Since our start in 1999, The Crucible has grown into a premier fine and industrial art center where art thrives, inspires, and is accessible. From welding to glass blowing to woodworking to jewelry-making, classes are designed to bring together beginners, experienced artists, and tradespeople to create a one-of-a-kind learning environment. With an average student-to-teacher ratio of 6:1, our award-winning faculty will make learning the industrial arts fun and approachable.

The Crucible works with our local, highly-trained artistic community to produce a wide variety of events, including our iconic Fire Arts Festivals, Hot Couture fashion show, and seasonal Open Houses.

Private Classes & Activities

Celebrate your group’s creativity and collaboration during a fun, relaxing, and artistic workshop they are sure to remember. The Crucible offers private workshops for individuals and groups up to 60 people. Private workshops are available for all levels and ages, in both youth (ages 8+) and adult classes. Enjoy customized, private workshop instruction and schedule based on your needs.

Group Team Building Workshops

Team Building Workshops are for corporate, nonprofit, and private groups of friends, co-workers, or colleagues. These fun, hands-on workshops are a great bonding experience that boosts morale, lowers stress, and stimulates creative thinking, while teaching techniques in welding, glass fusing, flameworking, blacksmithing, woodturning, and more. Workshops are scalable and customizable to meet the needs of any group, from six to over 150 people.

In these 2-, 3-, or 4-hour workshops, each team member will learn new skills, while completing a small individual project to take back to the office! Larger groups are encouraged to mix-and-match workshop options to accommodate their size. Multiple, simultaneous workshops can be scheduled on a single day.

Select workshops include Glassblowing, Glass Fusing, Hot Glass Sculpting, Glass Sandblasting, Blacksmithing, Ceramics (wheel throwing), and Glass Flameworking.