Feast From the Funace

A unique Liberty Arts fundraiser - glass blowing and gourmet food- plus, take home a handblown glass flower to celebrate the advent of Spring.

Glass blowing demonstrations by Durham-based designer Elijah Leed. Watch as he makes beautiful hand-blown glass art while you sip wine and feast on a series of small plate foods cooked in the same furnace. The evening will kickoff with a glass of wine and a leisurely tour of the Liberty Arts studio where you can interact with some of our very talented artists and browse the art they create.

This one-of-a-kind fundraising dining event is one you won’t want to miss.

Tickets available here.

Your chef for the evening will be James Cundiff. James has been cooking in restaurants for over 20 years from the deep south to the Northeast, and is the Executive Chef at the Willard in the AC Hotel, downtown Raleigh. James studied at the Culinary Institute of America and finds inspiration in preparing plant-based dishes.

James has developed a special Mediterranean menu for this "spring-themed", cooking and dining experience. Not all foods cook well at 1500-2000 degrees!

You'll depart the event having had a unique culinary experience, a handmade glass flower to remember it by and be much more knowledgeable about the glassblowing process.

NOTE: For Covid safety, all attendees must be fully vaccinated and boosted and will be asked to show evidence upon entry. We are also limiting the number of tickets for this Feast.

The Making of Major the Bull

Join Liberty Arts Alumni Leah Foushee Waller and Michael Waller
Outside on the Patio at Unscripted Durham for their presentation of

THE MAKING OF MAJOR THE BULL
Thursday September 30, from 6 - 8 pm

Tickets are limited!
Click here to RSVP and purchase your ticket.
All proceeds will support Liberty Arts outreach efforts.

We hope to see you there!

LIBERATOR Beer Release at Durty Bull

Join us on October 9
from 1 pm - 5 pm to celebrate the release of …

THE LIBERATOR
at Durty Bull Brewing Company.

* Fresh Beer!
* Meatless Grease Food Truck!
* Live DJ!
* Scratch blocks!
* Art for Sale!
This event has it all.

Durty Bull in collaboration with The Glass Jug Beer Lab & Full Steam Brewery crafted a Steinbock beer to help us celebrate our 20th Anniversary and the 5th Annual Iron Pour.
The beer was brewed with burning rocks for extra caramelization.

Sign up to participate in our scratch block workshop from 2 pm - 5 pm.

We hope to see you there!

5th Annual Iron Pour Celebraing Our 20th Anniversary

November 6th, 2021

In Durham Central Park

In case you’ve never been to our Iron Pour, imagine a gritty ballet of dancers dressed in leathers, boots and helmets. They all have a role. They are all driven by the furnace and the Pour Master who is orchestrating this fiery show where sculptures and scratch blocks are poured. Once poured, the molten iron darkens and hardens into the beautiful tiles and pieces created by you and local artists.

Liberty Arts Studios & Foundry, Durham Central Park and The Forest at Duke present the 5th annual public Iron Pour at Durham Central Park Saturday, November 6 from 4-9 p.m. All evening and into the night, 4,000 pounds of molten iron will be poured into molds, in an exciting fiery display creating the iron tiles made by the public and sculptures made by NC artists. Additionally, there will be Liberty Arts artists’ work for sale, Liberty Arts T-shirts, beer glasses and hand-blown glass pumpkins. Come enjoy drumming performances from Batalá Durham, Fire Breathers, kid-friendly events, local food trucks and craft beer while watching this very creative and gritty Durham event.​

We are asking that all attendees wear their masks and be mindful of physical distancing during the event.

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES:

• 4 pm - 6 pm // Bubbles by Imagine Circus

• 4 pm // The pour team lights the furnace!

• 4:15 pm // Batala Durham will perform their first set

• 5 pm // The FIRST POUR!!!

• 7 pm // Zach Dean and his group of Fire Breathers will perform

FOOD AND BEER VENDORS:

• Amagee’S Jamaican Cuisine

• La Republica

• JAM Ice Cream

• Durty Bull Brewing

• Bull City Burger and Brewery

Scratch Block Workshops ARE SOLD OUT!

If you purchased a scratch block, we are scheduling pick ups for:

• Sunday, November 7th from 12 pm - 4 pm at the Foundry, 538 Foster Street

• Monday November 15th from 9 am - 8 pm at the Studio, 918 Pearl Street

• Saturday November 20th from 12 pm - 4 pm at the Studio, 918 Pearl Street

Take a look at more Iron Pour images from past years below…

Virtual Art Fair/Sale | December 5th - 6th

Avoid the malls and stay safe at home shopping and interacting with us from the comfort of your couch!

From 10 am on December 5th until 6pm on December 6th, our Virtual Holiday Art Fair/Sale will be open with live demos and a great variety of handmade treasures for your one-of-a-kind gifts.

Support a great group of local artists and get to spend some virtual time in some of our studios.

More information to come as we work out the details!

Ignite the Night!! | Aluminum Pour | November 21st 3pm - 7pm

Join us at the foundry for the third n a series of exclusive events that include food, drink, and phase 2.5 approved camaraderie.

Scratch Block workshop, dinner and an aluminum pour!

All for $85

Your ticket includes instruction on how to create a scratch block, dinner at the new Durham Food Hall, and exclusive access to watch molten aluminum poured into the sand scratch block mold you created.

By the end of the event, you will be able to take home your aluminum artwork.

The details:
3pm the event begins at the Foundry.
530 Foster Street, Durham, North Carolina.
It’s the beautiful half-circle metal pavillion under the Durham Central Park Mural, and next to Liberty Warehouse Apartments.

You will have from 3 to 5pm to work on your scratch blocks.

What’s a scratch block? Glad you asked! It’s a 6x6” square block of hardened sand, with a 1/2” deep indentation. You scratch and carve a design, creating a pattern. We then pour molten aluminum into it and about 30 minutes later your aluminum relief tile is ready to take home.

Come with a specific design in mind or just arrive and wing it. We’ve seen both approaches work beautifully. We have all the tools and instruction you’ll need for fun and success.

Tickets include a $20 gift certificate to spend at Durham Food Hall. While you enjoy yourself with dinner from the Food Hall from 5-6pm, we will fire up the furnace. Now you are ready to watch our pour team work their magic with molten metal.

You will have exclusive and rare access to watch this pour!

After we pour the tiles you have created, our artists will pour some larger molds they have created. You are invited to stay and watch the fun!

Are we COVID friendly? Yes!! Your safety and wellbeing are very important to us.

Tickets are limited to 25 people, get yours as soon as possible!
Come with your quarantine family or friends, others will be sitting at least 6’ apart.
Everyone will get their own sanitized set of tools.
Drinks are served in single serving bottles.

Join us at the Foundry and Ignite Your Night with us!

Register Here!!

5th Annual Iron Pour | Saturday, November 14th 2020 | 4-9pm

In Durham Central Park

Food/Beverage trucks, fire breathing and drumming all on hand.

Scratchblock Workshops from 10am to 2pm.

Workshops will start in September.

Sign-ups for workshops will be available starting in mid-July. Stay tuned!!

In case you’ve never been to our Iron Pour, imagine a gritty ballet of dancers dressed in leathers, boots and helmets. They all have a role. They are all driven by the furnace and the Pour Master who is orchestrating this fiery show where sculptures and scratchblocks are poured.

Once poured, the molten iron darkens and hardens into the beautiful tiles and pieces created by you and local artists.

All will be revealed at the end of the night.

Take a look at more Iron Pour images from past years below…