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Welcome! Hot Shop Glass is a creative center for glass art in southeastern Wisconsin, between Milwaukee & Chicago on the shore of Lake Michigan. Visit us and watch artists turn molten glass into beautiful art, shop our gallery or take a workshop in glass fusing or glass blowing. Downtown Racine is a fun, historic, hip town with great restaurants and a beautiful lakefront. Scroll further to discover more about Hot Shop Glass and the community we call home.

Classes

We have been happily teaching our love of glass for 18+ years so we book earlier and faster than ever! We appreciate all the great word of mouth, kind reviews and glass fans who keep our place buzzing!  Please note that our studio will be closed for equipment maintenence from July 6th - July 22nd.

Custom Services

Our artists are honored to create unique pieces to meet your needs. We create beautiful pendant lights as well as treasured memorial and wedding/unity glass art pieces. Make an appointment to discuss your idea.

Shopping

Give the gift of glass. Shop our artists’ gallery Tuesday & Thursday 11-6, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 10-5. We have a variety of beautiful blown glass with prices starting at $25.  Shop local and support our team of talented artisans.

Events

You'll find our artists at several art events in the Midwest as well as hosting fun events in our spacious studio.  From First Fridays to our Art in the Alley, Wine Walks, Visiting Artists community demonstrations and collaborations with the Racine Art Museum, you'll want to keep an eye on what we are up to.

What People are Saying

The Latest Happenings

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What a fantastic fun creative collaboration for First Fridays last night. WOW. Thank you to The Prairie School glass students (Bella, Em, Luella, Maddy & Tevene), their teacher Holly Wolf-Mattick, our own Jo Bauer, Trish, Emily, Lena and the crew at Racine Art Museum, our amazing team at Shop Glass, our friends for sharing these great pictures and all of you for being part of this cool event! But the biggest thank you goes to all the women glass artists with work in this exhibit - you paved the way & continue to inspire. The show ‘On Fire Part II: Surveying Women in Glass in the late-Twentieth Century’ is on view through January 2026 at the internationally acclaimed Racine Art Museum, just 4 blocks from our shop ❤️ we are so lucky. ... See MoreSee Less

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What a fantastic fun creative collaboration for First Fridays last night.  WOW.  Thank you to The Prairie School glass students (Bella, Em, Luella, Maddy & Tevene), their teacher Holly Wolf-Mattick, our own Jo Bauer, Trish, Emily, Lena and the crew at Racine Art Museum, our amazing team at Shop Glass, our friends for sharing these great pictures and all of you for being part of this cool event!  But the biggest thank you goes to all the women glass artists with work in this exhibit - you paved the way & continue to inspire.  The show ‘On Fire Part II: Surveying Women in Glass in the late-Twentieth Century’ is on view through January 2026 at the internationally acclaimed Racine Art Museum, just 4 blocks from our shop ❤️ we are so lucky.

Creative crawl is in full force at Hot Shop Glass with Racine Art Museum and The Prairie School ... See MoreSee Less

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Creative crawl is in full force at Hot Shop Glass with Racine Art Museum and The Prairie School

Fun game….glory hole or sunset? 🤣🤣🤣 ... See MoreSee Less

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Fun game….glory hole or sunset? 🤣🤣🤣

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