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University of York Spring Master Class
Fig. 2. Master Class ‘Environmental Protective Glazing: Recent Projects and New Research’. The University of York MA in Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management Spring Master Class will be...
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Storm damage at Soisson Cathedral
Fig. 1. Storm damage to the west rose window at Soissons Cathedral. Late in the evening of 12th January, a violent storm seriously damaged the magnificent west rose window of the cathedral of...
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Stained Glass Museum Lecture: Science and Stained Glass, by Dr David Dungworth
Saturday, 20th May 2017, 7.00pm, South Transept, Ely Cathedral. Stained glass has been prized as a unique and colourful art form since the Middle Ages. This lecture will ask what science, as opposed to...
View ArticleLecture: Painting on Light: A History of Stained Glass, by Roger Rosewell
Tuesday, 18th April 2017, 7.00pm. Roger Rosewell will give a richly-illustrated lecture to the Norfolk Decorative and Fine Arts Society tracing the history of stained glass in English churches from the...
View ArticleBritish Society of Master Glass Painters Spring Lecture: ‘Morris and after:...
Friday, 10th March 2017, 6.15 pm for 6.45 pm start. By 1870, the aesthetic lead in stained-glass design in Britain had passed from such High Victorian firms as Clayton and Bell to the new names who...
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Bristol Cathedral Considers Removal of its Largest Stained Glass Window
Fig. 1. The window dedicated to Colston. Bristol Cathedral may take the significant step of removing the church’s largest stained glass window because of its links to Edward Colston, an official of the...
View ArticleReminder: Call for Papers for the The 10th Forum for the Conservation and...
The 10th Forum for the Conservation and Technology of Historic Stained Glass, organised by the Corpus Vitrearum / ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Stained Glass in...
View ArticleDr Neil Moat
It is with great sadness that we report the sudden and unexpected death of stained glass scholar Dr Neil Moat. We hope to include a fitting tribute to him in the next issue of Vidimus.
View ArticleBritish Society of Master Glass Painters Discussion Day: Caroline Swash FMGP...
Friday, 26th May 2017, 9.45am – 4pm. Stained glass once played a significant role in architect designed houses. Stained glass was used in the Victorian and Edwardian periods, for example, both as a way...
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Winchester Cathedral Stained Glass Tour and Tea
Saturday, 8th July, 10 – 11am Fig. 1. The Adoration of the Magi by Edward Burne-Jones from the Epiphany Chapel, Winchester Cathedral. Winchester Cathedral has a rich heritage of stained glass spanning...
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Stained Glass Museum Workshops
Fig. 1. Glass painting at the Stained Glass Museum. Over the coming months, the Stained Glass Museum will run a series of specialist, one-day workshops, focusing on various aspects of stained glass...
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Review: The University of York Spring Master Class 2017
Review by Celeste Flower, recent graduate of the MA in Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management, The University of York The annual Stained Glass Conservation Spring Master Class took place...
View ArticleReminder: British Society of Master Glass Painters Discussion Day: Caroline...
Friday, 26th May 2017, 9.45am – 4pm. Stained glass once played a significant role in architect designed houses. Stained glass was used in the Victorian and Edwardian periods, for example, both as a way...
View ArticleReminder: Stained Glass Museum Lecture: Science and Stained Glass, by Dr...
Saturday, 20th May 2017, 7.00pm, South Transept, Ely Cathedral. Stained glass has been prized as a unique and colourful art form since the Middle Ages. This lecture will ask what science, as opposed to...
View ArticleThe Stained Glass Centre, York Lecture: ‘York Minster’s ‘Sweet Posy’: The...
Thursday, 18th May, 6.30 pm The Stained Glass Centre’s Spring Lecture will be given by Celeste Flower, a recent graduate of the MA in Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management at the...
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York Evening Decorative and Fine Art Society Lecture: ‘Old Craft, New Art: An...
Wednesday, May 10th 2017, 6.00pm for 6.30pm start Fig.1. Helen Whittaker The lecture will be given by Helen Whittaker of Barley Studios, York, and will take place at Shepherd Hall, St Peter’s School,...
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British Society of Master Glass Painters Summer Lecture: ‘Painting and...
Friday, 23rd June 2017, 6.15pm for 6.45pm start. Fig. 1. A window by Ardyn Halter. Ardyn Halter was born in London in 1956. He is known as a painter, print maker, and designer and maker of stained...
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Art and Christian Enquiry Symposium: ‘In Glass Thy Story’: 70 years of...
Friday, 8th and Saturday, 9th September 2017 Fig. 1. ‘In glass thy story.’ This two-day symposium, to be held at Robinson College, Cambridge (which houses in its chapel John Piper’s Light of the World...
View ArticleContemporary Glass Society Lecture: ‘Southwark Cathedral’s Stained Glass...
Thursday, 20th July 2017, 7.00 pm Southwark Cathedral is home to a wealth of stained glass, completed by a range of artists in numerous styles at a variety of dates. Caroline Swash is an award-winning...
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British Society of Master Glass Painters Conference: Touring Leicester
Wednesday, 30th August – Saturday, 2nd September 2017 This year’s BSMGP Autumn Touring Conference will be based in Leicester. Although the final agenda is yet to be revealed, a rich and impressive...
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