David Clayton

GOP Rep. Jim Banks offers bill to prescribe traditional architectural styles for federal buildings

GOP Rep. Jim Banks offers bill to prescribe traditional architectural styles for federal buildings

Architecture by the people, for the people, and of the people; rather than serving the interests of elites who have disdain for them and push Brutalism. Brutalism says: ‘You may not like it, but you’re wrong - we know what is good for you.’The ‘"Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act" declares "traditional and classical" architectural styles to be preferred for new Federal government buildings. This sets the tone for a wider American culture of beauty and superabundance.

Liturgical Art as Prophecy and Priesthood: Sacred Art and the Restoration of Human Dignity.

Liturgical Art as Prophecy and Priesthood: Sacred Art and the Restoration of Human Dignity.

To repeat our opening words, we act as we see. The first step is therefore education, not  education merely to swell our head knowledge, but to check, and if necessary, recalibrate,  our vision of the world and of our worship.

The First Adeodatus Conference on Catholic Education and Culture

The First Adeodatus Conference on Catholic Education and Culture

Pasadena, CA; June 21-24th. Theme for 2023: Major Sources of Catholic Education and its Renewal, The Formation of the Supernatural Man. Featuring: Michael Waldstein, Andrew Kern, James Matthew Wilson, Ed Feser, R. Jared Staudt, Mike Foley, David Deavel, Fabio Reali, Josef Froula, Fr. Robert Spitzer, Arthur Hippler, Paul Shrimpton, Joe Heschmeyer, Fr. Sebastian Walshe, Margarita Mooney Clayton, Dale Ahlquist, David Whalen, RJ Snell, Andrew Seeley, Deal Hudson, Michael Naughton, and Pater Edmund Waldstein.

Introducing Peter Carter and The Catholic Sacred Music Project

Introducing Peter Carter and The Catholic Sacred Music Project

The Catholic Sacred Music Project promotes beautiful sacred music and worship accessible for all through events such as the Scala Conference 2023, a composers workshop with Sir James MacMillan, a conductors's workshops and choral festivals.

The Philosophy of Contemporary Mainstream Fine Art Education and Art Criticism: Part 3

The Philosophy of Contemporary Mainstream Fine Art Education and Art Criticism: Part 3

Trying to Understand, and Counter, the Philosophy of Mainstream Art Schools and Contemporary Art Criticism. Part 3. How Marxist theory has entered the mainstream, and how radical, Christian ‘counter-revolutionary’ beauty is the response that will save the world.

The Philosophy of Contemporary Mainstream Fine Art Education and Art Criticism: Part 2

The Philosophy of Contemporary Mainstream Fine Art Education and Art Criticism: Part 2

Trying to Understand the Philosophy of Mainstream Art Schools and Contemporary Art Criticism. Part 2, The Appeal of Marxism as a Quasi Religion with It’s Own Salvation History, and the Counter-Revolutionary power of Christian sacred art