Orin E. Skinner Lectures


November 2006

Peter Cormack F.S.A., illustrated lecture: Charles J. Connick (1875-1945): America's Greatest Stained Glass Artist

November 2005

Albert M. Tannler, illustrated lecture: Charles J. Connick and the "Early School" of
American Stained Glass Artists

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November 2004

James O'Gorman, slide presentation: The Arts and Crafts Movement: Two Bridges to Boston

 

November 2003

Lance Kasparian, Historical Architect: The Stained Glass Work of Donald MacDonald (1841-1916) and His Times


November 2002

Alan Younger, Vice President & Fellow, British Society of Master Glass-Painters; part-time Lecturer in Fine Arts, American International University, London: "Measure Thrice, cut once": glazing the clerestory windows of Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey


November 2001

Julie L. Sloan, Stained Glass Consultant: History of Stained Glass in America

 

 

November 2000

Dr. Nicola Gordon Bowe, Professor of Art and Design, College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland: The Glow of Controlled Fire: Stained Glass and the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement

 

November 1999

James Yarnell, director of the La Farge Catalogue Raisonné: The Light of Other Days: John La Farge Stained Glass at Trinity Church and Memorial Hall

 

November 1998

Paul F. Norton, Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Revelations from the Stained Glass of Rhode Island


November 1997

Peter Cormack, Deputy Director of the William Morris Gallery, London: 'Aglow with brave resplendent colour': the stained glass of Christopher Whall (1849-1924)


November 1996

Madeline Harrison Caviness, Mary Richardson Professor and Professor History of Art, Tufts University: Brilliant Collectables: Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass in the U.S.


November 1995

No lecture. Instead a memorial service for Orin E.Skinner, who passed away on April 4, held on his 103rd birthday, at Saint Mary's and Saint John's Monastery Chapel of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, MA. Mr. Skinner was the founder and president of the Connick Foundation and President of the Studio 1945-1986.


November 1994

Jonathan L. Fairbanks, Katharine Lane Weems Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Connick Idea