5 Yvonne Williams’ Career
A Brief Resume
Iraboty Kazi
Selected Public Commissions
Alberta:
Edmonton, AB, Robertson United Church
British Columbia:
Vancouver, BC, St. John’s Church
Vernon, BC, Vernon Preparatory School [Now Coldstream Meadows Retirement Community]
Manitoba:
Winnipeg, MB, River Heights Church
Newfoundland and Labrador:
St. John’s, NL, St. Patrick’s Church
Northwest Territories:
Aklavik, NT, All Saints Cathedral
Ontario:
Burlington, ON, Wellington Square United Church
Cobourg, ON, St. Andrew’s Church
Hamilton, ON, Christ’s Church Cathedral
Hamilton, ON, Divinity School Chapel, McMaster University
Hamilton, ON, St. Patrick’s Church
Leith, ON, Historic Leith Church
Newtonbrook, ON, St. John’s Convalescent Hospital [Now St. John’s Rehab at Sunnybrook]
Oakville, ON, The John Bell Chapel at Appleby College
Thunder Bay, ON, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
Timmins ON, St. Matthew’s Cathedral
Toronto, ON, The Anglican Church of the Transfiguration
Toronto, ON, Calvary Baptist Church
Toronto, ON, The Church of St Peter and St Simon-the-Apostle
Toronto, ON, Deer Park United Church [Now at 26 Delisle Avenue, Toronto, Ontario]
Toronto, ON, Holy Rosary Parish
Toronto, ON, Kingsway-Lambton United Church
Toronto, ON, Loretto Abbey College and School [Now Loretto College School]
Toronto, ON, St. James Cathedral
Toronto, ON, St. Michael of All Angels
Toronto, ON, St. Michael’s Hospital Chapel
Toronto, ON, Necropolis Chapel, Riverdale Cemetery
Toronto, ON, Sisters of Notre Dame [Demolished]
Toronto, ON, St. Bernard’s Hospital [Now St. Bernard’s Residence]
Toronto, ON, Strachan Hall, Trinity College
Unionville, ON, St. Philips on-the-hill Anglican Church
Uxbridge, ON, Foster Memorial
Waterdown, ON, Notre Dame Academy [Closed in 1983]
Windsor, ON, St. Aidan’s Anglican Church
York Mills, ON, St. John’s Anglican Church
Quebec:
Montreal, QC, Knox Crescent Kensington and First Presbyterian Church
Montreal, QC, St. Philip’s Anglican Church
Montreal, QC, Transfiguration of Our Lord Catholic Church*
Westmount, QC, Church of the Ascension
Selected Awards
1926-27, Ontario College of Art Medal
1927, Governor General’s Gold Medal for Excellence in Life Drawing and Design
1955, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Allied Arts Medal
Selected Memberships
1957, Associate Member, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
1964, Member, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
1966, Canadian Handicrafts Guild
Selected Articles
Williams, Yvonne. “Processes and Craftsmanship in Stained Glass.” Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Journal (August 1946): 199-201.
Williams, Yvonne. “Some Speculations on the Future of Stained Glass – A Canadian View.” Stained Glass 39 (Spring 1944): 21-23.
Williams, Yvonne. “Stained Glass.” Bulletin of the Stained Glass Association of America 24.9 (Sept. 1929): 12-13.
Bibliography
“Artist Database: Artists: Williams, Yvonne.” Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. July 29, 2014. Accessed June 29, 2021. https://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=2487 .
Baldwin, Judith. Industry into Art: The Yvonne Williams Studio 1932-71 and Beyond. N.P.: 1992.
Barker, Fitzgerald. “Designs for a Stained Glass Window.” Toronto Daily Star, April 21, 1962.
Barteet, C. Cody, Iraboty Kazi, and Anahi Gonzalez Teran. Symphony of Lights: An Exploration of the Stained Glass Windows in St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, London, Ontario, February 9-18, 2021. (Artlab Gallery 2021). Visual Arts eBook Collection. 4. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/visualartsebooks/4
“Canadian Women in Stained Glass.” Stained Glass, 36, no. 2 (Summer 1941): 50-52.
Crawford, Gail. A Fine Line: Studio Crafts in Ontario from 1930 to the Present. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1998.
Darling, Alexander (Sandy) L. A Visual Tour of Christ’s Church Cathedral, Hamilton, Ontario. Hamilton: Christ’s Church Cathedral, Sept 2020.
Frye, Helen Kemp. “YVONNE WILLIAMS.” Canadian Forum 18, December 1938.
Fulford, Robert. “The Artist Behind the Window.” Mayfair 28:12, December 1954.
Gannon, Mo. “Lives Lived – Yvonne Williams.” Globe and Mail (Toronto, ON), Dec. 24, 1997.
Hall, Sarah and Jeffrey Kraegel. “In Partnership with the Sun: The Life and Work of Yvonne Williams.” Sarah Hall Studio, Profiles, March/April 2000. http://www.sarahhallstudio.com/?dest=articles&cat=article&display=31
Kritzwiser, Kay. “Casting a glow in Canada’s Churches.” Globe and Mail (Toronto, ON), April 11, 1985.
Kuprowsky, Helena. “50 Years of Modern Work.” Canada Crafts, Oct/Nov 1978.
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McCarthy, Pearl. “Art and Artists.” Globe and Mail (Toronto, ON) Dec. 12, 1936.
N.H.P., The Memorial windows at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Hamilton, Ont.: McMaster Divinity College, 1966.
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