BG Glassworks gGmbH is the city’s first public-access, non-profit glass studio, serving artists, designers, students, and glass enthusiasts since 2011. We are dedicated to education and the preservation of glassmaking’s rich cultural heritage. Through our workshops and community initiatives, we promote best practices, environmental awareness, and inclusivity, ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to explore this timeless craft.
Join us in fostering creativity, connection, and a culture of peace!
Want to learn to work with glass? Explore our Classes & Workshops here:
Classes at the Glassworks
Whether you’re a complete beginner or looking to build on your skills, we offer glass classes for everyone — all year round. Vouchers are available for all courses, making them perfect gifts, too.
Browse our classes and join us in the studio!
If you’re visiting from out of town, we’ve put together a page with recommended local hotels and other helpful resources.
Looking for a quick, hands-on glassblowing experience? Check out Make Your Own!
20min. experience workshop
Craft, Give & Sustain with a 50€ Cup, Carafe or Paperweight Workshop – 3 options & so much fun!
Come into the studio, try your hand at glassblowing, and take home a piece you made yourself. Your session helps keep our community programs alive and our furnace glowing. Craft, create, and contribute — all in one go!
Residency Programme
BG Glassworks AiR
BG Glassworks Artist-in-Residency programme hosts internationally known and emerging artists in the studio for a 5-day residency, working closely with our hot-shop team to explore and develop concepts that can be translated into glass. This programme is by invitation only.
Commissions
Do you have a project in mind?
Have a bold idea for an interior design project or a striking sculptural piece? The BG Glassworks team is here to help turn your vision into reality. Our spacious workshop, equipped with three dedicated workstations, allows us to craft large-scale sculptures and bespoke glass creations. Let’s collaborate—reach out today!
Opportunities for Recent Graduates!
Stipends for our classes
Thanks to the incredible fundraising efforts of 2025 and the support of our Make Your Own experience classes, we are thrilled to open sponsored places in our Casting and Mold-Making / Mold-Blowing classes. The next round of stipends will be in October, so stay tuned!
Glassy Wednesdays
Join us every last Wednesday of the month!
We are super excited to get to know Manuel Locantore at our next Glassy Wednesday artist talk series.
Following years of working as an illustrator and tattoo artist, Manuel founded his own tattoo studio in Desenzano del Garda, Italy, in 2015. The studio gradually evolved into a hybrid space—a professional atelier and a personal laboratory for visual experimentation—where his artistic practice expanded beyond drawing and tattooing into sculpture.
Manuel creates glass and mixed-media sculptures that often incorporate ceramic and light that draw on an instinctive and highly personal creative process. He combines found materials to explore themes that move between the mystical and the ordinary.
Manuel’s work also reflects a quietly expressed queer and non-conformist perspective, allowing identity and symbolism to emerge through the characters he creates.
Join us for a fun evening of conversation as Manuel discusses his artistic journey, his transition from tattooing to sculpture, and how he come to join our team!
Free public workshops!
Multaka Workshops 2026
The Multaka-Glassworks Workshops continue a long-standing collaboration between Multaka and the Studio, fostering cultural exchange through craftsmanship, shared learning, and artistic dialogue. Each workshop connects museum collections with hands-on making processes, allowing participants to engage directly with cultural heritage while developing practical skills in glass and interdisciplinary artistic practices.
Youth Program
Kiez Mobil – Glassmaking on the Move
Since 2017, our mobile workshop has traveled across Berlin—into schoolyards, refugee homes, youth centers, and public spaces—creating access to a material and a tradition that is rarely within reach. What usually requires specialized equipment and years of training becomes, through the Kiez Mobil, immediate, tactile, and open to all. Get in touch with us to book a workshop!
