Painting on Stained Glass: A Sacred Art Workshop

This workshop will introduce and teach student the basic technique of traditional glass painting used in stained glass. The theme and design maquette will be provided by the instructor, your own idea design is welcome and eventually adjust with time frame, difficulty, and your ability. Upon choosing  the design,  students will cut glass, learn how to mix and apply glass pigment trough a specific process, how to fire the paint and use silver stain. Each participant will create a small artwork to take home at the end of this one-week workshop.

This week-long workshop’s studio time lasts five consecutive days. Check in begins Sunday night at 4:30. Dinner is served at 5:30 pm for students and instructors. Dinner is followed by a workshop introduction and conference, which ends at 9:00 pm. Hands-on instruction begins early Monday morning. The entire workshop ends Friday at 1 PM.

About the instructor: Fabio Pizzol is the owner and creative director of Studio Pizzol of Missaglia (LC) Italy, and Studio Pizzol Art Glass, LLC of Connecticut. Studio Pizzol creates masterworks of Stained Glass and Mosaic from initial concept to final installation.  The Studio provides consultancy and surveys, restoration and works independently or in collaboration with Churches, architects, artists, and private clients.  He officially joined Studio Pizzol in 1990, following a  lifetime of apprenticeship to his father, the Maestro Sante Pizzol.

He attended the prestigious School of Applied Arts at the Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy, where he received a Medal of Merit in his discipline of Painting upon graduation.  In accompaniment to his core studies at the Castello, he has also attended various courses in diverse disciplines of glass art throughout Europe.

By 2003 Fabio was an Artist in Residence as well as Instructor at the Royal Academy of Glass in La Granja, Spain.  His work during that time is part of the permanent exhibit at the Academy’s museum.  He was awarded first prize in the “Glass Floating Object” competition held in Amsterdam during the XXXII Conference of the Glass Art Society (USA).   Fabio was also the recipient of a grant from the Italian Government in 2007 as a noted  Emerging Young Artist.  He works predominantly from his studios in northern Italy and Connecticut and has participated in exhibits internationally. An accredited Erasmus Master of  Apprenticeships, Fabio mentors art glass apprentices on-site in his studio.  He also teaches at various prestigious art glass schools throughout Europe and around the globe.

For more info about the sacred art workshop:

Website: https://endersisland.org/sacred-art

Email: info@endersisland.org

Phone: 860-536-0565

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