Vetro Glassblowing Studio on Main Street in Grapevine is taking the ancient art form of glassblowingbroutside with its annual Glass on the Tracks XVI Art + Fire Demolition event. Itbrwill take place November 7 from 7 to 10 p.m. and includes food, beverages,brmusic, glassblowing demonstrations, flameworking and pyrotechnic effects.
“In typical Vetrobrfashion, we want to make Glass on the Tracks bigger and better,” said Vetrobrfounder David Gappa in a press release. “Our goal has always been to make thisbra community event with an art twist.”
Located next to the trainbrdepot in historic downtown Grapevine, a boxcar gallery will display selectbrhand-blown glass vessels for the famous “truth or consequences” auction. One ofbrthe most anticipated portions of the event, a patron is randomly selected frombrthe crowd and asked a trivia question about Vetro. If the answer is correct,brthe patron receives the art piece for free. If the answer is incorrect, thebrpiece goes up for bid for 30 seconds, but if the highest bid doesn't beat thebrpre-determined secret reserve price, the piece is placed in the jaws of thebr“glass guillotine” and smashed before the crowd.
In addition to thebrauction, $10 raffle tickets will be available for a Vetro hand-blown glass flutedbrbowl filled with ornaments ($250 value) to be given away that night (must bebrpresent to win).
This year's line-upbrincludes fire performer Jenin Gonzales, pyrotechnics-by-flame artisan GregbrShaatt (who engineers fire stage shows for Metallica and Guns N Roses) and livebrdemonstrations by Grapevine blacksmith artist Will Frary.
Head to GlassOnTheTracks.com to learn more and to purchase tickets.