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others have had to say: Got the
e-mail address and I'm really proud of you. Not only are the windows beautiful, the
pieces that people wrote are interesting, and touching as well. Thank you!
Carol Small Amazing and beautiful project, and now also
some interesting history.
Ben Gardiner i am left breathtaken by the creative
beauty,heart,and soul i see here and left hungry to see more!what a
beautiful medium.what a great idea to combine different passions together
-sharing and teaching others in a medium they might never have explored
otherwise-opening new and exciting creative vistas! this site is great also
to hear people's experienceof such an unique journey-i only wish there
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eve blaude what a wonderful project! I loved the process
and I love the windows!
RoJean Madsen very impressive
David R. Forte Beautiful windows! A very creative project!
Nikos Diaman I'm impressed with the time involved in
making the stained glass panels, and with the organization and set-up of the
website. So great to see yet another way square dance can overlap into other
areas of gay life. Very creative !!
Gary Dougan It's been a pleasure to see Dan's committment
to this process and to hear the artists talk about their "process" in the
development of their pieces. But nothing really prepares one for the quality
of the work. They are all beautiful pieces of art.
Mary Jane Wood My only regret is not being able to see all
of the windows in person, in a gallery with lots of light and space!
Allan Hurst Excellent site. A real contribution to both
square dancing and stained glass art. Wayne Donica
wayne donica What a treat it was to learn how to make a
stainglass window, I truly enjoyed working on it, and I am very Thankfull to
you Dan for helping promote gay squaredancing. Cheers to you.....Fabian
Fabian It's great to see one artform inspire
another. Great project. Thanks, Dan, for this project!
Gary Young What a great addition to our square dance
world. Dan learned to square dance from me with the Foggy City Dancers. He's
taken this new passion and combined it with his wonderful artistic
abilities, and then spread it throughout the square dance community. Three
Cheers & Yellow Rocks!
Andy Shore Many thanks to Dan Smith for the chance to
explore a new art form, especially in relation to square dancing. In the
past I’ve worked with pencil, inks, charcoal and paint, but never stained
glass. It’s an interesting and challenging media, but Dan's help and
instruction made it do-able. I’m surprised my first effort turned out as
well as it did. I’m very pleased with it. I meant to write a ...(trimmed)
Rick Mears Having known Dan for almost 35 years, I'm not
at all surprised by the depth and beauty of his creations!
Ron Auerbacher A truly wonderful experience to participate
and to discover yet again the depth and breadth (length and bore?) of our
community. Thank you Dan, for the opportunity of expression.
Matt Thomson What impresses me is that Dan was able to
elicit such beautiful concepts from students new to this art form. What
touches me most are the emotional and sometimes very personal stories
attached to the windows. What unites all the pieces of this project is a
love of square dancing. I'm so happy to be a part of this community!
Steve Scott What a wonderful display of the affection for
gay square dancing! I am impressed with the quality of the art, and proud to
have had it on display the Cove, Twin Peaks, and my salon, Sorrento Sun
Center. I was much obliged to speak with questioning admirers about Ron's
fantastic window panel, but was quite saddened when Dan came to remove it
from our window display. Hopefully, another piece of s...(trimmed)
Josh Lacayo How truly creative to reflect one form of art
(gay square dancing) into another (stained glass). The personal stories add
a whole other dimension to the beauty of the art, making it even more
striking to the heart and soul. Thanks to all the artists and Dan for
sharing this wonderful project with us. I would love to see more of same in
the future.
Kevin Larson Startlingly beautiful! A fascinating idea
well developed. I love to see the pictures.
Barbara Winnett What a Great idea and so nice to have someone
as talented as Dan to over see the making of these beautiful windows.
Kip Mackey I was truly inspired by the joy and warmth
and beautiful light of these windows. And especially enjoyed writing the
haiku to accompany them.
Steve Zink It is amazing how different people have
conceptualized the square dancing calls in such unique ways.
Kathy Healy An astonishingly beautiful and varied
collection of designs! My fellow square dancers obviously have talent off
the dance floor as well as on!
Tom Johnson What I like are the wildly different
directions these artists went with their projects, and the stories they have
to tell, too. Congratulations. It was an unusual artistic concept, but it
was very beautifully carried out.
Karen Schmidt When the collection of windows was on display
in the Castro St. storefronts for Pride Month, I walked my family over there
to take a look. They were very impressed.
Gary I've only seen one of these stained glass
masterpieces before. I didn't realize there were so many. A truly inspiring
work of art and thought provoking pieces of work. I love trying to find
every hind meaning that the artist filtered into the works. Sort of like
those Hidden Picture puzzles in the dentist office growing up.
Jim Francis This is truly an amazing collection. The
artists showed tremendous creativity and thought in bringing square dance
calls to a visual form. Congratulations!
Michael Levy Dan and the rest of you have created a
marvelous and inspiring collection of unique windows. I love the whole
merging of the two forms of expression!
Grey Todd Gorgeous work everyone! Being a dancer
myself, the panels move me to a reflective look upon HOW MUCH FUN square
dancing is for us -- and how it's about far more than just the dancing.
Thanks especially to all the artists for their stories too! All join
hands...
Ray A great concept, beautifully and creatively
executed.
P. Deutsch Inspiring art! These panels really capture
the grace, beauty and joy of sqaure dancing. The warmth and fun and laughter
exude from the colors and shapes. A beautiful blending!
Richard Tuck (East Bay) A touching & enlightening part of the
personal history of square dancing in the gay community.
Freeman Stamper Gay folks who square dance have a certain
magic about them and a warmth that seems well captured in these windows.
Congratulations to the artists and their mentor.
Mario Torrigino This is an ingenious project that combines
different avenues of personal expression - dance, windows, prose - into one
whole experience of beauty and meaning. Congrats to Dan Smith and the
participants for a memorable achievement.
Arthur Evans Each window is unique! Not only do these
people dance well, they are so creative.
Tom Ophardt You make a Mother proud. This is a good site
and I had no problem opening the pictures. Sorry I was in the shower when
you called. Mother
virginia smith Great website. You really did a good job.
Bob Brundage Amazing stained glass windows! Great Job!
Dan, these are wonderful collection of arts.
Tacks Feliciano What beautiful windows and wonderful
sentiments!
David Laudon I want to do a stain glass window..if this
project starts up again.. count me in.. WOW.. Great Artists, Great Works.
and Great Dancers... Bravo
Ed A beautiful website, Dad. You should be very
proud of the work you and the others have done.
Jim Dewsnap Spectacularly beautiful windows. Not only is
it a wonderful concept to promote gay square dance, but I especially admire
how you included so many people from the square dance community in your
project. Bravo!
Daryl Daniels this is nice/cool site. It would be nice if
you have web magazine when you update.
Akihiro Sano Very nice windows and what a great concept!
Joe I had agreat time making my window and hope
that everyone enjoys it as much as I do.
Don Queen The artwork on these windows is great.
Steven Cameron What a blast we had.
Startlingly beautiful windows! Maybe I can
see heaven? It looks that way.
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