WHAT'S ON AT THE MUSEUM
The museum has a lively programme of events open to all. Please see below for what's on at the museum.
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Layers: James Cockerill Screen Printing on Glass
1 Jun. 2024 - 28 Sep. 2024
Event category: Exhibition
Location: The Stained Glass Museum
This summer, we are delighted to be hosting the temporary exhibition Layers: James Cockerill Screen Printing on Glass
James Cockerill is a First Prize winner of the prestigious Stevens Architectural Glass Artist of the Year Award, and winner of the George and Evelyn Gee Prize for Craftsmanship. He is a Fine Art graduate and founder of HALTglass, through which he designs, makes, teaches, and provides consultancy on glass and print.
James specialises in combining traditional techniques with modern innovations to create striking, graphic works on glass. From his studio in Surrey, James’s art practice is constantly evolving through experimentation, with photography and silkscreen printing providing the foundation for his creative exploration. Layers of often ephemeral images from life and from media are printed onto glass then kiln fired into permanence.
Children's Summer Holiday Crafts: At the seaside - Drop in session
7 Aug. 2024 10:00-12:00
Event category: Family Activity
Price: Donations welcome
Location: The Stained Glass Museum
Come and join us at our drop in sessions. No need to book just turn up during the advertised times.
Decorate your own beautiful stained glass inspired roundel to hang up at home. Use a range of materials to add fish, ice-creams, boats, beachballs, sunshine and anything else that reminds you of the seaside!
Suitable for all ages, a suggested donation of £1 per child is recommended to cover the cost of the materials
Suitable for ages: Suitable for all
Children's Summer Holiday Crafts: Amazing Animals - Drop in session
14 Aug. 2024 10:00-12:00
Event category: Family Activity
Price: Donations welcome
Location: The Stained Glass Museum
Come and join us at our drop in sessions. No need to book just turn up during the advertised times.
Come and explore all the animals in our stunning gallery and then make a stained glass inspired animal bookmark.
Suitable for all ages, a suggested donation of £1 per child is recommended to cover the cost of the materials
Suitable for ages: Suitable for all
Summer Holiday Crafts: Family Glass Fusing Workshop
20 Aug. 2024 11:00-12:30
*** FULLY BOOKED *** Please contact us for waiting list
Event category: Children's Workshop
Price: £15 per participant
Location: The Stained Glass Museum
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This ticket admits 1 participant to the workshop. Each member of the family wishing to make a fused glass panel needs to book a ticket. Suitable for ages: 7+
Are you looking for something memorable to do with your child this summer? In this unique session you and your child/children can work alongside each other to make a beautiful fused panel, so no need for you parents to just watch, you can get creating too! You will begin by learning the principles and theory of glass cutting, fusing and firing. After this you will be taught how to cut the glass and try cutting the glass yourself. Other techniques you will be introduced to will include fusing clear and coloured glass using fritt, confetti, stringers and noodles. You will get to work on your design and make a 10cm x 10cm glass piece. The session leader will provide examples of the different techniques, processes, fittings and results for you to handle and examine, but the emphasis of the workshop will be on the creative designs that you can achieve by yourselves, ensuring that everyone will have a rewarding time.
Your glass will need to be kiln-fired after the workshop is finished so you will NOT be taking your glass home on the day of the session. each firing takes 24hours. Once your fused artwork has been kiln-fired and cooled, we will contact you to let you know it is ready for collection. This will usually be within a week of completing the workshop.
Suitable for ages: 7+
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Summer Holiday Crafts: Family Glass Fusing Workshop
20 Aug. 2024 1:30-3:00
*** FULLY BOOKED *** Please contact us for waiting list
Event category: Children's Workshop
Price: £15 per participant
Location: The Stained Glass Museum
Book
This ticket admits 1 participant to the workshop. Each member of the family wishing to make a fused glass panel needs to book a ticket. Suitable for ages: 7+
Are you looking for something memorable to do with your child this summer? In this unique session you and your child/children can work alongside each other to make a beautiful fused panel, so no need for you parents to just watch, you can get creating too! You will begin by learning the principles and theory of glass cutting, fusing and firing. After this you will be taught how to cut the glass and try cutting the glass yourself. Other techniques you will be introduced to will include fusing clear and coloured glass using fritt, confetti, stringers and noodles. You will get to work on your design and make a 10cm x 10cm glass piece. The session leader will provide examples of the different techniques, processes, fittings and results for you to handle and examine, but the emphasis of the workshop will be on the creative designs that you can achieve by yourselves, ensuring that everyone will have a rewarding time.
