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Churches that point to God

Fr. Planty speaks about the elements that give beauty to sacred architecture.

8/28/19

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

New Mexico’s St. Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine honors patron saint of Native Americans

A new shrine in Gallup, N.M., being dedicated to St. Kateri Tekakwitha, was designed by local Catholic architect Erik Bootsma.

8/22/19

Stacy Rausch | Catholic Herald Production Coordinator

A photographic and artistic adventure in Italy

Catholic Herald Production Coordinator Stacy Rausch took a solo trip through the Italian countryside - making art and photographing her experiences in Rome, Ischia di Castro, Orvieto, Assisi and Florence.

7/26/19

Stacy Rausch | Catholic Herald Production Coordinator
Da Vinci's 'St. Jerome' painting on loan to the Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is marking the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci with a painting by the artist that will draw crowds but also pay solemn tribute to the larger-than-life Italian Renaissance painter, architect and inventor.More

7/17/19

By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service

Our Lady inspires Fairfax woman to pick up painting

The Korean-American grandmother of 13 has taken up not only Byzantine iconography but oriental-style painting, too. More

7/8/19

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

Friendship inspires sawdust art

Alfo-Conce — an ever-expanding group of artisans from Guatemala with a knack for creating beautiful religious iconography out of sawdust — began prep work for their Holy Week art during a meetup in Arlington March 30.More

4/8/19

George Goss | Catholic Herald Multimedia Journalist

Tintoretto, Renaissance artist of charity

The San Trovaso “Last Supper” is one of 46 paintings and 10 drawings in the exhibition: “Tintoretto, Artist of Renaissance Venice,” on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington through July 7. The painting, which once faced Tintoretto’s “Christ Washing the Disciples’ Feet,” a masterpiece now in the National Gallery of London, is very difficult to see in the dark, narrow chapel.More

3/29/19

Nora Hamerman | Special to the Catholic Herald

Watercolors to welcome spring

St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax welcomes spring with an art class on floral watercolor painting March 7. The event is part of a series organized by the parish’s Women’s Group, which provided art classes by a local artist and parishioner throughout the winter. COURTESY More

3/14/19

Artist Betsy Farr harmonizes faith and flora

In a tiny basement workroom in Manassas, botanical artist Margaret Elizabeth “Betsy” Farr blends the flora of Northern Virginia with images of saints from across the globe to create unique religious imagery. Surrounded by 19th-century Catholic lithographs while listening to choral work, such as Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium, Farr paints with watercolor on 140-pound Fabriano cotton paper, frequently including metal leaf.More

3/5/19

Zita B. Fletcher | Catholic Herald Multimedia Journalist

An artist’s pilgrimage with Mary

I’ve recently returned from a pilgrimage with Our Lady of Guadalupe. It did not involve traveling to Mexico however. Rather, it was an artistic pilgrimage that took place in the basement of my parents’ home, where for the past six years, I have worked to create a life-size paper mosaic of Our Lady. More

12/13/18

Ashleigh Kassock | Catholic Herald Multimedia Designer

Russian art on display at the Vatican

In another example of the "diplomacy of art," the Vatican inaugurated a landmark exhibit of "spiritual" masterpieces from Moscow's famed Tretyakov Gallery and other state galleries in Russia.More

11/28/18

By CAROL GLATZ | Catholic News Service

Springfield teen draws on faith for illustrated saints business

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10/31/18

Stacy Rausch | Catholic Herald Production Coordinator

Cartoonist Jason Bach is drawn to the truth

Catholicism adds color to Jason Bach’s artwork. More

3/22/18

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

In times of crisis, faithful turn to St. Francis

“Heavenly Earth: Images of St. Francis at La Verna” at the National Gallery of Art gathers 29 seldom seen prints, drawings, books and a precious miniature, crowned by the oil painting “Francis in Prayer” (c. 1620) by Italian master Bernardo Strozzi, himself once a Franciscan priest. More

3/7/18

Nora Hamerman | For the Catholic Herald

Vatican, The Met piece together faith and fashion in new exhibit

The exhibit, "Heavenly Bodies. Fashion and the Catholic Imagination," includes more than 100 pieces from top designers inspired by Catholic symbolism and art, as well as 40 vestments and accoutrements from the papal office of liturgical celebrations.More

3/7/18

By CAROL GLATZ | Catholic News Service

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