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Birtsmorton Appeal: An Update
In April 2017 (see Vidimus 109), we raised awareness of an urgent appeal to raise more than £25,000 needed to conserve the beautiful and nationally significant fourteenth-century window glass at the...
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York Minster’s Great East Window: The last panel returns
Sarah Brown, The York Glaziers Trust Fig.2. St George, tracery panel A2. Photo: The York Glaziers Trust, reproduced courtesy of the Chapter of York. Fig.1. Conservators Anna Milsom and Zoe Harrigan...
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Medieval Stained Glass an Instagram Hit
Fig. 1. York Minster, home to one of England’s most spectacular collections of medieval stained glass. York Minster, and its impressively extensive collection of medieval stained glass, features within...
View ArticleReminder: University of York Spring Master Class
On Saturday, 3rd March, 2018, the University of York’s MA in Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management will hold its Spring Master Class. Following the theme of Collectors and Collections,...
View ArticleThe Stained Glass Centre: Stained Glass Workshops 2018
The Stained Glass Centre in York has announced the dates of this year’s summer workshops. Four one-day, self-contained workshops in glass painting and leading will be held on the fol-lowing dates:...
View ArticleCALL FOR PAPERS: ICON STAINED GLASS GROUP CONFERENCE, 8-9 May, 2018
The ICON Stained Glass Group Conference for 2018 on the theme of ‘Conservation, Communication, and Collaboration’ will be held at Glaziers Hall, the central London home of the Worshipful Company of...
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British Society of Master Glass Painters Spring Lecture 2018: Bradley +...
Friday, 16th March, 6.15pm for 6.45pm The Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT Fragmented light Ray Bradley established his architectural glass art studio in West London in 1964, and in...
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Reminder: The Stained Glass Museum Study Weekend 2018: Suffolk
Fig. 1. 15th century stained glass (window nXII 1c), Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk © Chris Parkinson. Thursday, 19th April – Sunday, 22nd April 2018 The Stained Glass Museum’s 2018 Study...
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The Stained Glass Museum Annual Lecture 2018: Exhibiting Stained Glass in...
Fig. 1. Exhibiting Stained Glass in 19th century London and Paris. Wednesday, 9th May, 6.30pm for 6.45pm Ely Cathedral, South Transept For this year’s annual lecture, Jasmine Allen, Curator of the...
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Exhibition: Of Earth and Heaven: Art from the Middle Ages
Until March 10th, 2018 Fig. 1. Detail from the Expulsion from Paradise, Church of Saint Firmin at Flavigny-sur-Moselle, Lorraine, 1533, by Valentin Bousch. In association with Sam Fogg, the Luhring...
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British Archaeological Association Annual Conference 2018: Cambridge:...
Saturday, 1st September to Wednesday, 5th September This September, for the first time in 105 years, the British Archaeological Association will gather in Cambridge to celebrate, explore and debate the...
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Heritage Lottery Funding Success for the Stained Glass Museum and All Saints...
The national significance of two stained glass institutions has been recognised in recent grants by the National Lottery. Fig. 1. Virgin from the Annunciation, from the church of St John the Baptist,...
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Exhibition of Medieval Treasures from the Burrell Collection opens at...
Fig. 1. Burrell at Kelvingrove: Collecting Medieval Treasures. A new exhibition, curated by Sir Paul Ruddock, former Chairman of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, has opended at the Kelvingrove...
View ArticleInternational Conference, “Le Verre à Tout Faire”: Château de Nyon, France
The University of Lausanne, the Château de Nyon and the Vitrocentre Romont will host an international conference on Friday, 2nd – Saturday 3rd, November. Hosted by the Château de Nyon, Switzerland, it...
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The Great East Window of York Minster, a Decade of Discovery: 10th...
Fig. 7. Detail from the Great East Window, York Minster (Photo York Glaziers Trust, reproduced courtesy of the Chapter of York). This Autumn the University of York is celebrating the tenth anniversary...
View ArticleWorshipful Company of Glaziers announces The Stevens Competition 2019...
The Glaziers’ Company is now inviting entrants to its prestigious annual Stevens Architectural Glass Competition. The competition, running since 1972, this year requires entrants to design a stained...
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Stained Glass Museum, Ely: Upcoming Events
Thoughts are turning to Christmas at the Stained Glass Museum. Christmas Decorations: Copper Foiling Workshop Friday, 2nd November 2018, 10am – 5pm This workshop provides the perfect chance to create...
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Horace Walpole’s Art Collection returns to Strawberry Hill House
Fig. 1. Strawberry Hill House, Horace Walpole’s ‘little gothic castle’, following recent restoration. More than 170 years after it was dispersed in a 24-day ‘sale of the century’ in 1842, the art...
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Birtsmorton Appeal: Restoration Begins
Previous issues Vidimus (issues 109 and 117) raised awareness, and reported on the success, of an urgent appeal to raise more than £25,000 needed to conserve and restore the beautiful late-medieval...
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Stained Glass window by David Hockney installed at Westminster Abbey
Fig. 1. The new Queen’s Window, designed by David Hockney, created by Barley Studio, in Westminster Abbey. On October 2nd, a new stained-glass window designed by the artist David Hockney was dedicated...
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