Posted November 8, 2021
The SGAA Offices received this incredible video courtesy of member Daniel Oppliger to share with our community. The approximately 15 minute video shows the entire process of creating a window from concept to construction and packing for transport at Jacoby Art Glass based in St Louis. We will premiere the video LIVE on YouTube on November 17, 2021 at 4pm Eastern Standard Time. Join us to watch and we can comment and chat about what we're seeing in the comment section. "See" you at the Movies! LINK FOR THE YOUTUBE VIDEO PREMIERE
Posted October 31, 2021
We recently saw a post highlighting the work of Kessler Studios for the Peri State College Library in Peru, Nebraska and the images seemed so familiar... and that's because they were! We featured that commission as the cover art on the Summer 2008 SGQ. Here follows an excerpt from the article and a few images from the article. For more SGQ stories and back issues, check out our store here.
Posted September 17, 2021
“Orchestrations of Colour” is devoted to the life and work of the Glaswegian stained glass artist-craftsman, Douglas Hamilton (1895-1959), who trained with the Stephen Adam Studio, studied at the Glasgow School of Art and served in the Great War. He later moved on to Guthrie & Wells until setting up his own studio in 1938. From then until his death in 1959 he produced stained glass for the 90 or more churches listed in the gazetteer. He rarely signed his windows so there are undoubtedly others, yet to be identified.
Posted September 15, 2021
A little over 30 years ago, a collection of stained glass windows pulled from churches in disrepair marked for demolition started in a Texas garage. Now that collection has grown into a museum.
Posted August 5, 2021
A group of historians who are scholars in Jewish Art have come together to gather information. They have a stained glass sub-group through the International Survey of Jewish Monuments. They are asking for help to put together a list of stained glass windows existing in Synagogues. It is data collection at this point - trying to figure out where windows exist in Jewish buildings and some basic information about them. It turns out American synagogues are under-represented in stained glass art history.
Posted March 31, 2021
2020 IN REVIEW & LOOKING AHEAD The work of the SGAA in 2020 was a vastly different kind of creative than what we had planned. Still, in many ways, we are fortunate that we were already in a sort of “challenge and rebuild” mode here at the office and with our dedicated, long-time Board and Committee members. Digging into the organization’s foundation and embracing change has been the routine here since January 2018. So while we certainly have felt disappointed at times not to be on the path we envisioned, we’re still proud of all we accomplished. Download our entire membership report read about both the highlights of 2020 as well as what we're looking forward to in 2021.
Posted February 4, 2021
Big news... WE MOVED to a gorgeous new location in the heart of downtown Buffalo, NY and we're finally able to reopen our offices two days a week!
Posted December 26, 2020
At 4:30am December 25th, 2020, internationally recognized stained glass conservator and scholar Mary Clerkin Higgins passed away after a long battle with cancer. Mary Clerkin Higgins was an award-winning artist and conservator who has worked in stained glass since 1976. She has written about, lectured internationally, and restored stained glass from the 12th century to the present for numerous museums and institutions around the country, while also creating new works of art at herstudio in Brooklyn, NY. Windows that she has built and worked on are in Cathedrals, Museums, and Universities around the world. Among the institutions that have turned to Mary for her stained glass conservation expertise are Harvard University, The Nasher Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the United Nations and many others. Mary lived life intensely, passionately, and generously, dedicated to stained glass and to those she loved. The entire community is lucky to have her works of art and her writings to turn to in her memory. Here, we share the last piece she wrote for Stained Glass, our quarterly magazine, where she writes about the conservation of three of J&R Lamb’s Stanford Memorial Church windows on the campus of Stanford University.
Posted August 14, 2020
2020 has been a highly unusual year, to say the least, and the leadership of the SGAA wanted to dedicate this space to make clear that if you are passionate about stained glass, then there is a place for you among us. There is a renewed focus on diversity and inclusion all around the country and that is a good thing. There is no organization so perfect that it does not need to purposefully, constantly challenge how it might be building bridges between leadership and everyone who we hope is a part of our organization.
Posted May 25, 2020
This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of the Stained Glass Quarterly - Vol 115 No 1. Teaching creativity one cut of glass at a time : The Stained Glass Project in Philadelphia is changing lives
Posted May 21, 2020
Be Safe - it applies to Everyone. www.nzilanimaskproject.com__________________ When the Bay Area shelter-in-place order was announced in mid-March as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; Nzilani Glass Conservation immediately started thinking about how to safely continue employing their core staff while keeping people safe in the Bay Area and Beyond.
