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Event category: Family Activity

Price: £3 per child
Location: The Stained Glass Museum
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Come and join us for the first Wednesday of the month for informal fun in our beautiful setting. Enjoy crafts, rhymes and stories linked to the theme. Explore our light box and interactive toys and meet new friends, all whilst relaxing with a drink and a biscuit.
Story time will be under one of our beautiful stained glass windows.

Suitable for ages: Under 5's
Contact: learning@stainedglassmuseum.com
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Event category: Talk /Tour

Price: £6.50 (Friends: £5)
Location: Online
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Leading stained-glass makers James Powell & Sons developed a new type of mosaic tiling material in the early 1860s. The vibrantly coloured opaque tiles, known later as opus sectile, were especially popular in church interiors, where they were used for polychrome tiled floors as well as fresco-like mural decoration.

This talk will introduce new research which has revealed more about the early history of opus sectile, and particularly how the material was collected and promoted by the South Kensington Museum. Lily Crowther is Curator of the social history and decorative art collections at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum. She is also reading for a DPhil at Oxford University and the Victoria & Albert Museum; her research focuses on the collections and legacies of the Museum of Construction & Building Materials, which was part of the South Kensington Museum in the 1850s-1880s.        

The Zoom link will be shared with ticket holders ahead of the event.
A recording of the lecture will also be shared with ticket holders after the event, ideal for those not able to join us live.           
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Event category: Adult Workshop

Price: £120 per person including all materials, equipment and tuition
Location: The Stained Glass Museum, South Triforium, Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4DL
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The art of painting on glass was mastered in the medieval period. Over the following centuries, stained glass artists have used painting techniques to draw with line and light, to create depth and detail, and to control the atmospheric quality of light’s transmission through glass.
In this practical workshop, glass artist Derek Hunt will teach traditional painting techniques. Using vitreous pigment and silver stain on clear glass, students learn to work with a variety of brushes, sticks, quills and sponges to create different effects and shading in both wet and dry matts. Glass work will be fired at intervals throughout the workshop, and ready to take home at the end of the day.



Suitable for ages: 18+
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Price: FREE
Location: Palace Green, Ely
Find The Stained Glass Museum at Ely's Apple Day this year for lots of activities, crafts and more, inspired by the museums beautiful collection.

From finding out about how stained glass made, trying your hand at a fun activity and finding out more about all the exciting events and activities taking place at the museum, find us at the annual Apple Day.

Plus enjoy all the fun of Apple Day with the popular 'longest peel' and 'apple and spoon' races! Enjoy tasty apples, juices and more throughout the day too
Suitable for ages: Suitable for all

Event category: Talk /Tour

Price: £6.50 (Friends: £5)
Location: Online
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After a major redevelopment project, The Burrell Museum was named Art Fund Museum of the Year in 2023. Amongst the extraordinarily rich and diverse collection gifted to the city of Glasgow by collector William Burrell is a significant collection of medieval and Renaissance stained and painted glass. Many of these windows are on display at the museum and this is an opportunity to find out more about how Burrell came to acquire these fine pieces, how they were displayed in the collector's home, and how they have been curated for modern audiences visiting the Burrell Collection today.

Edward Johnson is Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Art at the Burrell Collection, Glasgow. Marie Groll is Business Manager of the York Glazier's Trust, whose PhD research on William Burrell, Thomas Drake and the Transatlantic Trade in Stained Glass in the first half of the 20th century was carried out at the University of York in conjunction with Glasgow Museums.

The Zoom link will be shared with ticket holders ahead of the event.
A recording of the lecture will also be shared with ticket holders after the event, ideal for those not able to join us live.    
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Event category: Talk /Tour

Price: £6.50 (Friends: £5)
Location: Online
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Pauline Boty was one of the founders of British Pop; a talented and ambitious artist, and also a charismatic player on the swinging London scene. She produced a vibrant body of work in stained glass, collage and paint that both challenges and enriches Pop from a female perspective.

This talk will focus on the stained glass work she made while at the Royal College of Art (including the piece held at the Ely Stained Glass Museum). It will explore the relationship between the mediums of collage and stained glass and place both in the wider context of Boty’s whole oeuvre and contribution to Pop.

Dr Sue Tate is a freelance art historian with a specific interest in women artists. She is the leading expert on Pauline Boty, British Pop Artist, 1938-66, having curated exhibitions of her oeuvre, lecturing on it in the UK, Europe and the USA, and publishing essays, book chapters and the definitive book on the artist: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman.

The Zoom link will be shared with ticket holders ahead of the event.
A recording of the lecture will also be shared with ticket holders after the event, ideal for those not able to join us live.    
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Event category: Adult Workshop

Price: £240 per person including all materials, equipment and tuition
Location: The Stained Glass Museum
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During your workshop you will be looking at the classical portraits and faces taken from our gallery at the Stained Glass Museum to recreate your own version to take home. You also bring your own portrait designs if you wish.

You will be using a mixed variety of techniques and brushes to create your final pieces. A selection of tinted coloured glass will be available to use and the chance to explore using a variety of mediums to paint with as well as applying silver stain to your work. Each piece of glass will be fired several times over the length of the workshop ready for you to take home. You also bring your own portrait designs.

