"The reason for establishing artwork like this is primarily during the Middle Ages there weren't many books available for people and people where largely illiterate. So by painting these pictorial images, people could come to the church and ... study the Bible by looking at the windows. That tradition is carried on today."

In the Frame is an occasional Post-Gazette video series on artists and the arts scene in Pittsburgh.

John W. Kelly Jr. has devoted much of the past three decades to refurbishing old windows and creating new works from pieces of colored, painted and kiln-fired glass. His latest challenge is the restoration of three Gothic-style stained-glass windows from Sacred Heart Church in Shadyside. Watch a video of Mr. Kelly at work, and read more about his efforts in PG North Thursday, Feb. 18.

Other In the Frame art videos:

• Charles Biddle
• Adrienne Heinrich

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