Worcester Center For Crafts

Some call it art; some call it craft; we call it essential! The Center contains studios where craft classes in ceramics, metals, enameling, jewelry are held; the Krikorian Gallery that hosts rotating exhibits; and the Gallery Store featuring work by over 200 American artists and craftspersons. The Center's Glass Studio featuring classes and demos in glass blowing, fusing, stained glass and...

The Worcester Center for Crafts is an Experience, a Place, a Passion. The Center offers courses and workshops in Glass, Ceramics, Photography (darkroom & digital), Enameling, Metalsmithing and Blacksmithing/forging. Adult classes are taught at a variety of times and lengths including 6-week and one-night. Teen classes are taught after-school. In addition, professional glass artists can rent...

Some call it art; some call it craft; we call it essential! The Center contains studios where craft classes in ceramics, metals, enameling, jewelry are held; the Krikorian Gallery that hosts rotating exhibits; and the Gallery Store featuring work by over 200 American artists and craftspersons. The Center's Glass Studio featuring classes and demos in glass blowing, fusing, stained glass and...

The Worcester Center for Crafts is one of Worcester’s oldest cultural institutions and was one of the first organizations of its kind in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society, the Center provided women with the skills needed to make and sell handcrafts.

Today, the Worcester Center for Crafts continues this tradition by providing a warm, accessible environment...

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