Victorian Stained Glass in the Cotswolds

The Victorians brought stained glass back with a bang into our churches. Chances are, if you see stained glass in a church today it will be Victorian. Join Kirsty Hartsiotis to explore this often forgotten period, looking at why glass was revived, what fashions drove the changes in style, and what kind of stories the Victorians wanted to tell.

Mar 23,

7pm

Winchcombe History Group

Exquisite Embroideries and Glittering Glass

Women’s work has always been in our churches, but never more so than in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. We’ll discover work by women such as Theo Moorman, Veronica Whall, Mary Lowndes, Nora Yoxall and Nan Reid, among many unsung women whose work enriches our churches right up the present day.

Apr 1,

2pm

Cotteswold Naturalists Field Club

Memorials of these Dark Days

There was a national need for memorials in the wake of the First World War, and the designers of the Arts and Crafts Movement rose to the challenge, creating crosses, memorials, halls and much more. This talk explores the ways that Arts and Crafts designers chose to interpret their commissions to commemorate the war – and at the attendant local politics in erecting them! 

Apr 2,

8pm

Arts Society Amersham

Wonderful Wall Paintings!

Once upon a time our churches were full of colour and imagery but today often only ghosts of those decorations remain. We are very lucky in the Cotswolds in having exciting schemes of wall paintings from one of the very earliest schemes to survive in Britain at Kempley, terrifying dooms at Mitcheldean and Oddington, to Tudor wall paintings in Gloucester and vivid Victorian art at Highnam – and so much more! 

Apr 10,

10.30am

Museum in the Park, Stroud