Your glass will need to be kiln-fired after the workshop is finished so you will NOT be taking your glass home on the day of the session. each firing takes 24hours. Once your fused artwork has been kiln-fired and cooled, we will contact you to let you know it is ready for collection. This will usually be within a week of completing the workshop.
Suitable for ages: 7+
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Children's Summer Holiday Crafts: Dragons and shields - Drop in session
21 Aug. 2024 10:00-12:00
Event category: Family Activity
Price: Donations welcome
Location: The Stained Glass Museum
Come and join us at our drop in sessions. No need to book just turn up during the advertised times. One free adult with one or more participating children.
Come and find the shields in our beautiful gallery and then make your own family shield using a range of craft materials. You could even contribute to our giant paper fire breathing dragon!
Suitable for all ages, a suggested donation of £1 per child is recommended to cover the cost of the materials
Suitable for ages: Suitable for all
Children's Summer Holiday Crafts: Children's Printing Workshop
28 Aug. 2024 10:00-11:30
*** FULLY BOOKED *** Please contact us for waiting list
Event category: Children's Workshop
Price: £5 per child
Location: The Stained Glass Museum
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Come and enjoy our fantastic temporary exhibition featuring the work of James Cockerill and produce your own unique string and paper print!
You will have the opportunity to explore the unique screen printing techniques of award winning glass artist James Cockerill. James specialises in combining traditional methods with modern innovations to create striking graphics works of glass.
After collecting ideas from the exhibition you will then come to our studio and create your own beautiful print to take home to frame or make into a card!
Suitable for ages: 7+
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'Inspired by William Morris
28 Aug. 2024 - 31 Oct. 2024
Event category: Exhibition
Price: Free
Location: The Stained Glass Museum
William Morris described the two leading passions of his life as the desire to create ‘beautiful things’ and a ‘hatred of modern civilisation’. As well as being an artist and designer Morris was also a writer, activist and poet. He was in every way a radical of his time, in both thought and action.
Organised by the British Society of Master Glass Painters (BMSGP), this exhibition invited members to make a 30cm square glass panel in response to the theme ‘Inspired by William Morris’ for an online and touring exhibition. Open to professionals, enthusiasts and novices alike, more than 90 submissions were received.
An online gallery with all submissions for the exhibition can be found Here
The touring exhibition opens in Stourbridge at the International Festival of Glass from 23-26 August. It is then on display at The Stained Glass Museum in Ely from 28 August - 31 October, and then in Rochdale Town Hall until the end of 2024.
Contact: 01353 660347
Refunds & Cancellation Policy
For cancellations made more than 28 days in advance we offer a full refund or one free date change.
For cancellations made between 14 and 28 days in advance we will offer a 50% refund or allow one free date change.
For cancellations made less than 14 days in advance we are unable to offer a refund or date change on workshop places, although you are welcome to transfer the booking to someone else.
If a date change has already been requested we cannot offer a refund on a subsequent cancellation.
We are unable to refund workshops paid for using workshop vouchers.
Please bear in mind that the Stained Glass Museum is a charity and in order to operate successfully it’s important that we adhere to this policy.
Cancellation of courses by the Museum
Under rare or exceptional circumstances the Museum may have to cancel workshops. If a cancellation is necessary, we will do our utmost to contact you by phone or email as soon as possible before the workshop is held. You will be offered either a full refund or the option to transfer their booking to an alternative date/workshop.
Please note The Stained Glass Museum is not liable for any costs associated with travel or accommodation. Please bear this in mind when booking travel or accommodation in advance.
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