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Mary 2018 (aka Mary at the Border Fence), by Benjamin Wildflower
Benjamin Wildflower is a member of an AFL-CIO trade union who pursues his love of printmaking on the side. He calls the printmaking process a meditative one, but his images pack a punch....
Welcoming the Stranger, by Sinan Hussein
Iraqi-born (now US-based) artist Sinan Hussein is one of the painters represented in the traveling exhibit Abraham: Out of One, Many, now showing at the Cathedral Church of St....
Sunday Morning II (left) and Friends in Freshness, by Narsiso Martinez
Narsiso Martinez, an artist based in Long Beach, California, gathers discarded boxes and uses them to tell the stories of Latinx workers in agribusiness....
Wind (public installation), by Billy Mark and Sarah Mark
For 40 days an empty lot in a Detroit neighborhood was the site of an installation titled Wind, by husband-and-wife artists Billy and Sarah Mark....
Cruz y Ficcion(es), by Patrick McGrath Muñiz
Patrick McGrath Muñiz’s art knocks you off balance. It tests or mocks your religious sensibilities....
Father Frans van der Lugt, by Jordan Denari Duffner
During the civil war in Syria, when many left the country to escape violence and hunger, Dutch Jesuit priest Frans van der Lugt insisted on remaining in the city of Hom, where he ministered to the ...
Of All the City Blocks, by CJ Dates
Musician, artist, and seminarian CJ Dates is known for layering art over obsolete media (VHS cassette tapes, old maps, comic books, magazines)....
Refugees: La Sagrada Familia, by Kelly Latimore
“I feel the need for new images (new icons),” writes Kelly Latimore, a self-taught St. Louis artist who began painting as a member of the Common Friars, a monastic order in the Episcopal Church....
Basura Social, by Alice Leora Briggs
“Much of my work is concerned with incongruity,” writes Texas artist Alice Leora Briggs. Using sgraffito on kaolin clay, she offers narratives that both instruct and confuse....
Give Me Jesus, by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (1940–2015)
The art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson reflects the rhythms and sounds of spirituals and jazz and the heritage of her community in Columbus, Ohio....
Examen, by Joan Benefiel and Jeremy Leichman
Brooklyn-based artists Joan Benefiel and Jeremy Leichman, principals at Figuration Studio, create a wide range of sculptures for an impressive range of clients, including cities, universities, chur...
The Sower, by Chris Cook
Even when Chris Cook’s art begins as a copy of a well-known work, his ultimate purpose, he says, is “to make another observation.” The Sower was featured in his solo show, ...
Burning Bush and Ezekiel’s Dream, by Tanja Butler
Massachusetts-based artist and illustrator Tanja Butler has long been respected for the power and depth of her liturgically based works....
The Works of Mercy; The Works of War, by Rita Corbin
Artist, illustrator, and muralist Rita Corbin (1930–2011) brought together her passion for the arts and for justice when Dorothy Day asked her to provide illustrations for the Catholic Worker...
Surgery scene and mystical floating pieces, by Denise Klitsie
Denise Klitsie started her career as a layout artist for Disney Feature Animation, then turned to painting, and then to magazine illustration....
Write Upon Tablets, by Laurie Doctor
Kentucky-based artist Laurie Doctor teaches calligraphy, bookmaking, and painting around the globe....
Eres Mi Todo (You Are My Everything) and We Are Human Beings, by Michelle Angela Ortiz
Muralist and community arts educator Michelle Angela Ortiz has created large-scale works that are a voice for the voiceless....
The United States of Gun, by L. Scooter Morris
Everyone responds to the American flag, says L. Scooter Morris, a painter and sculptor who grew up in Pittsburgh. The response reflects one’s politics, family history, and personal identity....