Posted May 7, 2020
A letter from Youghiogheny to all Art Glass Industry: Our industry is long overdue for an announcement of excitement and positivity, so we are pleased to be the bearer of good news. Youghiogheny, together with Oceanside Glasstile, is announcing the acquisition and launch of Uro by Yough, a resurrection of the Uroboros line of both traditional art glass and 96 compatible fusible glass. The machines and all of the equipment have arrived at our Connellsville factory, and we are just about ready to start production.
Posted May 3, 2020
DESPITE THE CHALLENGES of Spring 2020 and COVID-19 there are still many exciting things happening for SGAA members.
Posted April 20, 2020
We are already more accustomed than most to wearing masks as PPE in our day-to-day work but now that it's just a part of daily life, it's more important than ever that we have options of how to take care of ourselves.
Posted April 15, 2020
Excerpt from Stained Glass Spring 2016 - Vol. 111, No. 1 By Amie Jane LeavittLike many stained glass artisans Tom Holdman started his career in his parents’ garage. He has excelled in glass on the wisdom his father shared with him growing up.
Posted February 25, 2020
Rohlf's Stained and Leaded Glass Studio celebrates its 100th anniversary.
Posted February 10, 2020
Stained glass artist and pioneer Sarah Hall was appointed a Member of the Royal Order of Canada.
Posted January 14, 2020
For the first time since the SGAA moved headquarters to Buffalo, the entire board visited the city as the association held its winter board meetings.
Posted December 2, 2019
The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass is coming to Rhode Island with an opening lecture and reception on Dec. 8.
Posted November 25, 2019
A chance encounter with Tiffany lamps while working at Death Valley National Park led to Freddi Steele's calling into stained glass.
Posted November 6, 2019
The Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) of the University of Rochester is pleased to present The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art, the first survey and major scholarly assessment of this groundbreaking artist's 37-year career.
Posted October 28, 2019
After his 1982 sculpture depicting the Last Supper with African-American faces was rediscovered, Akili Ron Anderson found himself back in the spotlight. A sculptor, stained-glass artist, and painter (among other things), Anderson has infused his work with Afrocentric themes which has served as his contribution to changing the world.
Posted October 10, 2019
Stained-glass artist Sylvia Nicolas will receive the Living Treasure Award for lifetime achievement at the New Hampshire Governor's Art Awards on Oct. 21, 2019.
Posted September 27, 2019
To celebrate 50 years of The Nuestadt, the museum will host the first scholarly symposium on the history of Tiffany collecting on Oct. 11 in Manhattan.
Posted September 27, 2019
A history dive into the work of Douglas Phillips, one of the only African American glass artists to have a major studio.
Posted September 10, 2019
Bendheim celebrated the Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Robert Jayson by the Stained Glass Association of America.
Posted September 3, 2019
Serving as a guest docent on tours of sacred spaces around Buffalo, N.Y., Megan McElfresh is helping to spread the word about stained glass and help people see their spaces, and art, in a new way.
Posted August 14, 2019
Learn about William Hazel: architect, stained glass artist and one of the few African-American designers and salesmen to work for Tiffany & Co.
Posted August 8, 2019
New works, many of which are her personal favorites, of Judith Schaechter will be on exhibit at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia. The show opens on Sept. 20, 2019 and runs through Jan. 5, 2020.
Posted August 6, 2019
As the Richard H. Driehaus Museum prepares for its exhibit and accompanying publication Eternal Light: The Sacred Stained-Glass Windows of Louis Comfort Tiffany the museum has also launched Chicago's Tiffany Trail, an app that takes visitors to Tiffany windows around the Windy City.
Posted July 29, 2019
Support the Stained Glass Association of America as it takes its winter meetings to Buffalo, N.Y. in January 2020.
Posted June 4, 2019
Robert Jayson, owner and president of S.A. Bendheim Ltd., was presented with the SGAA Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual awards reception and banquet, held June 4 to close out the 2019 summer conference in San Antonio, Texas. Megan McElfresh was presented with the Distinguished Service Award, Tony Glander the President's Award, and Ellen Mandelbaum the Stained Glass School Excellence in Education Award.
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