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Morris and Co. Stained Glass Returns Home

Six stained glass windows made by renowned decorative arts firm Morris and Co which were originally housed in the chapel of Stockport’s Cheadle Royal Hospital in Cheshire, U.K. have been returned to the area.

Four of the windows were designed by Edward Burne-Jones and one by William Morris, both of whom were eminent artists of the pre Raphaelite movement and founding members of British design company Morris and Co.

For details, visit the Culture24.org.uk website.
 
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Fantasy Camp For Would-be Frank Lloyd Wrights

If you've dreamed of living in the pleasing spaces of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West, here's your chance to bring a little of that to your own home. The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust is holding a "fantasy camp" next month for non-architects to design their own structures.

It's an incredible splurge at $900, but participants will meet with professional architects at Wright's Oak Park, Ill., drafting studio to help them create anything they want - an addition to their house, a vacation home or a room remodel. No architecture or design experience is necessary.

Read more at azcentral.com.
   
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Second Generation of Tiffany Created Masterpieces Too

The son of the founder of New York-based Tiffany & Co. preferred glass. His creations, from vases to stained glass windows or the signature Tiffany lamps, are a study in color, light and innovation that revolutionized glassmaking.

A selection of his pieces from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are featured in the show "Louis Comfort Tiffany, Colors and Light," which recently opened at the Luxembourg Museum in Paris and will stay there until Jan. 17, when it will move to Montreal's Musee des Beaux-Arts, (Feb. 11-May 2, 2010), then to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (May 29-Aug. 15, 2010).
   

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