Harry Clarke

Reply to Harry Clarke Documentary on UK Sky Arts

nobody@flickr.com (Fiona Moate) — Sat, 12 May 2012 10:23:39 -0700

It was really good.
Very interesting back story to the Geneva commission.

Reply to Harry Clarke Documentary on UK Sky Arts

nobody@flickr.com (LR54) — Sat, 12 May 2012 07:21:17 -0700

LR54 posted a reply:

Yes, it's called Harry Clarke - Darkness in Light. I saw it on Sky Arts and subsequently bought it from the producers website www.camelproductions.net. I'd highly recommend it for any Clarke fans.

Harry Clarke Documentary on UK Sky Arts

nobody@flickr.com (Fiona Moate) — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:20:37 -0700

Fiona Moate posted a new topic:

There is a new documentary on Harry Clarke it is on Sky Arts & is on at odd times. 5-5-12 at 2-30 am & repeated through the week at off peak times.
Should be interesting, don't know any more details & only spotted it when I was scrolling along to see what was on this week to record.

Reply to Harry Clarke Tour

nobody@flickr.com (Laura Goff Parham) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:41:38 -0800

Laura Goff Parham posted a reply:

Also - there will be a Clarke presentation at the Stained Glass Association of America (SGAA) Summer Conference in Kansas City MO. For more information go to www.stainedglass.org/

Clarke tour in New Jersey USA

nobody@flickr.com (Laura Goff Parham) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:39:59 -0800

Laura Goff Parham posted a new topic:

Also there is a tour on Harry Clarke on March 17, 2012 in New Jersey.
Too far for me to go. But maybe some of you all can go.
Here is the info:

www.nj.com/bayonne/index.ssf/2012/02/saint_vincent_de_pau...

Laura Goff Parham

Harry Clarke Tour

nobody@flickr.com (Laura Goff Parham) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:36:34 -0800

Laura Goff Parham posted a new topic:

Today I received a press release from the Stained Glass Association of America. There will be a Harry Clarke Tour in the Fall of 2012. It looks like fun. I thought you would be interested in the information (shown below). Laura Goff Parham

Harry Clarke Stained Glass Tour
Ireland’s ‘Strangest Genius’ in Stained Glass
‘A New and Unique way to Experience Ireland’

When you think of Ireland.....what comes to mind............Green landscapes, Guinness, Pubs, Music, Rain or Riverdance....well there is much more! Ireland’s arts and crafts provide a different side of our country!

Enter Culture & Heritage Tours, a unique company that looks at Ireland in a different way. We bring you on journeys in a refreshingly different approach to experiencing the many aspects of Ireland’s past. The idea is simple enough; experts have put together itineraries on a variety of themes which will allow you to experience Ireland in a way not previously possible. A great deal of thought has gone into designing the overall program as well as the individual details of each tour, taking in both the well known, but more importantly the less well known. Ireland is full of hidden gems that are, as they say, “hiding in plain sight,” and it helps to have an expert on hand to help you find them.

Culture and Heritage Tours have designed a truly unique tour based on the life and work of Ireland’s most renowned Stained Glass designer, Harry Clarke. The Harry Clarke Stained Glass tour of Ireland commences on the 10th of September 2012 and for ten days, you will be taken on a journey of exploration throughout hidden Ireland. This trip takes you on a journey starting in Dublin’s National Museum and Hugh Lane Gallery to the Honan Chapel, University College Cork and on to the Diseart Institute, Dingle, Co Kerry into Galway, Tipperary, Donegal and Belfast. There are lectures by experts in Irish Stain Glass and its restoration.

Despite being beset by poor health throughout his short life, Harry Clarke created some of the finest work produced in the medium of stained glass in the twentieth century. He created stained glass windows for church’s and commercial commissions, as well as numerous panels for private patrons. His Geneva Window, now housed in the Wolfsonian Museum Collection, Miami, which was to be a gift of the Irish Government to the new International Labour building in Geneva, is considered a masterpiece, but it was thought to be a little risky in some of its depictions by the great Irish writers who assisted in the planning. There are also the nine chancel windows depicting angels in St. Vincent De Paul Church, Bayonne, New Jersey. His work is now housed in galleries, museums and private collections all over the world.

Designing this itinerary required months of research and this is reflected in the attention to detail throughout. While Harry Clarke is the primary focus, this tour also looks at the influence of other stained glass artists in the arts and crafts movement in Ireland, including Sarah Purser (An Tur Gloine or in English, the Tower of Glass in 1903), Evie Hone and Wilhelmina Geddes. In Ireland, these talented ladies are exemplary in not just their artistic work but are figures linked to the beginning of women’s liberty in a country which was at the time ‘man in business’ orientated.

The Harry Clarke Stained Glass tour of Ireland is evidence of the authenticity that Culture and Heritage Tours embrace in order to offer a product that is unique to them. Regardless of which of the different tours takes your fancy, you can be content in knowing that all tours are artistically tailored so you can “experience, savour and enjoy a rich and rare land and to highlight the forgotten and interesting places in Ireland. What makes Culture & Heritage Tours different is that we have gone out of our way to find “the obscure and relatively undiscovered culture and heritage of Ireland.” We “create tours that speak to your mind and your senses and open up a world of wonder. Not only do the tours take you off the beaten track, they also take you to a cultural world of discovery.” The tours available will appeal to many different interests and age groups and if like many others, the Harry Clarke tour is for you, you will be delighted to hear that there are still spaces available.

Culture and Heritage Tours embrace Ireland’s vivid kaleidoscope of picturesque landscapes, magnificent mountains, incredible travel destinations, unique culture and ancient heritage. Explore Harry Clarke’s world of Stained Glass with Culture and Heritage Tour. It is not surprising that Culture and Heritage Tours is Ireland’s leading specialist tour and travel operator. Full details of this and all the tours on offer can be found at www.cultureheritagetours.ie , by calling +353 7191 38945 or email info@irishcultures.eu

Welcome to our World

Press:
Please contact: Albert Dawson, Managing Director, Culture & Heritage Tours Ireland for further information. albert@irishcultures.eu

Reply to some of you may be interested!

nobody@flickr.com (keithgalevitraille) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:08:36 -0700

keithgalevitraille posted a reply:

Great link, I was aware of this work good to get a good explanatory text, thanks,some of the better Harry Clarke Studios work.

some of you may be interested!

nobody@flickr.com (Wendy:will catch up ASAP!) — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:46:00 -0700

Wendy:will catch up ASAP! posted a new topic:

www.ucd.ie/news/2011/06JUN11/030611-Stained-glass-window-...

Reply to Harry Clarke Studios or Richard King

nobody@flickr.com (Aidan McRae Thomson) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:11:40 -0700

Aidan McRae Thomson posted a reply:

Thanks Niall, sorry about the delay, I must have missed this, my answer would of course be yes :-)

Reply to Harry Clarke Studios or Richard King

nobody@flickr.com (Niall McAuley) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:59:44 -0700

Niall McAuley posted a reply:

From the About page:

Work from the latter years of Harry Clarke Studios (ie after Clarke's death) will also be welcome as they largely continue his vision, provided they are identified as such