Shards of colored glass, found amid the destruction of war, take on new life as a visual prayer for peace at an unusual exhibit opening a seven-week run Saturday at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma.
The glass bits from bombed-out churches in Europe were gathered by the late Frederick McDonald, a Seattle-born Army chaplain who traveled with Allied forces in the final stages of World War II. In “Remembered Light: Glass Fragments from World War II, The McDonald Windows,” the bits McDonald collected have been incorporated into 25 pieces by 13 artists working in glass, ceramic, vinyl and copper.
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