Classes

Lottery Meeting

The Beginner Glassblowing Class is the single most over-subscribed activity at MIT, as evidenced by the Lottery meeting.

Access to the Glass Lab is gained through beginning, intermediate, and advanced glassblowing classes, which are open to current students, faculty, and staff of the MIT community. These glass seminars are non-credit classes.

Students with little or no experience in glassblowing start with the BEGINNING seminar, which is taught three times each academic year: fall semester (about 8 weeks), IAP (4 weeks, and open to freshmen only), and spring semester (about 8 weeks). Entry to the beginning classes is by lottery. Dates and locations of upcoming lotteries are posted on this website. The Lab can accommodate up to 24 beginning students per semester. This group is divided into four classes of four to six students each. The time commitment for a beginner is two 2-hour classes per week: one instruction session and one practice session. Currently, students have a choice of one of the following time blocks for the Friday instruction session: 10:00am–12:00 noon; 12:00–2:00pm; 2:00–4:00pm; and 4:00–6:00pm. Practice session times are announced each semester and are generally on weekdays from 4:00–6:00 and/or 6:00–8:00pm. Scheduling is done for each student at the lottery, immediately following admission into the class. There is a lab fee of $35 per week for all classes.

To sign up for a beginning glassblowing seminar, you MUST be present at the lottery. Dates and locations of upcoming lotteries will be announced on this webpage. The Glass Lab maintains a mailing list, which we use to inform people about important upcoming events such as lectures and sales. If you wish to put yourself on this mailing list, please send an email to glassblowing-request@mit.edu, with the subject line “subscribe.”

Spring 2024 Beginner Lottery

Date:
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
6:00 PM *sharp*

Location:
MIT, 10-250

Fall 2024 Beginner Lottery

Date:
TBD (expected late September 2024)

Location:
TBD