Jacqueline Helitzer Winch, an accomplished potter, began her career in stained glass in 1969, by exchanging lessons in ceramics with a master glass craftsmanıs apprentice from the UK.  As a student of art, fresh from UCLA, Jackie already had several years immersed in the arts before her first hands-on experience with a medium she had long admired.

Back in the late 1960s, there was a resurgence of interest in stained glass in the US.  However, there were few modern tools (or raw materials for that matter) available, and Jackie fashioned many of her own.  Although she continued to work in clay, printmaking and in fiber, her main focus was always glass.  For the next ten years, Jackie worked as a studio artist and instructor for the prestigious Meredith Stained Glass Studios, Washington, D.C. 

Jackie's work can be found in private homes, professional offices and restaurants from coast to coast in the U.S. as well as abroad. In all her works; fitted panels, mosaics, three-dimensional, functional pieces, reproduction Tiffany lampshades, and her ever-evolving collection of Judaica, Jackie insists upon the highest quality, both in her materials as well as in her own workmanship.

A former student of the Wichita Art Association, Stephens College, UCLA and Cranbrook, Jackie has been making her personal mark on the art glass world for over 30 years.  When asked about how she feels about herself as an accomplished glazier, Jackie responds that her greatest satisfaction is when her work pleases others.  "There will never be enough time to create all the designs I'd like to and each piece I do leads to the next with eager anticipation." A recent thrill was the commission of one of her personalized kaleidoscopes to the art collection of Ringo Starr, London, England. 

Jackie has participated in many invitational art exhibits over the decades including "Art Music and Flowers" at the Cape Cod Conservatory of Music and the Barnstable County Daffodil Festival (took first-place and best of show).  Her work has also been sold in many prestigious galleries from coast to coast including each of the four Signature Galleries in Massachusetts and Connecticut, The Giving Tree, Cape Cod and A Stoneıs Throw, Brookline, Massachusetts; Gotthelf in Vail, Colorado; and in The Skirball Jewish Cultural Museum's  gift shop and Laura Downing Boutique in Laguna Beach both in Southern California. 

Jackie's work has been featured in several publications throughout the US including newspapers, magazines and even in four books. These publications include The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine; Better Homes & Gardens magazine; two Celebrate the Season books by Meredith Publications, two Orange County Home articles and as the contracted artist for Itıs Never too Late to Plant a Tree, by Melvin and Morrie Helitzer where the 65 awards she made were presented to the participants/subjects (including former US President, Jimmy Carter) of the book as ³trophies².  A special honor is to have been selected to show at the Artisan's Market Show for two years - Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, California, as well as to have her work sold in the Museum's Gift and Book Shop.

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