Art Exhibition in St. Augustine

Artwork by our Sisters was featured in a gallery show in 2006 on the grounds of the Old St. Augustine Village Museum in St. Augustine, Florida. The show included a variety of media, including lace, pottery, stained glass, photography, works on canvas, as well as rare painted tapestries, some of which were made in the late nineteenth century.

The art of lace making has long been a tradition of the Sisters of St. Joseph, and it represented a source of much-needed income for the first Sisters who arrived in St. Augustine from LePuy, France in 1866. Two of our Sisters keep the art alive today.

Painted tapestries were popular from the late nineteenth to the mid twentieth century. Today the tapestries are quite rare and valuable. The Sisters' collection includes painted tapestries dating from 1886 to an unfinished piece last worked on in 1940. Fine examples of this art form are on permanent display at the Father Miguel O'Reilly House Museum located adjacent to Motherhouse in St. Augustine.

The majority of work on display in the Old St. Augustine Village gallery show was paintings, including religious portraits and icons, plus still lifes and contemporary subject matter.  Devotional stained glass was also well represented. To learn more about the Sisters work in stained glass, visit the Sisters of St. Joseph Stained Glass Studio.

An article on the show appeared in the St. Augustine Record on the day of the opening, Friday, January 6, 2006. To read it, click here. (If the link does not take you directly to the article, you will be asked to register with staugustine.com. To register is free and your privacy is protected.)

Ms. Randi Loving photographed a representative selection of work from the art exhibition. Thumbnail images can be viewed below and on the following pages. To view the artwork larger, simply click on an image.