IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE GLASS!! THE STAINED GLASS PROJECT: WINDOWS THAT OPEN DOORS Joan Myerson Shrager & Paula Mandel, Co-Directors
PAULA MANDEL • Co-Director Stained Glass Project • Professional Exhibiting Glass & Mixed Media Sculptor • Mosaic Artist • Curator
JOAN MYERSON SHRAGER • Co-Director Stained Glass Project • Professional exhibiting sculptor, digital artist • Curator • Collaboration with Rabbi Sussman creating over 150 PowerPoint programs on Jewish History • PowerPoint Designer
Once upon a time…… Paula took a trip to South Africa with South African singer songwriter, Sharon Katz and met Dr. Barbara Mitchell, director of the After School Program at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown. Dr. Mitchell invited Paula to come teach an art class in her program. Paula asked Joan to join her and the rest is history.
The SGP is a diverse community of Muslims, Christians, Jews, old, young, varying economic backgrounds, working with sharp-edged glass, red hot soldering irons, grinders and saws to create original stained glass artwork that becomes a part of the lives of children throughout the United States and the world.
The Stained Glass Project began in 2005 at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown, (FUMCOG) Phila PA…
… and moved to Kendrick Recreation Center in 2013 Built in 1926 Built in 1926
Student artists guided by mentors A student called him “the father I never had.”
From raw materials to finished product
From unique idea to drawing…
Ta Dah!!!
“It’s Your Own Story”
Community of new friends
From student to mentor
Homemade goodies, pizza, sandwiches, cake…..
Guest Speakers: Community Activists, Artists, Business Leaders Phil Smith Ray Gant Judith Schaecter Neil Kitrosser, Esq Father Joseph, Steve Brownstein Sister Linda Lauren Uganda Mission St. Joan Mandel of Arc
Philadelphia Museums, Theaters, Concerts, Movies and beyond…
New Horizons
Dining out together, for some a new experience
Out of town visits… Baltimore Joyce Scott, ACC award winner New Grounds for Sculpture Jersey New Jersey NYC
…Washington, DC The Obamas meet the Stained Glass Project… ???
WINDOW RECIPIENTS •2009-2010 Durban, South African School for AIDS orphans •2010-2011 New Orleans, LA Morris Jeff School after Hurricane Katrina. Group trip to present windows •2011-2012 North Phila Community Partnership School. •2012-2013 Redlake, Minnesota Ojibwe People’s School. Group trip to present windows to tribal representatives. •2013-2014 Roxborough, Phila Kendrick Recreation Center •2015-2016 Phila Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice •2016-2017 Ibanda, Uganda Pope John Paul 2nd High School •2017-2018 Phila Mission of St Joan of Arc •2018-2019 Las Mareas, Puerto Rico Education Center (pending) •2019-2020 Phila Walter B. Saul Agricultural High School (pending)
1st project: Windows for South Africa
Firstrust Bank Funds New Orleans Trip
NOLA
Morris Jeff International Baccalaureate School Jazz Band welcomes The SGP
Morris Jeff Community School, NOLA 3rd Location of windows
Philadelphia Mayor Nutter comes to celebrate the Stained Glass artists….
Windows Installed at Kendrick Recreation Center …
…and Celebrated
Bryn Athyn College Collaboration
Dedication of windows in honor of one of our students who was a resident of Covenant House
Trip to Ojibwe Nation, Redlake, Minnesota
Ojibwe Nation, Redlake, Minnesota
Community Partnership School, North Philadelphia
Mission of St. Joan of Arc welcomes the students
Mission of Saint Joan of Arc, Philadelphia
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