The Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI) will hold a stained glass symposium to educate and encourage collaboration between professionals in the industry.
“Jewels of Light: Creation, Preservation, Appreciation of Stained Glass” will be held in June at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The event focuses on creating a dialogue among stained glass designers, design and engineering professionals, preservation specialists, and stained glass fabricators.
“The goal will be accomplished by the presentation of scholarly papers, panels, roundtable discussions, and demonstrations by stained glass artisans,” said the group’s Janet Bascom. “The symposium will allow discussion and debate within the common overlap in preservation theory (the written word) and practice (the application on the stained glass) to create an understanding of optimal models of practice for new design and preservation.”
The two-day gathering also includes presentations from keynote speakers and tours of the Washington National Cathedral, Daughters of the American Revolution Lay Light Restoration, the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, and the National Presbyterian Church.
Some of the highlighted presentations include:
● “Isothermal Glazing at Old South Church (Boston, MA): Conservation and Protection of Historic Stained Glass,” by Arthur Femenella Jr., vice-president at Femenella and Associates;
● “From Isothermal to iPads: Using New Technologies to Preserve the Windows of St. Patrick’s Cathedral (New York City, NY),” by Jean Phifer, consulting restoration architect to Murphy Burnham and Buttrick, and Drew Anderson, conservator for the department objects conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art;
● “Glass and Spectacle: Relighting St. James United,” by Conor Sampson, principal at CSDesign;
● “Anti-ageing Remedies for Stained Glass,” by keynote speaker Keith Barley, conservator at Barley Studios;
● “Stained Glass at the Library of Congress: Multiple Levels of Complexity and Collaboration,” by James Zeeck, architect and senior project manager for Architects of the Capitol; and
● “House of Commons Stained Glass (Ottawa, Ont.): Protection and Proxies,” by James Maddigan, senior associate at Robertson Martin Architects, and Evelyn Guinan, principal at EGD Glass.
To register for the event, click here.
