Last year the Foundation funded me to teach four young locals to learn stained glass. The Foundation paid for all the materials and tools, which I had shipped from the U.S. My students were three adults (Roberto, Jose Luis and Yulitza) and one 14-year old (Eduardo). They knew that the ultimate goal was to build replacement windows for the ugly colored class/plastic ones in the main church.
They were fantastic students, who put up with my miserable attempts at speaking Spanish. They learned quickly and made six or seven projects, which were displayed in the art exhibition in February 2010.
In early March 2011, we starting building the windows, which were designed by Coqui Calderon (one of Panama's premier artists). Coqui's designs were translated into glass patterns by Tommy; this was a very, very difficult job but, of course, he did it. He also built the build boards for us. Before we began, my wonderful friend and Spanish teacher, Cecilia came to translate so that we were all clear on what we were doing.
Let's let the photos speak for themselves...the original windows...
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