Modern Ancient Glass

Registration just opened for an extended length class at the Glass Underground in Warren, New Jersey- classes here sell out very quickly, so don’t wait to reserve your seat!

Telling the Story in Glass with Kelly Crosser Alge This intensive workshop will teach students how to use glass powders to draw two-dimensional imagery in glass. Traditional ideas of drawing using a non-traditional approach will be explored. Kelly will teach you how to use glass to interpret line, value, contrast, texture, color, and composition. In...

I’m excited to be returning to Phoenix this April to teach sgraffito drawing with glass at Milkweed Arts! Registration is open!

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1900 miles of spun glass!!!

The Spun-Glass Dress That Made a Splash at the World’s Fair It took over 37 hours to pull 1,900 miles of glass filament to create the garment, now on view at the Toledo Museum of Art.

Phoenix in April! See you there!

4/21-23 Telling the Story in Glass with Kelly Crosser Alge Quality Art, Quality Education - Milkweed Arts

SO happy to be teaching in-person again! There are just a few seats remaining- hope to see YOU in sunny Phoenix in 2022!

This is the weekend I’m normally exhibiting at the St. James Court Art Show in Louisville, KY, but this fall we are staying safe and doing things virtually~ SO if you’d like to check out the show, you can see artist shop pages all month !
Mine is here:

Modern Ancient Glass - Eventeny Modern Ancient Glass is a one-woman studio by Kelly Crosser Alge, in operation since 1995. I create one of a kind glass powder sgraffito drawings, along with many other forms of glass art, including blown and cast glass sculpture, fused and lampworked jewelry, metal work, and public art. I teach my....

Plans are in the works for a workshop in the UK this fall! Stay tuned for September...

Some new work- Cast glass chain with 24k gold, antique lock.

If you’re near Findlay this month, stop in and see!

We are open from 12pm - 2pm today on 117 West Crawford Street Findlay, Ohio. has her beautiful works of art in glass on display this month. She has shared a few pieces from several different series of hers some telling a story for survivors of the Rwandan Genocide 1994 and some of her work speaking to post earthquake Port au Prince, Haiti 2010.

“My current work considers themes of distance as they relate to smaller parts of a larger whole. Distance can be expressed as a separation in space, time, perspective, ideas, beliefs or realities.”

•Kelly Crosser Alge

This is a new piece I finished this month, based on aerial mapping and patterns of land use. Fused, carved, kiln-formed glass. 8”x14” backlit /

Registration is OPEN for the Kiln Glass City class June 7-11 at AAE Glass in Cape Coral, Fl.
This class combines sgraffito with many other fun glass techniques to create a large panel that you design. Not familiar with sgraffito yet? NO PROBLEM!
I’m teaching a beginning sgraffito class at AAE June 1-3. You could come to both, and enjoy a few days on the beach in between 🙂
Register: WWW.AAEGlass.Com

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Wrapped up a top-notch class at Weisser Glass in Beltsville, MD this weekend~ What a fabulous studio to work in! Special thanks to Nancy Weisser and her super staff for bringing together a lovely group of students and providing everything under the sun that one could ever hope to find for playing with kiln glass! Can’t wait to see the finished pieces :)

Finished up our class at Sarasota School of Glass today, WOW we had some nice pieces going on! I’ll be heading on to Weisser Glass in Beltsville, MD this weekend for another round of fun!

All set for class in Ft Lauderdale this weekend at Art Glass Connection! Looking forward to a super group! Here is a demo piece from last week’s class in Phoenix- wonder what we’ll make this weekend?

Hey Everyone! I’ll be teaching in sunny Phoenix next weekend at Milkweed Arts~ come join us for some glass fun!

Everyone is hard at work on their cities today! One more day til they hit the kiln for the finale.

Last day at the Three Rivers Art Festival in Downtown Pittsburgh! Later this week I'm headed to Dallas for a class at Art Glass City, can't wait!

Modern Ancient Glass updated their website address.

Here are some excellent student pieces that were made in classes at Rainbow Artistic Glass in Omaha, and H & H Art Glass in Reno this month! These were all drawn FREEHAND using only glass powders, no tracing, and no fooling around. (Ok, so that's not true... there was definitely plenty of fooling around)
I'm so very proud of my students and the things they were able to accomplish in just three days!

This is shaping up to be what sounds like a fun and mischievous group, so if you're game, we have a seat ready for you at the table at one of Bullseye Glass Co.'s newest distributors! Www.The-Glass-Studio.com

New Classes happening next month in Reno, NV and Omaha, NE. There are just a few seats left, so click on my events page for details and grab them up before someone beats you to it! Also, if you're in the Atlanta, GA area you can catch me at the Atlanta Dogwood Festival on April 7-9. Stop in and say hello!

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Oh Yeah! Can't wait to greet this group in Houston on Friday

Want to get out of this dreadful chill? Me too! Join me for some warm glass fun in Sunny San Antonio, Houston, or Sarasota and get those creative minds moving in 2017!

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Just in! I'll be teaching "Into the Forest" for the first time in San Antonio, TX next month~ Here is the info:

'Into the Forest' Fused Glass Sgraffito Drawing~ San Antonio, TX NEW CLASS~ MLK Weekend~ First time in Texas! Suitable for ALL skill levels, If you think you can't draw, this class is for you! "Into the Forest" is a nature-themed course that will teach you to use c

Another fun, warm spot to take a class being served in your direction! Join me on March 10-11-12 in Sarasota, FL for some fun (and maybe some sun too! Registration is OPEN!

Guest Teacher Sgraffito http://www.sarasotaschoolofglass.com/sgraffito

Need a fun gift for your artsy person (or yourself)? How about a fabulous art vacation to warm, sunny Houston on Jan. 20-22? There are just a few seats left! See you there~

Houston Classes The Hollander Fusing Center is a new glass art facility that is solely devoted to the fused glass industry. State-of-the-art classrooms, fully-equipped studios, and an extensive collection of fusing glass and supplies are available to the public. We offer beginner through advanced classes taught by…

Getting closer! One more firing should do it🙃