17th Annual Glass Pumpkin Fest Returns to Dearborn

Press Release • Sep 28, 2025

Live Glass Blowing • Handmade Glass Pumpkins • Speciality pumpkins demonstrated at the 17th Annual Pumpkin Harvest Festival

Signature Sugar Plum Pumpkin

DEARBORN, Mich., September 28, 2025 (Newswire.com) - The Glass Academy will host the 17th Annual Glass Pumpkin Fest Show & Sale across two weekends - October 4-5 and October 11-12, 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. - inside the studio's 14,000-square-foot hot shop at 25331 Trowbridge St., Dearborn, MI 48124.

Guests will enjoy free admission and free street parking, live glassblowing demonstrations for all ages, and the chance to purchase hundreds of one-of-a-kind collectible glass pumpkins.

Highlights

  • Live, family-friendly demos in the working hot shop, custom orders accepted.

  • 2025 Signature Pumpkin: "Sugar Plum" - a sparkling purple sugar pumpkin available only this year.

  • For each Signature Pumpkin sold, a donation will be made to Farmworker Justice.

  • Pumpkin prices start at $34, with a wide range of unique styles and sizes.

  • The Michigan Room is open for coffee and cocktails while watching the live glass blowing demonstrations

Plan Your Visit

Event Dates: October 4-5 & October 11-12, 2025
Hours: 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. each day
Location: Glass Academy, 25331 Trowbridge St., Dearborn, MI 48124
Admission & Parking: Free
More Info:www.GlassAcademy.com/Pumpkin-Festival

About the Glass Academy

Founded by artists Chris Nordin and Michelle Plucinsky, the Glass Academy is a privately owned working glass studio and gallery in Dearborn, Michigan. Featuring handmade glassware available for purchase, hand's on classes and seasonal giftware. The Michigan Room is an event space withing the building used for team events, coporate gatherings and special occasions.

The 14,000-square-foot facility is both a production hub for original glassware and a destination for live demonstrations, hands-on classes, and signature events that attract visitors from across Michigan and beyond.

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Media Contact

Name: Michelle Plucinsky Email: Michelle@GlassAcademy.com
Cell: (313) 220-6035 Studio: (313) 561-4527
Website: www.GlassAcademy.com

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About Glass Academy

The Glass Academy, located in a vintage tool-and-die area in Dearborn, Michigan, is the creative brainchild of artists Michelle Plucinsky and Chris Nordin. Established in Detroit, the Glass Academy relocated to its current location in 2004. This 14,000-square-foot facility functions as a private art studio for the founding partners, where large-scale commissioned projects (for hospitals, hotels, private patrons, and businesses) are fabricated in glass, metal, and mixed media. This is also where all glass is produced for BATCH Gallery and the studio's livestreamed show, "The Gathering Point."

An educational facility showcasing glass experiences, hands-on classes, and seasonal events, the Glass Academy aims to expand consumer awareness of how handcrafted glass can be utilized as both functional and decorative elements in modern applications.

As Glass Academy’s founders, Chris and Michelle share an extensive background in the glass arts, and both have impressive resumes in craft and business. In perfecting their glass skills, the creative duo has attended workshops from Maine (Haystack) to Seattle (Pilchuck), in addition to teaching at the professional level (Corning), traveling to work abroad in Italy, and running a production studio within Dearborn’s Henry Ford Museum.

www.GlassAcademy.com
Glass Academy
25331 Trowbridge
Dearborn, MI
48124

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