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12 APRIL 2007 PRESERVATION IN PRINT A W E E K E N D O F F A B U L O U S Preserving the Stained Glass Heritage of New Orleans • Symposium Features National Experts April 21 • by Patricia Andrews New Orleans has an enormous selection of outstanding religious art, especially its stained glass windows, but they are a well-kept secret, Susan E. Levy and Blanche M. Comiskey reflected after closing down the Vatican Exhibit at the New Orleans World’s Fair. To bring this powerful art form to a wider audience, they formed the Stained Glass Art in Sacred Places group, which has presented over thirty PRC-sponsored tours since 1989. H Mary C. Higgins stained glass artist and conservator onoring the memory of Susan Levy, a special symposium on the history and conservation of New Orleans stained glass will take place at Trinity Episcopal School on Saturday, April 21, with illustrated talks by nationally recognized experts and members of the local tour committee. If you have attended any of the stained glass tours or have ever wanted to, this weekend is a must. The program is sponsored by the Friends of St. Alphonsus Art & Cultural Center, with assistance from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and the Preservation Resource Center. Harriet Murrell will present an informal survey of hurricane damage, and Mary La Coste will open the symposium with a history of the stained Andrew C. Young president of the stained glass Association of America Mary La Coste New Orleans author and tour organizer glass tours, enumerating some of their achievements over the years. Jean M. Farnsworth, a former resident of New Orleans and principal editor of Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia, will present her findings about New Orleans stained glass from 1841 until 1915. (Glass predating the Civil War is extremely rare in the United States). Dr. Sally Main, curator at the Newcomb Art Gallery, will talk about the influence of Louis Comfort Tiffany in New Orleans. Much of the symposium will focus on the preservation of our stained glass heritage. Local glass artist Cynthia C. Knezeak will describe some of the Hurricane Katrina-related damage that she has appraised and repaired, and Arthur J. Femenella, whose firm restored the Tiffany windows donated Cynthia Knezeak glass restoration specialist from Metairie to Newcomb College, will present his “Strategy for Restoration,” based on extensive experience throughout the United States. Mary Clerkin Higgins, author, stained glass artist, and conservator from New York, will focus on issues relating to the construction of windows, and Andrew C. Young, president of the Stained Glass Association of America, will discuss issues facing owners of stained glass when planning repairs. The all-day event, with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m., will include a box lunch and will conclude with a tour of the Trinity Episcopal Church stained glass windows by Harriet Murrell. The following day will feature a tour of four houses of worship. InSight Builders General Contractors for all New Orleans New Construction & Renovations “Committed to restoring the traditions of our community”… 7407 St. Charles Avenue, NOLA 504.865.7784 www.Insightbuilds@mindspring.com www.prcno.org
PRESERVATION IN PRINT APRIL 2007 13 S T A I N E D G L A S S A R T Preserving the Stained Glass Heritage of New Orleans Symposium: Saturday, April 21, 8:30 - 4:30 Trinity Episcopal School 1315 Jackson Avenue Tour: Sunday, April 22, 2:00 - 5:00 Begins and ends at St. Alphonsus Art and Cultural Center 2045 Constance Street (at St. Andrew Street) The buses will leave promptly at 2:00 Please register early! Send registration form and check to: Friends of St. Alphonsus, P.O. Box 57143, New Orleans, LA 70157-7143. For phone orders or information, call 504/636-3040. Sponsored by Friends of St. Alphonsus Art and Cultural Center, with assistance from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and the Preservation Resource Center. Save a place for me! This window at Our Lady Star of the Sea portrays St. Frances Cabrini, the first American saint. Pope Leo XIII sent her to the United States to work with immigrants and poor children. PRC’s Stained Glass Tour Goes from Historic St. Roch to St. Charles Avenue April 22 by Patricia Andrews he spring tour will feature Touro Synagogue and Our Lady TStar of the Sea, St. John the Baptist and St. Mary’s Assumption Catholic churches. In addition to the tour, there will be a symposium on April 21, “Preserving the Stained Glass Heritage of New Orleans.” Our Lady Star of the Sea is located in the National Register Historic District Faubourg New Marigny, known locally as St. Roch. This massive brick building in a Greek cross Gene Koss, of the Tulane University art department, created this window for the new wing of Touro Synagogue in 1990. Featuring windows from the pope’s first radio broadcast to sinuous art nouveau lines in a St. Charles Avenue synagogue, four outstanding houses of worship will open for PRC’s biannual Stained Glass in Sacred Places Tour on Sunday afternoon, April 22. plan houses windows by two studios popular in New Orleans: Emil Frei, of St. Louis and Munich, and the Franz Mayer Company, also from Munich. Sure to please tour goers are the portrayals of Pope Pius XI making the first radio broadcast from the Vatican and of Pope Pius X offering communion to the children. St. John the Baptist and St. Mary’s Assumption churches both greet worshipers with overwhelming expanses of elaborate German-style stained glass. www.prcno.org Name: ___________________________________________ Phone: __________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________________ _______ Symposium attendees ($25 fee includes lunch) $__________ _______ St. Mary’s Assumption was begun in 1858, reflecting the growth of the German population in the Irish Channel. Construction of St. John the Baptist Church in Central City dates to 1868 and shows the vibrancy of the area near the end of the New Basin Canal in the years immediately following the Civil War. The sanctuary of Touro Synagogue on St. Charles Avenue, a Beaux Arts structure dedicated in 1909, is surrounded by stained glass that combines geometric forms with sinuous art nouveau lines. The subdued but warm feel of these windows contrasts with the sunny, symbolic glass of the adjoining Tour ($15 for members of the PRC or Friends of St. Alphonsus & $20 for non-members) Total: __________ $__________ chapel. Here, local artists Gene Koss and Ida Kohlmeyer, who had never produced a window before, demonstrate the virtuosity of this medium. Secure parking will be available at St. Alphonsus Art & Cultural Center, 2045 Constance Street. The bus tour, from 2:00 until 5:00 p.m., will culminate with a reception at the St. Alphonsus Center. Bring your binoculars! 123 Walnut St. #805 $835,000 A classic architectural build-out gives this stunning condo residence the feel of an elegant Uptown home. Perched high above Audubon Park, it enjoys extraordinary views of both the City skyline and the majestic Mississippi. 3BR/3BA in a premium building. Carmen L. Duncan, CRS, ABR “Your Real Estate Resource” sm RE/MAX N.O. PROPERTIES Direct: 504-865-9397 • Cell: 504-452-6439 • RE/MAX: 504-866-7733 www.yourrealestateresource.net
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