"Rochester General Hospital is pleased to be part of an initiative that
supports a brighter future for children and youth. We have valued our
experiences with West Irondequoit students through volunteer and
school-to-work opportunities and we look forward to continuing these
partnerships."

Diane Ewing, VP, Marketing and Public Relations for ViaHealth

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"As all good art, windows illuminate and provide a symbolic and literal view
of the world. As architects, we enthusiastically support the connection of
art, architectural heritage, and the community, with The Windows Project."

Howard W. Waltz, AIA, Senior Associate, Clark Patterson Associates

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"I love Irondequoit; I would never want to live anywhere else. I¹m delighted
to do what I can to call attention to this wonderful town and to support the
schools because they gave my children and now my grandchild a great
education."


Stanley Gordon, portrait painter

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"The Windows Project project answers a creative quandary I'd been
trying to resolve for months: how to use family photos I inherited when my
mother died. The photos won't last much longer and I don't want the memories
lost. I feel very fortunate that a purpose fell in my lap. The best of the
photos are from the 1920s in Irondequoit, so I can use them as references
for a painting that really is a window on Irondequoit."

Mary Kay Colling, painter and printmaker
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"The Windows Project is providing me with a great opportunity to engage
on an artistic level with IHS, my old alma mater. I can clearly recall the
long hours spent in class, staring through those very same old wooden
windows, watching the shadows of the wonderful tree in the courtyard creep
painstakingly across the brick surface on the opposite wall... daydreaming
of a future which I could have never guessed would be centered around
filling endless other windows with my own compositions of color and light!"

Peter McGrain, stained glass artist
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"My wife, Donna, and I have had five children learn and grow in one of the
best community-supported school systems a parent could wish for. Joining in
the The Windows Project project seems a natural way to give back a
measure of thanks to Irondequoit's schools."

Steve Merritt, potter

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"One day I received a salvaged window that was to be filled with art. The
scene I chose--a street lined with beauty showing a caring community--turned
into an abstract collage titled 'Dance of the Lamps.'"

Bing Thayer, watercolor and collage

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"We all feel that The Windows Project is a very creative charity function
that we wish to support. The wonderful idea of putting these windows to good
use vs. destroying them was ingenious. We can't wait to see all the windows
completed and exhibited all over town. It will be such a beautiful artistic
display for everyone to enjoy. We wish the Foundation much success with this
project, and we are very proud to be a part of it."

Irondequoit Quilt Club

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"I enjoyed the challenge of designing the window to combine both media that
I have been working with most recently: wood carving and rustic stick work."

Craig Wilson, wood and metal worker and sculptor

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"I really enjoyed working on the 'Windows' project. As an artist, I
sometimes enjoy working on something that is a little outside of my regular
discipline. It challenges my thought process and stimulates my creative
process."

Margery Pearl Gurnett, glass artist

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