Category Archives: Issue 99
Trinity College Chapel, Oxford, Reopens after Conservation
After a year’s closure, the grade I listed chapel of Trinity College, Oxford, was reopened in April 2016. After one of the most comprehensive schemes of conservation and repair the chapel has undergone, it is once again resplendent in its … Continue reading
Review: The First Transatlantic Stained Glass Symposium
Sophia Kircos reports on ‘The Hard Road from Stained Glass to Architecture: Advancing the Role of Art Glass in Contemporary Architecture & Design’, held 26 28 April 2016. The quaint town of Waldsassen, Germany came alive in the last week … Continue reading
York Minster’s Great East Window Inspires Glass at Chelsea Flower Show
York Minster’s Great East Window has inspired the design of a garden at the Chelsea Flower Show 23 28 May 2016. Welcome to Yorkshire’s garden,‘God’s Own County – A Garden for Yorkshire’, designed by Matthew Wilson (former head of RHS … Continue reading
British Society of Master Glass-Painters Summer Lecture
Friday, 17 June 2016, 6.15pm for 6.45pm start, open to all The Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT Frédéric Pivet: ‘Stained-Glass Windows of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris’ This illustrated lecture will explain the recent conservation of the … Continue reading
Events at the Stained Glass Centre
The Stained Glass Centre in the Church of St Martin-cum-Gregory in York, supports the study and appreciation of stained glass. Spring Lecture: Thursday, 26 May 2016 Prof. Sarah Rees Jones, University of York: ‘A Holy Neighbourhood? Rethinking the relationship between … Continue reading
Vacancy: Junior Stained Glass Glazier/Conservator
An opportunity has arisen for Lincoln Cathedral Works Department to appoint a junior member of staff who is skilled in working on historical and architectural stained glass. The Glazing Department is a small team dedicated to the care and maintenance … Continue reading