The workshop will have a maximum of six students, allowing for ample individual as well as group tuition.
Suitable for ages: 18+
Contact: 01353 660347

Event category: Adult Workshop

Price: £120 per person including materials, equipment and tuition
Location: The Lighthouse, 13 Lynn Road, Ely, CB7 4EG
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In our leading workshops, participants are introduced to the techniques used to make a decorative glass panel, including glass cutting, leading, soldering and glazing (cementing). After you've chosen your design, you will be taken through each step of the construction process and will practise the glazing techniques before making your own panel to take home.
Suitable for ages: 18+
Contact: 01353 660347

Price: £6 per child
Location: The Stained Glass Museum
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Come and try out our new shrinkie workshop. Enjoy learning about our stunning stained glass panels and gather ideas for your own shrinkie. Trace or draw a design onto the special shrinking paper and have it shrunk down into your own stained glass inspired key ring to take home! Suitable for children aged 6yrs+
Suitable for ages: 6 Years+
Contact: learning@stainedglassmuseum.com
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Event category: Children's Workshop

Price: £12 per child
Location: The Stained Glass Museum
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Learn the principles and theory of glass cutting, fusing and firing stained glass.

You will then work on your own design and make a 10cm x10cm glass piece to take home

Your glass will need to be kiln-fired after the workshop is finished. This process takes 24 hours and will usually takes place on the following day because someone needs to be on the premises during firing. Once your fused artwork has been kiln-fired and cooled, we will contact you to let you know it is ready for collection.

All young people must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the workshop.
Suitable for ages: 7+
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Event category: Children's Workshop

Price: £12 per child
Location: The Stained Glass Museum
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During this Level 2 glass fusing session you will build on the principles and theory of glass cutting, fusing and firing glass that you have learned in your previous session. You will then work on your own design and make a fused glass piece to take home Your glass will need to be kiln-fired after the workshop is finished. This process takes 24 hours and will usually takes place on the following day because someone needs to be on the premises during firing. Once your fused artwork has been kiln-fired and cooled, we will contact you to let you know it is ready for collection. All young people must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the workshop. Suitable for ages: 7+ who have previously attended one of our glass fusing workshops.

Suitable for ages: 7+ who have attended a previous fusing workshop
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Event category: Family Activity

Price: Free
Location: Ely Cathedral and The Stained Glass Museum
Join us for our joint drop in session with our friends at Ely Cathedral. Come and meet the artist Kristin V G Bailey, make sketches around the cathedral, create brass rubbings, make your own halo, search for the saints trail and much more!

Suitable for all ages, a suggested donation of £1 per child is recommended to cover the cost of the materials

Suitable for ages: All ages welcome
Contact: learning@stainedglassmuseum.com

Event category: Adult Workshop

Price: £250 per person including all materials, equipment and tuition
Location: The Stained Glass Museum & Lighthouse Ely
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You begin the first day with your tutor by choosing your own panel design from a selection of patterns, known as ‘cartoons’. Then selecting the coloured glass for your painted areas, you will learn how to cut it to shape and your tutor will demonstrate how to size and score glass to make a break line, and how to grind the edges of the cut glass to achieve a precise shape. The remainder of the day will be spent learning how to apply the enamel paint using different paint techniques. Finished pieces will be kiln fired at intervals throughout the day.


During the second day, you will learn the leading, glazing and soldering techniques that will enable you to assemble your cut glass pieces into a single stained glass panel. Your tutor will demonstrate how to frame your cartoon with wood laths, forming a matrix into which lead calmes and glass can be inserted. You will be taught how to cut lead calmes, and how to open up their central channel to accommodate cut glass. Once you have fixed all of your glass pieces in lead, you will be shown how to use a soldering iron to bond the joints of lead. If you would like to be able to hang your panel, your tutor will help you solder a fixture to the lead. This is the final stage of the workshop, after which you will be able to take your stained glass panel home to enjoy!

Suitable for ages: 18+
Contact: 01353 660347

Event category: Adult Workshop

Price: £60 per person including materials, equipment and tuition
Location: The Stained Glass Museum, South Triforium, Ely Cathedral, Ely, CB7 4DL
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During this 2.5 hour workshop, you will be shown the basics of glass fusing and learn to cut your own glass shapes.
You will then use this knowledge to create your own unique glass pieces, such as a pair of coasters, a set of bunting, or a suncatcher.

This is a hands-on workshop, with no previous experience necessary


Suitable for ages: 18+
Contact: 01353 660347
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Event category: Adult Workshop

Price: £60 per person including materials, equipment and tuition
Location: The Stained Glass Museum, South Triforium, Ely Cathedral, Ely, CB7 4DL
Book

During this 2.5 hour workshop, you will be shown the basics of glass fusing and learn to cut your own glass shapes.
You will then use this knowledge to create your own unique glass pieces, such as a pair of coasters, a set of bunting, or a suncatcher.

This is a hands-on workshop, with no previous experience necessary


Suitable for ages: 18+
Contact: 01353 660347
details...