I am delighted to have been chosen as a stained glass artist to create a permanent stained glass artwork for the museum at the time of Margaret Rope’s exhibition.
What better news could there be than this?
The authorities at Shrewsbury Museum have listened to our requests, and will be putting on an exhibition – about the life and times of Marga – sometime around the middle of next year (2016).
Well done to them for listening!
Shrewsbury Museum at night
It is terrific news, because at last the work of this undervalued artist will get the exposure it needs.
Not only will the residents of Shrewsbury get a chance to realise what a genius once lived in their midst, but, if all goes well, the rest of the country will find out too.
It’s hoped that the exhibition will attract enthusiasts from far and wide.
Artefacts
The main difficulty in any putative exhibition about Marga’s work is that nearly all of her work is fixed into the stone structures of churches all over the world! Those beautiful windows…
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