One year from today, Art for God’s Sake 2013 will begin! The committee has been planning the next event which will take place May 3-5, 2013. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates! We’re currently updating our website with new information. Stay tuned!
Have you cheered for your church? Your parish could win a beautiful 16-foot fiber-bronze statue that was commissioned by Mt. Elliott Cemetery Association and cast in Italy. One vote per email address, but each vote counts! Deadline is 8/15. Details: http://www.mtelliott.com/cheer
Art for God’s Sake photos from our Friday evening event are now live on Hour Detroit’s website, in their Party Pictures section! You can view them here.
(Photographs by Christine M.J. Hathaway).
Have a wonderful weekend and God bless!
Kathleen Bordo Crombie's Our Lady of Philermos
Kathleen Bordo Crombie is a nationally recognized contemporary basket artist with gallery representation and pieces in several private collections. She has exhibited her work at the Sybaris Gallery, Craft Alliance, Appalachian Center for Craft, and the Works Gallery amongst others. She taught contemporary basketry workshops at multiple national venues including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Center for Creative Studies, the Textile Arts Center, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and the Telluride Basketry Symposium. In 1994 she presented “In the Making: A Look at Contemporary Basketry” as a guest lecturer during the “Warped Notions: Traditional and Contemporary Basket Forms” exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Since 2005, and being influenced by Pope John Paul II’s “Letter to Artists”, Crombie’s artistic interest moved from contemporary basketry to traditional iconography. Having studied iconography with Peter Pearson at St. Michael Sacred Art Institute at Enders Island, CT, Dmitri Andrejev of the Prosopon School of Iconology at Conception Abbey at Conception, MO, and with Fr. Damian Higgins from Mount Tabor Monastery in California, she enjoys the flexibility of working with either acrylic or egg tempera paints.
The six-foot high cut-out icon of the “Corpus of Christ,” was originally created for the Archdiocese of Detroit’s Women’s Conference in 2006 and 2007. It is currently installed for public veneration in the Eucharistic Chapel of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Plymouth, MI. “Our Lady of Philermos” icon was commissioned by the Order of Malta, American Association – Michigan Chapter and is displayed for public veneration at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit, MI. Other selected and commissioned icons in private collections include St. Gemma of Galgani, St. Patrick of Ireland, St. Teresa of Avila, and St. John the Evangelist. A life-size icon of The Divine Mercy, commissioned by the Servants of Jesus of the Divine Mercy for the Divine Mercy Center in Eastpointe, MI will be solemnly blessed and installed for public veneration on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows on September 15, 2010.
If you missed Kathy’s interview on Teresa Tomeo’s “Catholic Connection” on March 24, it is available via podcast on Ave Maria Radio’s website.
Dr. Christine Chun
Dr. Christine Chun is currently Director of Music Ministry/Organist of St. Anastasia Roman Catholic Church in Troy, Michigan. Since 2007, she has led a vibrant music program of diverse, unique and distinctive music ministry groups. She received her Doctorate of Musical Arts (DMA ’07) in Organ Performance and Church Music from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, under the direction of Marilyn Mason, as the recipient of the Marilyn Mason Organ Scholarship, Palmer Christian Memorial Music Scholarship, Julian and Vera McIntosh Music Scholarship, as well as two academic scholarships from the UM Alumnae Council for Graduate Women. She also holds a Master of Music degree (MM ’03) in Piano Performance from the prestigious Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music (Bloomington), as a three-year recipient of the Emma C. Claus Piano Scholarship, as well as a Bachelor of Music degree (BM ‘00) in Piano Performance from the University of Michigan, Angell Scholar.
