Rent time at our state of the art Glass Studio located in the Crossroads district of downtown Kansas City. Gain access to our glassblowing, glass fusing, cold shop, glass kilns and sandblasting equipment in our studio.
Annual Memberships do not include access to the Glass studio.
Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday - 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
12” Glory Hole: $140 per four-hour time slot
16” Glory Hole: $160 per four-hour time slot
20” Glory Hole: $175 per four-hour time slot
8:30 am - 12:30 & 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Renters are responsible for contacting and arranging their own assistant prior to booking a rental.
Renters must be Accessed Trained prior to renting.
For more information and to schedule your access training, please contact glass@belgerarts.org
By Appointment.
Email glass@belgerarts.org
Must complete Coldworking 1 (or have equivalent experience) and pass the cold shop access test.
Proper clean up is required.
Clean up time is included in the rental fee.
$15/hour with a 3 hour minimum.
3+ hour timeslots are available by appointment.
The most available times are*:
*These days are not guaranteed to always be available. An appointment is required.
Renters are responsible for scheduling their cold shop rental in advance.
Cold shop renters must be Accessed trained and tested prior to renting.
For more information about cold shop access training and testing, please contact glass@belgerarts.org
By Appointment.
Email glass@belgerarts.org
Must pass the access test.
Bell Kiln:
Denver Glass Machinery with RTC 1000 Controls and 4x8 foot interior.
Prices:
Renters have 24 hours after their cycle ends to unload their kiln and clean it out for the next person.
Renters are required to provide their own kiln shelves or kiln shelves available to rent:
Communal kiln wash is available.
The Belger Glass Annex warm shop can also facilitate open face casting and plaster silica mold casting. Email glass@belgerarts.org for pricing and to schedule.
By Appointment.
Email glass@belgerarts.org
Must complete Intro to Fusing and Slumping (or have equivalent experience) and pass the access test.
Sandblaster is for GLASS ONLY
Sandblaster shoots 120 grit.
$20/hour with a minimum of 2 hours
Renters are responsible for contacting and arranging their own assistant prior to booking a rental.
Renters must be Accessed Trained prior to renting.
For more information and to schedule your access training, please contact glass@belgerarts.org
Renters are responsible for contacting and arranging their own assistant prior to booking a rental.
Renters must be Accessed Trained prior to renting.
For more information and to schedule your access training, please contact glass@belgerarts.org
Cancellations must be made 7 days before your scheduled appointment. Cancellations made 7 days in advance will receive a full refund.
Cancellations made less than 7 days in advance will incur a $25 cancellation fee.
Failure to show or cancelling within 24hrs of your scheduled appointment time will result in a full forfeit of your payment. No refund will be issued.
The hot shop is the heart of glassblowing, where artists work with molten glass at temperatures exceeding 2,000°F. This space includes equipment like furnaces for melting raw glass, glory holes for reheating during shaping, and annealers for slowly cooling finished pieces to prevent cracking.
In the hot shop, artists gather molten glass on blowpipes or punty rods, then use tools and techniques such as blowing, spinning, and sculpting to create forms while the material is still glowing and pliable. It's a high-energy, fast-paced environment that demands coordination, timing, and precision.
