Blow Your Own Glass Pumpkin

During Gulfport’s Centennial Celebration on Saturday, October 16,
the Industrial Arts Center will introduce a special holiday entree
temporarily added to its glass blowing menu. From now until Thanksgiving,
IAC visitors will be able to blow a glass pumpkin at every Art Walk and
other special events. Glass blowing will be available Saturday, October
16, from noon until 10 p.m. The following Saturday, October 23,
will be the Industrial Arts Center’s first Great Pumpkin Patch event.
From 2-6 p.m. the public is invited to pick their own glass pumpkin from
a selection on display in the IAC courtyard. Pumpkins of all shapes,
sizes and colors, hand blown at the non-profit teaching facility, will be
available for sale. Following the Pumpkin Patch sale, the studio will be open
from 6-10 p.m. so visitors can blow their own pumpkin. Novice glass blowers
of any age are invited to participate in this fun fall event. Glass blowers
with some experience will enjoy learning to work with molds to create
the pumpkin shape. The Industrial Arts Center is locatedat 2902A Beach Boulevard S.
in the Gulfport Art Village Courtyard. For more information about glassblowing events
and classes at the Industrial Arts Center, call 727-289- 9365 or visit the IAC online at
 www.IndustrialArtsCenter.org