The mission of the Charles J. Connick Stained Glass Foundation, Ltd. is to promote the true understanding of the glorious medium of color and light and to preserve and perpetuate the Connick tradition of stained glass.

News and Events

Our 2023 Annual Letter:

This year has been an exceptionally busy one for the Charles J. Connick Foundation, with several important new developments that will further our aim of bringing the glorious work of Connick and his fellow artists and craftworkers to the attention of the widest public.

The Foundation is delighted to announce that, after several years of detailed research, Peter Cormack’s book Charles J. Connick, America’s Visionary Stained Glass Artist will be published by Yale University Press (of New Haven and London) in June 2024. The author of Arts & Crafts Stained Glass (published by Yale in 2015), Mr Cormack is a leading historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century stained glass who first became interested in Charles Connick’s work in the 1980s, when he explored the significant links between Connick and the English artist Christopher Whall. Read More

ALERT! It has come to the attention of the Connick Foundation that certain stained glass firms are offering “free” advice to churches, which promotes needless and costly re-leading of their windows.  A word of warning.

The CF announces Honorary Director Peter Cormack’s recent, stellar book, Arts & Crafts Stained Glass. Purchase information and a review of Cormack’s book by the Foundation’s former president Albert Tannler may be found here. A review by trustee of the Scottish Stained Glass Trust Dr. Elizabeth Cumming may be found here.

At the 2019 Annual Meeting, the CF directors welcomed architect Lance Kasparian as a new director. The Foundation is very excited to have the benefit of his expertise and experience.

At the 2015 Annual Meeting, it was decided by the board to suspend most of the activities of the Foundation, including tours, lectures and newsletters, in order to devote all possible resources to the publication of a much needed book about Charles J Connick, his studio and his art. We are delighted that our friend, Peter Cormack MBE, FSA, HonFMGP, Vice-President of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, has agreed to this project. Details and updates will appear here as warranted.

Inquiries regarding the records of the Charles J Connick or Connick Associates Studios should be made directly to the Connick Collection of the Boston Public Library Fine Arts Department or the Connick Collection of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rotch Library.

The Boston Public Library holds the extensive document and design archives of the Connick Studio, as well as panels, photographs and other studio artifacts. Many Connick designs are available to view online. To examine correspondence, files or other pieces of the collection, please contact the Fine Arts Department 617-859-2275; fineartsref@bpl.org.

The Connick Collection at MIT’s Rotch Library has been digitized and is accessible online. This collection includes job files, which are a good starting point for researching your windows. To view original items, please contact MIT at 617-324-9773 to make an appointment.

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