ripping, stabilizing fabric, telling fabric types apart, and other basic skills. By the end you should…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Intro to Screen Printing

Intro to Screen Printing

In progress since Sep 16, next Wed, Sep 23, through Sep 30 · Member: $130.05 / Non-Member: $153.00

This class covers the basics of screen printing at GoggleWorks in Reading. You begin by drawing your idea, then learn how to prepare a screen and pull ink across it to print your design. It runs over…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Creative Kids Handbuilding Clay Class

Creative Kids Handbuilding Clay Class

In progress since Sep 10, next Thu, Sep 24, through Oct 15 · Member: $183.60 / Non-Member: $216.00

Young artists work with clay in the handbuilding studio at GoggleWorks and learn how handbuilt pottery comes together. The class covers basic techniques: pinching, building with coils, and soft slab…

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  • Kids
Vibe Lounge Youth Art Evenings at GoggleWorks

Vibe Lounge Youth Art Evenings at GoggleWorks

In progress since Sep 4, through Nov 20 · Free

Vibe Lounge gives kids a Friday evening of creativity, conversation, music and relaxation at GoggleWorks in Reading. Young people share a safe, creative space with other kids, watched over by a…

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  • Kids
Create With Me: Parent and Child Art Class

Create With Me: Parent and Child Art Class

In progress since Sep 4, through Dec 4 · $10.00

Create With Me at GoggleWorks is a drop-in style art class for young children and a grown-up to do together. Families explore painting styles, play with clay, and make art side by side while the…

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  • Kids
2026 Woodworking Open Studio

2026 Woodworking Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $100.00

Open Studio gives woodworkers time to use the GoggleWorks Woodworking Studio on their own. You bring your own project ideas and work independently, with a studio monitor on hand for oversight and…

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  • Adults
2026 Darkroom Open Studio

2026 Darkroom Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00

This is independent work time in the darkroom and photography studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. Sessions run Thursdays from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM, and access is sold by the month. Bring your own…

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  • Adults
2026 Ceramics Open Studio

2026 Ceramics Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00

Ceramics Open Studio gives experienced potters time to work on their own projects in the ceramics studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. Access runs on Fridays and is sold by the month, so you can keep…

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  • Adults
2026 Fine Metals Open Studio

2026 Fine Metals Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00

Fine Metals Open Studio gives metalsmiths independent access to the Metalsmithing Studio at GoggleWorks. You work on your own projects at your own pace, using the studio space and equipment. A studio…

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  • Adults
2026 Flameworking Open Studio

2026 Flameworking Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $120.00

Flameworking Open Studio at GoggleWorks gives experienced glass artists independent time in the Flameworking Studio to work on their own projects. Access runs by the month, and sessions are available…

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  • Adults
2026 Fused Glass Open Studio

2026 Fused Glass Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $100.00

Open Studio at GoggleWorks gives fused glass makers time to work on their own projects in the warm glass studio. You set the agenda and work independently, with a studio monitor present for oversight…

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  • Adults
2026 Printmaking Open Studio

2026 Printmaking Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00

This is independent studio time in the Printmaking Studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. You come in and work on your own projects during open studio hours, with a studio monitor on hand for oversight…

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  • Adults
2026 Welding Open Studio

2026 Welding Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $70.00

Welding Open Studio at GoggleWorks is independent work time for welders who already know their way around the equipment. You bring your own project ideas and work at your own pace, with a studio…

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  • Adults