Staff Blogger: Molly Dorsey, Print/Visual Communications Intern
It’s been 17 years since the Rhein Center opened its doors to the art lovers of Lakeside. Around the same time, the Rev. Amy Shaw, then Director of the Rhein Center, asked Lakesider Jack Craig to teach a stained glass class, making him the first Rhein Center instructor. He has been teaching it ever since.
Jack and his wife, Diana, have been coming to Lakeside since 1988. They stay the entire summer and enjoy everything the community has to offer.
Although Diana has taken a few art classes, she prefers the lectures.
“That is one of the reasons why we love Lakeside,” Diana said. “We both are able to find something we enjoy here.”
Jack, originally from Kenmore, N.Y., got his artistic start in woodworking. While taking oil painting and drawing classes at a local school, Jack developed his creative abilities and challenged himself further by taking up stained glass.
Jack first learned stained glass at a studio in Berea, Ohio. He quickly realized that he enjoyed making stained glass windows more than any other type of work.
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