Artwork at closed UK parish church added to national heritage register
Following a campaign by art historians, the UK government has added the ‘Oldham Mural’ masterpiece to its national heritage register.
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by bcadmin | Aug 13, 2022 | Church closings, Church in UK and Ireland, England, Great Britain, lead, mosaic, News, religious art, United Kingdom | 0 |
Following a campaign by art historians, the UK government has added the ‘Oldham Mural’ masterpiece to its national heritage register.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 9, 2021 | Anwatin Middle School, Benilde High School for boys, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr Elementary, Catholic school buildings, Echoes of Catholic Minnesota, Featured, Laurel Avenue, mosaic, News, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Margaret of Scotland, Theodore Wirth Park | 0 |
Anwatin Middle School and Bryn Mawr Elementary sit at the western edge of Laurel Avenue in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis. Currently, they are part of the Minneapolis Public Schools. But a mosaic of St. Margaret of Scotland on the exterior of the building suggests a different history. In fact, the school building was opened in 1960 as St. Margaret’s Academy, a high school for girls run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 22, 2021 | Catholic Church, Church in England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, England, Great Britain, lead, mosaic, mural, News, Parish closings, religious art, United Kingdom | 0 |
In Holy Rosary Church in Oldham – a town in the Greater Manchester area of England – is one of the most important works of Hungarian artist George Mayer-Marton. The church closed in 2017, and now his mosaic-fresco “The Crucifixion” is at risk.
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