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The Crucible

Nonprofit arts education in West Oakland offering hands-on classes and workshops across 18 disciplines — from fire and metal to glass, wood, and fine arts.
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All ages welcome. The Crucible is a nonprofit arts education organization based in West Oakland. We offer hands-on classes, workshops, and community experiences across 18 industrial and fine art disciplines, including fire arts, metal, glass, wood, and more. The Crucible welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to explore creativity, build practical skills, and make bold things in a supportive, inclusive community.

06/01/2026

🚨 Calling all young makers, artists, and builders! 🚨

The Crucible is giving away 100 full scholarships to our unforgettable weeklong Summer Camps! Students get hands-on with fire, glass, metal, woodworking, art, and more while creating projects they’ll be proud to take home.

Scholarships are available for Oakland residents, with strong priority given to youth from West Oakland, East Oakland, and Fruitvale.

Don’t miss this chance for a summer filled with creativity, discovery, and making something amazing.

Apply now: https://www.thecrucible.org/classes/scholarships/

🎨⚒️🔥✨

05/21/2026

Get creative while giving new life to discarded materials in this fun upcycled glass workshop. Using glass scraps from light fixture manufacturing, you’ll create one-of-a-kind fused glass pieces to take home.

Choose from two project options and customize your work with colorful glass powders, delicate stringers, and vibrant glass dots.

🏺 Small Vase: $45 / person
🧫 Trinket Dishes: $35 / person

📍 The Crucible
🗓 May 21, 5–8 PM
🎟 Ages 7+ welcome

Get tickets: https://crucible-upcycled-fused-glass-vases-dishes.eventbrite.com/

05/14/2026

Beautiful pieces from Sunday’s Saturday’s Enameling Taster . All the pieces lovely & unique. Tasters are not just a way to sample a taste of an art form or a mini class; they can also be a way to spend some wonderful quality time with friends or family, while learning something new, and creating together as was the case this Sunday being Mother’s Day.

Among the students in my class was a family of 3 parents & their 12 yr-old because ages 12 & up can take the class with an adult. Tasters also a nice gift for your friends, family, and, of course, yourself.

04/29/2026

🔥 Ceramics X Glass Blowing Experiment
April 17, 2026

We got a little experimental in the studios—bringing Ceramics and Glass Blowing together to see what might happen when these two worlds collide.💥

Our staff and volunteers teamed up to kick things off in the clay studio, making everything from bowls and vases to sculptures and napkin rings. Once the pieces were heated in the raku kiln, the glass team jumped in and started playing. They blew glass into and around the ceramic forms, poured hot glass over them, and even pressed glass against the clay forms to create sculptures. No rules. Just a lot of “what if we try THIS??”

Not everything survived the heat, and quite a few pieces ended up cracking. But that didn’t matter. We learned a ton. Some of the coolest results came when the clay and glass didn’t fuse—like a glass vessel holding a tiny ceramic sculpture inside. Using clay as a mold for glass was also a win. Really beautiful stuff came out of that.

All in all, it was messy, surprising, and seriously fun to be part of—and we’re already looking forward to the next round.

04/18/2026

Join us for a free, family-friendly day at The Crucible! ✨

🔥 Location: The Crucible
🕐 Date: Saturday, May 2, 3–6pm
⭐️ Cost: FREE
🎟️ Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1980669300195

Explore our space, try hands-on activities, and connect with our creative community. Get the inside scoop on summer camps, youth classes, and family workshops—and hear from past students about their experiences.

Take a guided tour of our 56,000 sq ft facility, browse our gallery, and make your own project to take home. Plus, enjoy family-friendly snacks along the way!

All ages welcome—come discover, create, and get inspired 🎨

04/17/2026

Spring is still springing 🌸 ✨

Join us for Fused Glass Flowers: a relaxed, creative evening perfect for friends, family, or a date night.

🗓 Thursday, April 23 | 4:30–7:30 PM
💲 $35/person (includes 2 plant stems)
👨‍👩‍👧 Ages 7+ (under 12 with an adult)
📍 Downstairs in the Fused Glass Lab

Create your own glass garden 🌼 Choose from wildflowers, tulips, daffodils, poppies—even bumble bees 🐝 Then cut, shape, and assemble your design onto a glass stake. Finish it off with a charming ladybug or mini dragonfly.

A handmade gift for Mother’s Day—or just a great way to spend time making something special together 💛

Plus: stick around for our FREE public tour at 6 PM.

04/16/2026

🔥 Last week was a blast! 🔥

Our Youth Spring Camps were packed with creativity and serious hands-on fun. From fixing up rides in Bike Mechanics to forging steel in Blacksmithing, striking arcs in Welding, and building wild Gizmos, these young makers showed up and made it happen.

Skills were built. Confidence grew. Ideas came to life.
Summer can’t come soon enough. ✨

04/08/2026

⚾️ Big thanks to NBC Sports for commissioning us to create “The Bridge” trophy back in 2018 for the Bay Bridge Series and for bringing us back this year to update it for the and .

Our board members were thrilled to be on the field helping present the trophy after the game! 🏆

03/31/2026

🌼 Fused Glass Wildflower Suncatchers

Saturday, April 4, 2–4 PM
$40 / person
Ages 7+ (under 12 must be with an adult)

Tickets
https://crucible-suncatchers-apr-4.eventbrite.com

@ The Crucible
Downstairs in the Fused Glass Studio

Using simple glass-cutting tools, you'll snip and shape colorful transparent glass into petals, stems, and leaves — then assemble your own 5" suncatcher to take home after it comes out of the kiln. Choose a classic California poppy or a wildflower design, and customize with blue or green accent pieces for extra pop! Perfect for families, friends, and first-timers of all ages.

🔥 Stick around after for our free monthly public tour at 4 PM!

Address

1260 7th Street
Oakland, CA
94607

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 9pm
Tuesday	10am - 9pm
Wednesday	10am - 9pm
Thursday	10am - 9pm
Friday	10am - 6pm
Saturday	10am - 6pm
Sunday	10am - 6pm

Telephone

+15104440919

Website

http://www.thecrucible.org/

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