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St Andrew’s Church in Maine – A Model in Interior Decoration

by David Clayton on May 22, 2013 · 0 comments

Here are some photos St Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Newcastle, Maine. It was designed  at the end of the last century by the English architect Henry Vaughan. There are many beautiful neo-gothic churches in New England, and what generally comes…

An Intensive Summer School in Academic Drawing for Catholics – Useful Whatever Your Preferred Tradition

by David Clayton on May 10, 2013 · 0 comments

Learn the Academic Method and Earn College Credit Whatever your preferred style of art, I always feel, if you are an artist who seeks to create beautiful work you must learn to draw. Drawing is the core discipline, the musical…

Christian Geometric Art in an Arabic Gospel

by David Clayton on May 3, 2013 · 0 comments

Last week I featured the first work produced by my students at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in their sacred geometry class. They did eight sided figures based upon an Islamic design. Just in case anyone has been wondering…

Should We Sell Vatican Art and Give the Money to the Poor?

by David Clayton on April 10, 2013 · 13 comments

Is this the Franciscan message? On the final Monday of Lent, Mass at Thomas More College was celebrated by one of the monks from St Benedict’s Abbey in Still River. It is always a pleasure to have them here because…

Certificate of Sacred Art Offered by Canadian University

by David Clayton March 5, 2013

St. Mary’s University College, which is an independent Catholic liberal arts university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada is launching a Certificate in Sacred Arts. This is open to anyone. there are practical classes and lectures, but the emphasis appears to…

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Thomas More College Choir Sings for the Extraordinary Form, First Sunday of Lent

by David Clayton February 19, 2013

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Here are some recordings of what we sang. Last Sunday, the First Sunday in Lent, the Thomas More College choir sang at St Patrick’s in Nashua, NH. We sang at the invitation of Fr Kerper, the pastor at St Patricks.…

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Pictures of the Installation of Christ in Majesty in Thomas More College Chapel

by David Clayton December 21, 2012

Just before the Christmas break the latest and largest painting was installed in the college chapel. It is Christ in Majesty. In painting this and placing it behind the crucifixion I had in mind two things: first that we are…

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I’m Socially Conservative, in College, and Need a Party

by Derek Bekebrede December 7, 2012

Following Mitt Romney’s twenty-three-point loss to President Obama among the youth vote, the Republican Party has rightfully focused its attention on increasing its support among this important demographic.
Unfortunately, the outcome of this effort has been a call for the…

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Send Out the L-Team – Making a Sacrifice of Praise for American Veterans

by David Clayton December 4, 2012

Recently when I went home to England we had a reunion of old college friends of mine. Most were not believers of any sort – I had known them since I was eighteen and so the friendships pre-date, by a…

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The Treasury of Ornament – Pattern in the Decorative Arts, by Heinrich Dometsch.

by David Clayton October 29, 2012

Here is a book worth considering for students of traditional patterned art. The series is the Library of Design and the title is Treasury of Ornament – Pattern in the Decorative Arts by Heinrich Dolmetsch.  This and a number of…

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