{"id":470261,"date":"2026-10-19T05:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T05:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470261\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T05:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T05:14:11","slug":"photos-uta-glassblowing-sale-sparks-student-creativity-multimedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470261\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: UTA glassblowing sale sparks student creativity | Multimedia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"A man uses a blowtorch on a piece of glass\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1608\" height=\"1066\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ad587a9193b8.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Glassblowing sophomore Chastin Gray heats up his blown glass using a blowtorch during the Glass Pumpkin Sale and Fundraiser on Oct. 16 at the UTA Studio Arts Center. The event was free.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Emmanuel%20Pizano\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Emmanuel Pizano<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Studio Arts Center was transformed into the Annual Pumpkin Sale and Fundraiser for Friends and Family Weekend on Friday and Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>Each pumpkin was handcrafted by students and faculty. Funds generated from the pumpkin sale go into supporting the glassblowing students with materials and scholarships. <\/p>\n<p>Cinematic arts major Aiden Dunlap, an intermediate glass blower, said his fascination with how the pieces come together sparked his interest in joining the class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I found out how cool it is to make glass, I really wanted to make some of my own,\u201d Dunlap said.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"People look at glass-blown pumpkins displayed on a table. \" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1608\" height=\"1066\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ad587a4d059c.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Glass-blown pumpkins sit on display during the Glass Pumpkin Sale and Fundraiser on Oct. 16 at the UTA Studio Arts Center. The sale was part of UTA\u2019s Friends and Family Weekend.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Emmanuel%20Pizano\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Emmanuel Pizano<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"A woman blows into a blowpipe. At the end of the blowpipe is a piece of molten glass.\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1608\" height=\"1066\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ad587a67b67f.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Art history senior Rachel Chen blows into the blowpipe during the Glass Pumpkin Sale and Fundraiser on Oct. 16 at the Studio Arts Center. Glass blowers blow into the blowpipe to inflate the glass into a bubble.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Emmanuel%20Pizano\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Emmanuel Pizano<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Two women look at glass-blown pumpkins that are laid on a table.\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1608\" height=\"1066\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ad587a783710.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Arlington residents Rachel Glasser, 40, left, and her mother, Linda Mitchell, look through glass pumpkins during the Glass Pumpkin Sale and Fundraiser on Oct. 16 at the UTA Studio Arts Center. Glasser and Mitchell are UTA Alumni.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Emmanuel%20Pizano\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Emmanuel Pizano<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"A woman uses a blowtorch on a piece of molten glass. \" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1608\" height=\"1066\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ad587a88eac2.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Art education junior Alondra Becerra uses a blowtorch during the Glass Pumpkin Sale and Fundraiser on Oct. 16 at the UTA Studio Arts Center. Glass blowers have to constantly heat up their glass so it won&#8217;t fall from the blowpipe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Emmanuel%20Pizano\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Emmanuel Pizano<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"People look at displays of glass-blown items.\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1608\" height=\"1066\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ad587a570b0f.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Attendees look at glass-blown pumpkins during the Glass Pumpkin Sale and Fundraiser on Oct. 16 at the UTA Studio Arts Center. The event was hosted by the UTA Department of Art\u2019s Glass Area.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Emmanuel%20Pizano\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Emmanuel Pizano<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"A woman uses a blowtorch on a glass-blown cup.\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1608\" height=\"1066\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ad587a705b37.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Art history senior Rachel Chen blows her glass cup with a blowtorch during the Glass Pumpkin Sale and Fundraiser on Oct. 16 at the Studio Arts Center. The furnaces reach over 2000 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Emmanuel%20Pizano\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Emmanuel Pizano<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"A man holds a rod with a piece of molten glass at the end of it.\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1608\" height=\"1066\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ad587a80eca8.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Glassblowing sophomore Chastin Gray cools down a blowpipe during the Glass Pumpkin Sale and Fundraiser on Oct. 16 at the UTA Studio Arts Center. Attendees could watch glassblowing demonstrations by students.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Emmanuel%20Pizano\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Emmanuel Pizano<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"People walk around and look at tables with glass-blown items.\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1608\" height=\"1066\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ad587a5f21b6.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Attendees walk through displays of glass-blown pumpkins during the Glass Pumpkin Sale on Oct. 16 at the UTA Studio Arts Center. Each pumpkin was crafted by UTA students and faculty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Emmanuel%20Pizano\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Emmanuel Pizano<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glassblowing sophomore Chastin Gray heats up his blown glass using a blowtorch during the Glass Pumpkin Sale and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,4629,824],"class_list":["post-470261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-multimedia","tag-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}