Connick Foundation Publications


Charles Connick: His Education and His Windows in and Near Pittsburgh
by Albert M. Tannler, Foreword by Peter Cormack

Charles Connick spent 22 of his first 32 years living in Pittsburgh, and it was there that he learned and first practiced the art and craft of stained glass windows design and fabrication. In 1909 he settled permanently in the Boston area, living and working there until his death. More...


2008 Orin E. Skinner Annual Lecture (DVD)
"Transatlantic Gothic: Aspects of Anglo-American Medievalism"

This DVD contains the complete lecture given by Mr. Cormack at the 2008 Orin E. Skinner Annual Lecture in Marsh Chapel at Boston University. More...


History and Practice of Stained Glass (DVD)
A Lecture by Orin E. Skinner

This is the final formal lecture given by Orin E. Skinner, Stained Glass Artist and Master Craftsman of the Connick Studio. This DVD, recently reproduced and enhanced, contains the complete lecture given by Mr. Skinner in 1989. More...


Stained Glass Tours: Boston
by Orin E. Skinner

In conjunction with the Boston Public Library's Connick Studio exhibition and with the Stained Glass Association of America's 2004 Summer Convention in Boston, The Connick Foundation republished Orin E. Skinner's article Stained Glass Tours: Boston with accompanying map in booklet form. More...


The Stained Glass Work of Christopher Whall 1849-1924
by Peter Cormack

Published in 1999, this is a revised version of the lecture given by Mr. Cormack at Boston Public Library in 1997. This 60-page book includes a foreword by Jonathan Fairbanks, 15 color reproductions, 6 black and white photographs, and complete notes and bibliography.  A review of this work is included in the October 2000 Connick Windows. More...


Vol. XXVIII, Journal of Stained Glass: America Issue (2004)
Article: Glazing 'with careless care': Charles J. Connick and the Arts & Crafts philosophy of stained glass
by Peter Cormack

"In this essay, I shall examine a number of Charles Connick's window commissions from the 1910s to the 1930s, to suggest that the English Arts & Crafts 'philosophy' of stained glass, as articulated above all by Christopher Whall, was fundamental to his tremendously successful career and his emergence as, in my opinion, the greatest of all American stained glass artists..." More...

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