Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts

About

Foci MCGA is a nonprofit glass studio, education center and exhibition space dedicated to the education and exhibition of glass arts.

Story

Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts, Foci MCGA, seeks to engage the Minnesota community in the study and appreciation of glass arts by offering classes, demonstrations, workshops and other avenues toward understanding the potential of the glass art form. The studio is a central location and community for professional and emerging glass artists, located in Minneapolis, MN. The organization began as Foci Glass, a for-profit business in Toledo, Ohio opened by Michael Boyd and his brother, Scott Boyd.

Michael moved the business to Minneapolis in 2001 and began to rent studio time to local glass artists, and eventually began teaching classes. In the summer of 2009, the studio received fiscal sponsorship from Spring Board for the Arts and applied for non-profit status, receiving 501(c)3 status in 2010. Foci Glass transformed into Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts and has been a part of Minnesota and, specifically, the Twin Cities arts community and has since been an educator, promoter, and exhibitor of glass art and artists.

Mission

To engage the Minnesota community in the study and appreciation of glass arts while expanding the potential of the medium.