Art

The Art of Matthew Paris as a Model for the Transformation of American Sacred Art

The Art of Matthew Paris as a Model for the Transformation of American Sacred Art

The new American gothic? If we are looking for a starting point for the rejuvination of American sacred art, and more broadly even American culture, I suggest that the gothic could be one starting point.

The Burning Bush: Learning to See Again Through Marian Art; by Margarita Mooney Clayton

The Burning Bush: Learning to See Again Through Marian Art; by Margarita Mooney Clayton

Register for a unique event about one of the most intriguing women in history with one of today’s most prolific sacred artists and widely-viewed cultural commentator Jonathan Pageau! 

Emblems of the Wounds in the Body and Heart of Christ Painted Onto a Candle

Emblems of the Wounds in the Body and Heart of Christ Painted Onto a Candle

Designs by Gina Switzer, based upon the 'Vulnerary of Christ', that is emblems of the wounds of Christ, incorporated into a cross. that relates the life and death of Christ to his resurrection by directing our attention, through the symbolism of the flowers, to paradise.

Aidan Hart on Beauty, Matter and the Sacred

Aidan Hart on Beauty, Matter and the Sacred

"Virtue can be described as that which makes us beautiful again, repentance as removal of tarnish to reveal the beautiful image underneath, sin as distortion, saintliness as the return to fulness and creativity."