Uptown Glassworks will present a free day of glass-blowing lessons on Sunday, Oct. 18, thanks to a $500 grant from the Renton Municipal Arts Commission.

Reservations for the lessons, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., are required. Call Uptown Glassworks at 425-228-1849, or stop by the Uptown at 230 Main Ave. S., Renton. Enrollment is limited.

Each participant will work with Uptown’s master-glass artist, Chris Heilman, on the hot-glass floor, making a glass bowl similar to the one presented to Renton’s sister city in Japan, Nishiwaki, on a recent visit to Renton.

Each person will get hands-on instruction for 30 to 40 minutes and get to keep what they make. Materials are supplied by Uptown Glassworks.

“I believe in doing things for the city,” said Heilman.