Award recognizes artist's windows: work encircle music building in Arizona.STAFF Canadian stained glass stained glass, in general, windows made of colored glass. To a large extent, the name is a misnomer, for staining is only one of the methods of coloring employed, and the best medieval glass made little use of it. artist Sarah Hall's work in the Gwen Harris Music Building at St, Barnabas-on-the-Desert Episcopal Campus in Paradise Valley Paradise Valley may refer to:
The 36 clerestory clerestory or clearstory (both: klĭr`stōr'ē, –stôr'ē), a part of a building whose walls rise higher than the roofs of adjoining parts of the structure. windows encircle en·cir·cle tr.v. en·cir·cled, en·cir·cling, en·cir·cles 1. To form a circle around; surround. See Synonyms at surround. 2. To move or go around completely; make a circuit of. the entire building with over 82 square meters of glass. They were designed by Ms. Hall and created at Glasmalerei Peters in Paderborn, Germany. The windows were dedicated last April. "Desert Crossings" imagines the Christian story of death, resurrection and rebirth in a dramatic new way. The lyrical forms are based on a series of sketches by Ms. Hall drawn from the local desert: a poetic and painterly paint·er·ly adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter; artistic. 2. a. Having qualities unique to the art of painting. b. response to her experience in Arizona. The intensity that is gathered into the Pentecostal "fire flower" over the podium gives a dynamic power to the design. The music building, created for concerts and rehearsals, was designed by Phoenix-based architect Hugh Knoell, Jr., of Knoell & Quidort Architects. A committee, chaired by Nancy Harvey and Peggy Iacobelli, sent out calls for entry to more than 40 known glass artists and reviewed the portfolios of 20 artists before selecting Ms. Hall. |
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