Take A Tour Of Chicago Art Studio Pairing Glassblowing With Therapy

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To kick off our "Good Neighbor of the Year" series, Leeann Trotter from NBC Chicago shines a light on Pearl, the Artistic Director of Firebird Community Arts. Firebird is a nonprofit on the West Side of Chicago that offers glassblowing workshops and therapeutic group sessions for young people working through trauma. Pearl shares how the dangerous workshop environment presents a great opportunity to work on relationship building, trust and collaboration. Executive Director Karen and NBC 5 "Chicago Today" host Matthew Rodrigues join live from the art studio to give a tour of the workshop and show off some of the participants' finished pieces of art. To support all the great work that Firebird Community Arts is doing, head to firebirdcommunityarts.org to purchase their beautiful glassware.