10/28/2016
2016 Nationwide Catholic Arts Exhibition
I am very happy to announce that my work
The Lions' Den will be part of the 6th Nationwide Juried Catholic Arts Exhibition. The exhibition was juried this year by Denis R. McNamara, Ph.D. The show will run through December 4th, 2016 with an opening reception on Sunday October 30th. This exhibition is only held every two years and typically is too good to miss. See you there!
About the Juror - Dr. McNamara is is an architectural historian and the author of numerous articles on art and architecture in Communio, Rite, Chicago Studies, Adoremus Bulletin, Sacred Architecture, Environment and Art Letter, Assembly, The Priest, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, Letter and Spirit, and Arris: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. His book Heavenly City: The Architectural Tradition of Catholic Chicago (Liturgy Training Publications, 2005) appeared on the Catholic Bestseller List and won a Benjamin Franklin Award from the Independent Booksellers Association as well as two first place awards from the Midwest Independent Publishers Association. His 2009 book, Catholic Church Architecture and the Spirit of the Liturgy, earned a second place award from the Catholic Press Association. His newest book, How to Read A Church: A Crash Course in Christian Architecture (Rizzoli) has been published in seven languages.
Past Jurors include: Dr. Frima Fox Hofrichter, professor of the history of art and design at Pratt Institute, NY, and co-author to the Baroque and Rococo sections of Janson’s History of Art: The Western Tradition; Duncan G. Stroik, professor of architecture at the University of Notre Dame, IN, and preeminent liturgical architect; Sister Wendy Beckett, world-acclaimed art historian and BBC personality; Dr. John T. Spike, Assistant Director and Chief Curator of the Muscarelle Museum of Art at The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA, and leaded Leonardo and Michelangelo expert; and Janet Mckenzie, an internationally-known artist known for her distinctive iconography of sacred subjects whose work won first place the National Catholic Reporter's "Jesus 2000" competition.
