Drawn to Glass
The Sonoran Glass School is proud to announce our first annual competition for young artists! We are inviting youth ages 8-18 to submit a drawing to be transformed into glass. Using a furnace, torch, kiln, or coldworking tools our artists will use the drawings to create them in real life out of glass.
Glass artworks will be available for purchase at our fundraising event on March 14th with three designs made live! All proceeds support our Youth Education Program, providing glass experiences and education to youth in Southern Arizona.
Submissions for the 2026 edition of Drawn to Glass are currently closed.
Submission requirements:
- Artists must be currently living in Southern Arizona
- Artists can be between 8-18 years old
- One submission per person
- A high resolution image of the artwork will need to be submitted via the google form.
Please join us in congratulating the following artists for their incredibly inspiring artworks. Sonoran Glass School artists are busy creating glass artworks inspired by these submissions. Click on the image to learn more about the artist!
The Drawn to Glass competition will conclude on 3/14 with a fun event and auction, with live demonstrations and family friendly activities. Join us to celebrate the participants, explore glass art, and raise money to support our Youth Education Program, providing glass experiences and education to youth in Southern Arizona.
The glass artworks inspired by submitted designs will be on display and available for purchase via a silent auction, concluding at the end of the event. Three artworks will be created live, with one piece made in real time in the Warm Shop (glass fusing), Hot Shop, (glassblowing), and Flame Shop (torchworking). Artists who drew the inspiration illustrations will be featured VIP guests as well as the SGS artists who created the pieces. Plus, enter a raffle to win prizes donated by the Tucson community, including a Family Membership to the Reid Park Zoo, passes to Elevate Trampoline Park, and more!