Author Archives: Carlotta Cammelli

Mike Dixon

Vidimus was sad to learn of the death of Mike Dixon (Fig. 1), well known to many as the photographer of the Stained Glass of Norfolk website. Corpus Vitrearum researcher and author David King has also worked closely with Mike … Continue reading

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The Plowden Medal 2023

The Royal Warrant Holders Association has announced that this year’s Plowden Medal winner is Professor Sarah Brown of the York Glaziers Trust and University of York. Established in 1999 to commemorate the life and work of the late Hon. Anna … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Technology, Conservation and Restoration of Stained Glass, XII International Forum for the Conservation and Technology of Historic Stained Glass of the Corpus Vitrearum-ICOMOS. Erfurt, Germany 17-19 July 2024

The German national committee of the Corpus Vitrearum invites submissions of proposals for technical papers and posters for the twelfth international meeting of the Forum. The overall theme of the meeting is ‘Visibility’. Abstracts of 200-300 words, which will be … Continue reading

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Upcoming Conferences

New Illuminations – Stained Glass in Ireland and Beyond 21–23 September 2023, Trinity College, Dublin Full programme and Tickets available from Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-illuminations-stained-glass-in-ireland-and-beyond-tickets-689275009107?aff=oddtdtcreator Ecclesiological Society Annual Conference 2023: Stained Glass Revivals 7 October 2023, St John’s Waterloo, London SE1, with … Continue reading

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Stained Glass Museum – Online Talks, October 2023

All talks will be held online via Zoom. Tickets are £6.50 per talk, or £5 for Friends of The Stained Glass Museum Find out more and buy tickets here https://stainedglassmuseum.com/toursandlectures Powell & Sons’ opus sectile: innovation in glass mosaics, 1860s-1890s Lily … Continue reading

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Rosemary Rutherford exhibition

An exhibition on the life and work of the mid 20th century stained glass artist Rosemary Rutherford recently opened at St Mary and and Leonard’s parish church, Broomfield near Chelmsford Essex. Rosemary’s father was the vicar at this church which … Continue reading

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Victor Rothman (1947 —2023)

It was with sadness that we learned from US colleague Daniella Peltz of the death of Victor Rothman. She echoed the sentiments of many of Vic’s colleagues: ‘I worked with Victor on and off for nearly 30 years and he … Continue reading

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Where Vidimus leads, others follow!

In our August 2022 issue, we highlighted the identification by Virginia Raguin and Hadley Arnold of the first known depiction in American public art of Jesus as a black man. The glass, by the studio of Henry E. Sharp, was … Continue reading

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News from the Stained Glass Museum

SGM Collections now on ART UK One hundred objects from The Stained Glass Museum’s unique collection of art are now represented on Art UK, a unique online resource featuring public art collections from across the UK. Explore here. (Fig. 1). As … Continue reading

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News from Australia

Beverley Sherry has been in touch to advise fellow Vidimus readers that the entire proceedings of the conference, GLASS: Vision Reflection Imagination, Australia’s contribution to the International Year of Glass (2022), have now been video recorded. The Conference Program is here and … Continue reading

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