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Arts News

The clay model of a Nativity scene reflects a welcoming Church, says the artist.

Making art fit the universal Church

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Catholic artist Timothy Schmalz knows his Church is a universal one, welcoming to all. It’s just not something you might easily recognize with the traditional art forms that celebrate the faith.

David Wang, forefront, is the lead singer with Critical Mass.

Timely musical message on mental health

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Most people have experienced that annoying friend who no matter how you try to shake them, they just won’t go away.

Claude Lafortune was a master at creating artwork from craft paper, as he demonstrated at a Montreal festival in 2012.

Canadian artist brought Gospel to children

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LONGUEUIL, Que. -- French Canadian artist Claude Lafortune, who hosted children’s programs based on the Gospel on Quebec television, died of COVID-19 April 19. He was 83.

Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz’ latest creation is Jesus 2020.

Jesus 2020: A clay model for the times

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Sculptor Timothy Schmalz was staring straight into the face of Lucifer when he decided he must carry on with his annual Easter tradition.

The unveiling of the Our Lady of Guadalupe painting.

Our Lady of Guadalupe unveiled in new home

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VANCOUVER -- When Vancouver art collector and philanthropist Michael Audain acquired a 300-year-old painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe, he knew the religious artwork needed to be displayed in an appropriate setting.

The Resurrection revisited

The Resurrection revisited

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Opera Atelier does not do anything by half-measures. This Easter, Toronto’s world-renowned company specializing in baroque opera is doing Handel’s The Resurrection full bore.

Emmaus O’Herlihy with his painting John the Baptizer.

Monk’s art challenges concept of ‘neighbour’

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When Emmaus O’Herlihy prays the Magnificat every evening, he’s thinking about how young and powerless Mary was when she discovered she was pregnant and carrying the Saviour of the world.

Tapestries designed by Renaissance master Raphael are pictured after being hung on a lower wall in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican Feb. 16, 2020. Ten enormous tapestries by Raphael are on display for one week in celebration of the 500th anniversary of his death in 1520.

Raphael's tapestries briefly return to Sistine Chapel

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VATICAN CITY -- An artistic masterpiece conceived by the Renaissance master Raphael are on display for one week in the Sistine Chapel to help celebrate the 500th anniversary of the artist's death.

An illumination is shown from the St. Francis Missal, which dates to the 12th century. The missal will be on display at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore Feb. 1 to May 31.

Baltimore museum showcases medieval missal used by St. Francis of Assisi

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BALTIMORE -- More than eight centuries ago, St. Francis of Assisi and two companions randomly opened a prayer book three times inside their parish church of St. Nicolo in Italy.

Matt Hoven, an associate professor of religion and education at St. Joseph’s College in Edmonton, takes a serious look at sport in a new book.

Sport and faith: It’s more than a game

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When it comes to books about sports, there’s plenty of “fun reads” out there, but Matt Hoven saw there was something missing for those who take the study of sport seriously.

The Flight of Lot and his Family from Sodom, painted between 1613-15, depicts Lot and his family, led by an angel, fleeing from the ultimate destruction of Sodom. The painting is part of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art’s collection at the State Art Museum of Florida, Florida State University, Sarasota, Fla.

Rubens: The art of persuasion

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Flowing from the brush of Sir Peter Paul Rubens, the art of persuasion is monumental, overwhelming, seductive and never quite as straightforward as it might at first appear.

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