Call for Exhibitors: Second Glaziers’ Art Fair at Glaziers Hall, London
The call for artists, craftspeople and exhibitors for the Glaziers’ Art Fair has now gone out. The fair takes place on 25 and 26 October 2016 at the Glaziers Hall by London Bridge, with set-up and a...
View ArticleEvents at the Stained Glass Centre, St Martin-cum-Gregory, York
10 July 2016: Summer Music Afternoon The Stained Glass Centre will be holding a Summer Music Afternoon on Sunday 10 July, 1.30 4pm. The ADAM Festival Community Choir, and Helen Atkinson, a lutesinger...
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Richard III Windows at Leicester Cathedral
Earlier this year, on Sunday 24 April 2016, two windows inspired by the life of Richard III were hallowed at the scene of the English king’s reburial, which took place in 2015. The windows, in the...
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Photographic Survey of Stained Glass in Essex Churches Complete
Photographer Christopher Parkinson brings us up to date on the dedicated work he has undertaken on behalf of the British CVMA. I am happy to report that all 166 churches in the county of Essex known to...
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Refurbishment of Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire
English Heritage has refurbished its museum at Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, displaying many medieval artefacts from its archaeological store at nearby Helmsley. Fig. 1. Initial J stained glass,Object...
View ArticleIcon Stained-Glass Group AGM and Conference 2016, Canterbury, 1–3 September 2016
A reminder that booking for this year’s Icon stained-glass group AGM and conference is now open, and that proposals for papers are still being accepted. The theme of the conference is ‘Disaster!...
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Exhibition: The Splendour of Light – Christopher Webb and the Windows of St...
An exhibition on Christopher Webb (1886–1966), a well-known and popular stained-glass artist of the mid-20th century, will be held at St Lawrence Jewry, Guildhall Yard, London, 4–28 October 2016 . The...
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New Volume Published. Ars Vitrea: Collected Writings on Mediaeval Stained Glass
Fig.1. Order form flyer. Lech Kalinowski (d. 2004) was one of the most eminent art historians in Poland in the twentieth century. He was a specialist in mediaeval and Renaissance art, and his scholarly...
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Window on a Parish: Conference Review
By Megan Stacey On the 25 June, the bustling market town of Ludlow was filled with stained-glass and heritage professionals from near and far, as well as local enthusiasts, for a one-day conference,...
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Corpus Vitrearum International: 28th Colloquium, in Troyes
Emma Woolfrey reports. Fig. 1. Delegates in Saint-Etienne, Chalons-en-Champagne (c) Emma Woolfrey. The 28th Colloquium of the Corpus Vitreaum International was hosted by the French CVMA in Troyes on...
View ArticleStevens Architectural Glass Artist of the Year 2017 Competition: Brief Now...
The brief for the Stevens Architectural Glass Artist of the Year 2017 has now been released: the design and creation of three back-lit windows in the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London. Full...
View ArticleStained Glass Museum Autumn Lectures
Tickets are still available for the Stained Glass Museum’s autumn lectures, which focus on neglected aspects of twentieth-century stained glass in Britain. There will be opportunities to hear about the...
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Gilded Light Exhibition by Sam Fogg
July is traditionally the high-point of the London art world’s year, with high-price auctions and spectacular art fairs. This year, there was an added bonus for stained-glass enthusiasts when...
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ICON Stained Glass Group AGM and Conference 2016, Canterbury
Fig. 1. Delegates below the Great South Window of Canterbury Cathedral. (c) Canterbury Cathedral This year’s ICON AGM, which took place 1–3 September, was kindly hosted by the stained-glass team at...
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Last Chance to Buy Stained Glass in the Netherlands before 1795
Fig. 1. Stained Glass in the Netherlands before 1795 Through its comprehensive overview of all stained glass in public buildings in the Netherlands, the monumental fourth volume of the Dutch Corpus...
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Canterbury Cathedral’s Great South Window Conserved
Conservation of the Great South Window of Canterbury Cathedral has been completed, and the stained glass – some of the cathedral’s most important medieval panels, depicting the Ancestors of Christ – is...
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Theft of Renaissance Glass
A rare panel of English Renaissance glass dating from the 1530s and depicting the prophet Ezekiel has been stolen from Withcote Chapel in Leicestershire [fig. 1]. Fig. 1. The stolen panel (15in. x...
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Lecture: Light, Space and Time: The History of Stained Glass, a personal view...
Fig. 1. Between Extremities, 2003. © Brian Clarke studio, London. Thursday, 3 November 2016, 7pm, Salisbury Cathedral. The so-called ‘rock star’ of stained glass, Clarke is the creator of some of the...
View ArticleBurrell Collection Closes for Four-year Makeover
Glasgow’s Burrell Collection has closed its doors and is expected to reopen after a major redevelopment in 2020. Comprising more than 8,000 pieces, the collection, given to Glasgow by Sir William...
View ArticleFriends of Shrewsbury Museum Lecture: ‘David Evans of Shrewsbury and the...
Thursday, 17 November 2016, 3.30pm – 4.30pm. As part of a series of talks accompanying the exhibition at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery of the work of Margaret Rope, one of the greatest...
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