Daniella Peltz
I fell in love with stained glass as
a 12 year old when I took a
stained glass class at summer camp.
After graduating with a BA in Art
History from Vassar College in New York
State, USA, I was working at a
law firm in New York City when I
realized I was miserable. I came upon
a stained glass course in the catalogue
for Parsons School of Design,
took the course and decided to volunteer
at the St. Ann Center for
Restoration and the Arts. The St. Ann
Center was then in charge of
restoring the oldest ensemble of figural
stained glass windows made in
the United States - from 1844 to 1848.
After volunteering at the Center
for two years I was asked to join the
apprenticeship program. I spent
three years as an apprentice in stained
glass conservation and later
received a Kress Fellowship to study
stained glass conservation at
various sites in Europe for six months,
including Cologne Cathedral and
Canterbury Cathedral.
Since finishing my fellowship I have
been working as a freelance
conservator in New York City for six
years on projects that range from
Tiffany to Whitefriars to LaFarge.