‘I know my geese are not all swans – The WA Ismay Collection of Studio Pottery’, by Helen Walsh, Curator of Ceramics, York Museums Trust
On 13th October we’ll be having our Autumn Lecture. Tickets are sold on the door for £6 (£5 concessions) and include refreshments, available from 7 pm (lecture starts at 7.30). Entry is free to Friends of the Stained Glass Centre. Hope to see you there!
We have a larger number of books for sale following a generous donation of books from Peter Gibson, as well as Michael Archer. The books are primarily on art, architecture and stained glass, many focusing on the city of York. You can download a list of the books below, and if you would like to request any books, please email [email protected].
Click here to download the PDF: Stained Glass Centre Books
Our lecture programme for 2016 is now available here.
Dates for our popular hands-on workshops in summer 2016 are now available here. Priority booking for Friends of the Stained Glass Centre opens on 1 February, and general booking on 15 February.
The Stained Glass Centre will once again be opening for Residents’ Festival on Saturday 30th January. Join us between 10 am and 4 pm. For more information see our Events page.
Our next event will be our Autumn lecture on Thursday 29th October 2015 at 7.30 pm (doors open 7 pm for refreshments).
Ann Sotheran FMGP (a York-based stained glass artist who worked with Harry Harvey for many years) will speak about “The Harry Stammers School of Glass-painting in York”.
For further information see our Events page.
The Stained Glass Centre’s Summer Newsletter is now available to download!
As well as news of our recent activities and exciting new partnerships, Monika Adamczak reviews our Spring Lecture by Susan Harrison. We also have details of our upcoming events, including August and Heritage Open Days.
Friends can download the Newsletter through the Friends Zone. If you would like to become a Friend of the Stained Glass Centre, you can download a registration form here.
Happy reading!
Thanks to our newly-trained volunteers, we are pleased to announce that the Stained Glass Centre will be open to visitors on the following days in August:
Saturday 1st
Sunday 9th
Saturday 15th
Saturday 22nd
Volunteers will be on hand to provide information about the building and its spectacular range of historic stained glass!
For more information, please email [email protected]
Congratulations to our trustee, Keith Barley, who has been made an MBE for services to Cultural Restoration and Conservation in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List! A well-deserved recognition of Keith’s outstanding contribution to the field over more than forty years of pioneering conservation work.