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A Glass Blowing studio located in Farmville, NC - Part of ECU's School of Art and design. The first glass class began in spring semester, 2017.

East Carolina's GlasStation, which resides about 15 west of main campus in Farmville, NC, is the result of a grassroots effort by The Farmville Group, a volunteer economic development association interested in growing the local economy through the arts. The Allen and Stowe families of Farmville donated a former Gulf gas station to the DeVisconti Trust. ECU leases the GlasStation building from the

Trust, and have outfitted the GlasStation with equipment to create a functioning hot glass studio. The School of Art and Design in the College of Fine Arts and Communication at East Carolina University offers undergraduate and graduate ART classes for ECU students focused on glass blowing and making at the GlasStation. Continuing education classes for the community will begin in late March, 2017. For more information, please email [email protected]. Photos copyright Cliff Hollis, ECU News Services

05/11/2026

The last demonstration night of the semester is coming up this Friday, May 15th from 6pm - 9pm.

We'll be shutting down for summer break shortly after, so stop on by and see some exciting glassblowing. Be sure to check out all the other great thingss in Farmville and make a night of it.

04/21/2026

Check out the last demo night's work. We made glass . . . . FROM SPACE!!!!!

First, I should introduce 'Zip Zorp'. They're a friendly little green alien. Zip Zorp was made as an in class demonstration at the beginning of this semester and based on a doodle a student had done on one of our boards.

For the demo night, we made a friend for Zip Zorp that came to visit them in their flying saucer.

We also made a blue bottle . . . .FROM SPACE!!!!

04/13/2026

Our next 3rd Friday demo night is fast approaching.

Join us this coming Friday, April 17th from 6pm - 9pm, and check out some glass and ceramics demonstrations.

We already have a plan for what we are making in the glass shop and it's going to be out of this world.

03/27/2026

April is almost here and that means our spring Witch Ball workshops will begin soon. As of right now, 3 workshops in April still have spots available.

If you've always wanted to try glassblowing out, this is the perfect opportunity. Guided by a skilled instructor, you'll be able to create a glass piece to call your own

We are only able to offer a limited number of public workshops each semester, so don't hesitate.

Check out the full workshop information and register here:

https://go.ecu.edu/glassblowing

(If the above link doesn't work, try this one:
https://continuing-ed-registration.ecu.edu/public/category/programArea.do?method=load&selectedProgramAreaId=1025659)

If you want to be notified of new workshop dates as soon as they are available, sign up for the Continuing & Professional Education mailing list here:

https://cpe.ecu.edu/

03/25/2026

We had a "Fast and furious" vessel night during the demo night this past Friday. Ok, technically we still worked at a moderate pace, but did decide to do many shorter demos as opposed to 1 or 2 more complicated pieces.

We spent the first half of the evening making pieces inspired by ancient Roman glass. We made several variants of bowls with folded lips and feet. A super "Fast and Furious" mini vase/scent bottle (they only take 2-3 minutes), and a pitcher with a Roman style handle.

The second half of the demo night was themed around surface texture. We made a pink bowl with a crackle "Ice glass" surface. It was a big round bowl, but by popular request we ended up making it floppy. And also made a green bowl with thin thread wraps on the surface.

03/16/2026

The March Demo Night is nearly upon us.

Join us this coming Friday. March 20th, from 6pm - 9pm.

The weather has warmed up, but still not as hot as our glass. Come see what we create and make an evening of it here in Farmville.

02/27/2026

Better late than never.

Check out what we made during last Fridays demo night. We were making an elaborate bowl that was constructed from 7 separate cups of glass, creating alternating stripes of opaque and transparent brown . . . .but it exploded. It's glass, that happens sometimes.

So, we decided to use the shards on a different piece - a more freeform piece where we let the glass do what it wants. I call them bag vases. A good way to turn a failure into a success.

Oh, we also made a goblet. . . . It also cracked. It came out nice otherwise. It was one of those nights - it's glass, that happens sometimes.

02/16/2026

Our next demo night is coming soon.

Join us this Friday, February 20th, from 6pm-9pm and watch some live glassmaking demonstrations.

This event is free, open to the public, and no RSVP is required. Just stop in and grab a seat.

02/05/2026

There are still spots available in our community workshops in February and March. If you've always wanted to try glassblowing out, this is the perfect opportunity. Guided by a skilled instructor, you'll be able to create a glass piece to call your own.

We are only able to offer a limited number of public workshops each semester, so don't hesitate.

Check out the full workshop information and register here:

https://go.ecu.edu/glassblowing

(If the above link doesn't work, try this one:
https://continuing-ed-registration.ecu.edu/public/category/programArea.do?method=load&selectedProgramAreaId=1025659)

If you want to be notified of new workshop dates as soon as they are available, sign up for the Continuing & Professional Education mailing list here:

https://cpe.ecu.edu/

01/22/2026

Check out what we made at our demo night last week.
It's banana's 🍌!

I've had a glass banana as a potential demo in the back of mind for a while now, but recently saw some very lovely glass bananas made by and realized, "The time has come".

We did a banana peel as the first piece - a warm up to see how the process would go. We then went all in and made a peeled banana.

Huge thanks to and for being great assistants.

Be sure to join us next month on February 20th.

*Duct tape nat included

Address

3732-B West Wilson Street
Farmville, NC

Telephone

+12523286665

Website

https://art.ecu.edu/

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