Louis "Tony" Curiel has been creating beautiful fine art since the mid 1970s and today he not only oversees the curriculum at the visual arts school he founded, but also oversees all the work his team of professionals create for others, which includes developing and creating glass "hot shops" for other artists. 

For more information call 712-580-5035 or email us.

►In 2003 Louis "Tony" Curiel  designed and built the furnace in the "Hot Shop" for Bogenrief Studios located in Spencer, Iowa.

►In 2010 Curiel created a portable "Hot Shop" so that his excellent team of glassblowers could travel the state and share the process of creating glass art with larger audiences.

This wood sculpture by John C. Feldhacker was sold at the ArtFest Midwest, but more of this master sculptor's work can be seen and purchased at the CRVA.

 
 
 
 
 

The CRVA portable  Hot Shop arrives complete with everything needed to blow beautiful pieces of glass art, including the glass, the furnace, a glory hole, a kiln/annealer, and a variety of basic glass art tools. If you'd like to book our team for your next event call (712) 580-5035 for full details.

 

 

The CRVA Glassblowing Team is Directed by Louis "Tony" Curiel

World-Renown Glass Artist and Designer/Builder of Glass "Hot Shops"

 

In an effort to offer both education and entertainment, the CRVA built a Portable Hot Shop in the spring of 2010 to attract and intrigue people of every age and social group. This full-functioning portable glass blowing studio can be brought to any location in the midwest in order for our Glassblowing Team to give live demonstrations at schools, festivals, fairs, and other places the public gathers.

 

 

ArtFest 2010 in Des Moines, Iowa, Portable Hot Shot Demonstration
Alec Welch demonstrates glassblowing techniques at the ArtFest Midwest 'The Other Art Show': June 26-27, 2010. Click on photo for larger image
The CRVA booth at the Newton Sculpture Festival 2010
The CRVA had a booth that featured student, staff and Spencer Iowa artists at the Newton Sculpture Festival 2010.
Hire the CRVA Glassblowing team to demonstate at your next fair or festival.
Glassblowing torch demonstrations are very popular at public gatherings and they are also very entertaining. The CRVA Glassblowing Team can do torch demos as well as "hot shot" or furnace demos in most midwest locations. Call (712) 580-5035 and ask for full details and pricing.
CRVA's Jon Curiel working at the furnace in the Bogenrief Studios' Hot Shop in Spencer, Iowa. This is just one of the many "hot shops" created by his father Louis "Tony" Curiel.   
Jon Curiel and fellow worker at the Bogenrief Studios' Hot Shop holding an educational glassblowing demonstration for the public.
Jon Curiel doing a glassblowing demonstration on a torch at the 2009 Clay County Fair in Spencer, Iowa.

 

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