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UNCOVERED: West side glassblowing studio for youth impacted by violence plans holiday bazaar - The Untold Story

Anthony Vazquez SunTimes Firebird West Side East Garfield Park

Dantrell Blake, 26, works on a double-walled bowl at the glassblowing studio at Firebird Community Arts on West Lake Street in East Garfield Park, where the nonprofit hosts a glassblowing program for youth impacted by violence. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Handling molten glass requires razor-like focus — and that’s one of its benefits, said N’Kosi Barber, a veteran glassblower.

He runs a program at Firebird Community Arts, a West Side glass and ceramics studio, teaching glassblowing to youth impacted by violence.

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