Third Degree Glass Factory is St. Louis' largest, public-access glass art education center. We promote contemporary glass art through education, studio facility rental for artists and students, a gallery shop featuring glass art made by Third Degree artists, and event venue rental for receptions, corporate events, and private parties. We're conveniently located at 5200 Delmar, about a mile east of the Delmar Loop, between University City and the Central West End.
Visitors are welcome to shop our gallery and watch artists at work Monday through Saturday during our normal business hours.
Don't miss our FREE monthly open house event, the Third Friday of every month from 6-10PM. An exciting evening of demonstrations, activities and music is free for all ages every Third Friday. To see snapshots of our most recent Third Friday click on Third Friday Pics and scroll to bottom of page.
August 20, 6 - 10 p.m. Third Friday Open House. August Dog Days got you howlin’? We got the cure. East Gallery opens with Finding a Balance: Sarah Vaughn and concurrent exhibit Where Connections Meet:Teri Moore. Click Dinner@Third Friday for more info about summer lite dining with tapas-style small plates. Hands on activities. Union Avenue Opera gives a sneak peek preview performance of Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades. Then Barefoot Jones serves up a tasty stew of acoustic Americana folk/rock with flavors of blues, funk, country and pop for a high-energy performance. And - oh yes - there will be fire spinning. For more details about August's Third Friday click Third Friday.
September 7, 6 - 10 p.m. Project: Design! $10
Hot fashion heats up Third Degree. Third Degree is kick-off for this year’s Fashion Week, presented by Alive Magazine. Project: Design! showcases the six top STL fashion design finalists, selected by an online competition. These winners go head-to-head on the runway as they compete for Brown Shoe Project: Design! Winner. Click Fashionable for where to buy tickets.
NEW! September 10.
Hottest TicketTM Comedy Club makes its debut at Third Degree Glass. Two performances - 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. - will feature headliners Andy Gross, Rocky LaPorte, and Emil Fry. For info about these wild 'n' crazy guys and find out how you can buy tickets, click Laugh Your Glass Off!
September 11. Habitat For Humanity Build Day. We're building for a good cause.
September 17, 6 - 10 p.m. Third Friday Open House. We're positively glowing. East Gallery opens with Fossilizations: Glass by Jacci Delaney and American Landscape: Photographs by David Ulmer. Summer Lite dining Third Degree style with tapas-style small plates. Raven Moon plays acoustic with American pulse, contemporary sound plus the chops traditionalists love. Fire spinning.
October 15. Third Friday Open House, 6 - 10 p.m. It's our Birthday Blowout. Let the games begin...
Cool Chicks and Hot Glass: Girls Night Out Wednesday on May 5 was an AWESOME evening. Click Cool Chicks to see the slide show.
Midwest Glass Experience. Click Midwest Glass Experience and see slide show pics. Sign up for MGE 2011.