Dr. Chun has performed in the US, France, Spain, and the Netherlands. She was a recipient of a Rackham Research Award for International Research (France: 2006), where she was able to play and research major historic French Cavaille-Coll organs, with her international debut in the Festival Organa 2006, in St. Remy de Provence. In July 2009, she appeared in concert at the Catedral di Barcelona, the Baroque Academy of Pobla di Cervoles, and St. Marguerite (Paris), as part of the UM Historic Organ Tours with Marilyn Mason. In September 2010, she was given the honor of being chosen as one of 8 competitors (out of 22 international applicants) to compete at the Thirteenth International César Franck Organ Competition at the Kathedraal Basilek Sint Bavo in Haarlem, Netherlands. In her youth, she was a prizewinner in many local and statewide competitions from Michigan organizations such as the Detroit Musicians’ League, Oakland Piano Teachers’ Forum, Michigan Federation of Music Clubs Scholarships, Birmingham Musicale, and the Tuesday Musicale.
She has frequently appeared in solo organ, piano and chamber music recitals, including such venues as Hill Auditorium, Blanche Moore Anderson Hall, University Commons (Ann Arbor), the Gifts of Arts Series at the UM Hospitals, and the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament (Detroit). She has studied organ with Marilyn Mason, Larry Smith, William Jean Randall, Robert Glasgow, and Michele Johns. Her principal piano teachers include Arthur Greene (piano & chamber music), Reiko Neriki (piano & chamber music), Anton Nel (chamber music), Geri Allen (jazz piano), and composer Catherine Rollin. She is also an experienced chamber musician and accompanist, having received training in the studios of Anthony Elliott, Henryk Kowalski, & Virginia Zeani. A dedicated chamber musician, she regularly plays with chamber musicians in the metro Detroit and Ann Arbor areas. She performs most often with Romanian violinist Dr. Diana Lungu, in their professional duo piano/violin group, “Kaleidoscope,” with whom she will perform the world premiere of the newly commissioned composition, “Anastasis,” for “Art for God’s Sake” in May 2011.
Dr. Chun is a member of the American Guild of Organists (Ann Arbor Chapter), Organ Historical Society, and a former past president of her music fraternity, Mu Phi Epsilon, Gamma Chapter. She has a particular interest in the organ and piano chamber works of Johannes Brahms, César Franck, and Olivier Messiaen, as well as French Classical and nineteenth/twentieth century French Romantic organ literature. She also enjoys conducting sacred choral music ranging from Gregorian chant and Palestrina, to modern choral literature.
Suzanne M. Young was born in Detroit, Michigan. She began her education with a scholarship to the prestigious Pratt School of Art & Design in New York. She received a B.A. in Education from Mercy College and her Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Sculpture from Eastern Michigan University.
During her early years of creating sculpture, Young felt God calling her to give Him more honor and glory. Soon, creating secular art felt meaningless to Young, so she began sculpting religious art full time. As soon as Young responded to God’s call, her career skyrocketed; she now has artwork displayed in churches, hospitals, and schools throughout the country.
A few examples include:
Icon by Volodymyr Mayorchak
Volodymyr Mayorchak was born in the city of Lviv, Ukraine in 1960. He graduated from Ivan Trush College of Arts and the Ivan Fedorov Academy of Arts.
From 1989 until 1994 he worked in Yugoslavian and France, restoring churches, painting icons, classical murals and museums using special techniques. He came to America in 1994. Since 1996 Volodymyr Mayorchak has founded two companies, “Old World Painting” and “UVM Luxury Paint”. He has the reputation of greatly exceeding his customer’s expectations.
Under his leadership, his artistic companies are achieving excellence in multiple areas of art, including restorations, interior design, painting huge exquisite murals on walls and ceilings, wood carvings, sculptures, gold leaf restorations and eased paintings.
He has effectively managed a diverse number of projects in a variety of venues. In addition to many other commercial, institutional, educational and residential private buildings, his work can be seen at:
Since 1984 Volodymyr Mayorchak has had his paintings shown at art exhibits in Canada and the USA, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Latvia, Yugoslavia, and France. His paintings have also captivated corporate and private collectors.
Medium: Paint
Specialty: Icons
