The Burke Glass Studio
Our first glassblowing classes were held under a tent, using instructor Jerry Catania’s equipment and tools, in 1985. The Burke Glass Studio was constructed in 1988, thanks to donations from Helen “Dilly” Keeler Burke and Grinnell Burke. An addition was put on in 1995 and completed in 2000. The studio is an open-air glassblowing facility with three glory holes and a glass annex for glass-bead making and cast glasswork.
Explore this page to see photos of the Glass Studio over the years. You can also listen to a StoryCorps interview with Jerry Catania and to a playlist made by our current Glass Studio Manager, Jonathan Chi.
PLAYLIST
Check out the Spotify playlist by our Glass Studio Manager, Jonathan Chi!
Click icon on the left to view playlist.
STORYCORPS INTERVIEW
In 2018, Ox-Bow partnered with StoryCorps to capture stories and conversations of the people who help to form what the place is today.
These interviews are provided courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to preserve and share humanity's stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. www.storycorps.org.
Please contact Molly Markow at mmarkow1@ox-bow.org for a text version of the audio interview.
