Melt Into Indiana Glass Culture

Melt Into Indiana Glass Culture

MUNCIE/DELAWARE COUNTY WARSAW/KOSCIUSKO COUNTY Muncie has a rich history of glass, starting with the Ball In 1911 Chicago’s Johnson-Carlson Cut Glass Company came Brothers whose “Ball Canning Jars” became a household to Warsaw because their factory could not keep up with name. Minnetrista has historical Ball Jars in their Heritage demand. What started out with 55 glass cutters 110 years Collection. The Glick Center for Glass at Ball State offers glass ago has dwindled down to one. The original line-shaft, curriculum for students, 3 glass furnaces, glass blowing, cold leather belts, and stone wheels are still operational! Visit one shop, and studios. Albany Glass Museum opened in 2018, of the last American facilities practicing the art of cutting housing pressed glass patterns from 1893-1903. glass. Shop in-store and online. VisitMuncie.org/what-to-do/arts-and-culture/Indiana-Glass-Trail VisitKosciuskoCounty.org MELT INTO INDIANA KOKOMO/HOWARD COUNTY DUNKIRK/JAY COUNTY Take a fascinating factory tour at Kokomo Opalescent Glass, The Glass Museum in Dunkirk has over 8,000 pieces of America’s oldest art glass company, in operation since 1888. glassware from 110 factories around the world. Explore a GLASS CULTURE Experience art glass that is hand-ladled and rolled from variety of artifacts including pieces from the Sistine Chapel, a 2,500-degree furnace and watch artists make stunning leaded glass windows, hanging lamps, hundreds of hand- blown glass creations. See over 2,000 pieces of glass on blown and hand-pressed glass creations, and a leaded glass Artists and craftsmen have created work display at the Greentown Glass Museum and beautiful mural. You will not want to miss the pink chandelier that stained glass windows at the historic Seiberling Mansion. Carole Lombard had in her home! for more than a century to establish Indiana as home to VisitKokomo.org VisitJayCounty.com remarkable, functional, and decorative glass. Connecting a trail of 80 90 90 5 counties, the Indiana Glass Trail links today’s artists and glass-related venues throughout Eastern Indiana, bringing together the tradition and KOSCIUSKO COUNTY beauty of glass art so you can experience it first-hand. From artist studios N 469 69 and blown glass demonstrations, to glass-focused festivals and glass 65 HOWARD museums and classes, to the oldest glassworks in the U.S., this family- COUNTY JAY COUNTY MADISON DELAWARE friendly trail highlights it all. Glass lovers have plenty to see and COUNTY 74 COUNTY 465 do in Indiana, and the trail brings it all together! 70 ANDERSON/MADISON COUNTY indianapolis Glass, in its most basic, everyday form, is utilitarian, a 70 commodity. However, when guided by skilled hands it 74 37 becomes art, rare and beautiful. Whether a spiral lifting skyward, a treasure commemorating a loved one, or a dome 65 of color, Madison County boasts some amazing examples at 69 www.IndianaGlassTrail.com Carol’s Legacy Crystal, Anderson Museum of Art, Anderson University, and the annual Elwood Glass Festival. 64 VisitAndersonMadisonCounty.com DEMOS MUSEUMS HISTORY ARTISTS GALLERIES SHOPS CLASSES TOURS FESTIVALS 164.

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