EnVisionChurch : Article Slideshow

Title of Piece: View of Entry
Location: Los Angeles Cathedral
Brief Description: Side nearest the entry is more modulated for pedestrian oriented traffic
Photographer Info: Photos by Dan White

Title of Piece: View from Intermittent Cross Aisles
Location: Los Angeles Cathedral
Brief Description: View from intermittent cross aisles, offering glimpses into the large nave and alabaster windows beyond
Photographer Info: Photos by Dan White

Title of Piece: Main Nave
Location: Los Angeles Cathedral
Brief Description: Partial view of main nave. Milky light from pouring past the side chapels is similar to Byzantine lighting strategies, while the dramatic cross window directs filtered natural light to the altar, reminiscent of Baroque lighting techniques.`
Photographer Info: Photos by Dan White

Title of Piece: Saint Joseph the Worker, Grand Rapids, MI
Location: Saint Joseph the Worker, Grand Rapids, MI
Brief Description: Color scheme uses, olive, blue, tan with terracotta and gold trim. Contemporary reredos is covered in caramelized bamboo panel. The niches contain Marian images brought by the immigrants from each country (Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, etc.) Mosaic cross, altar and ambo panels (by Jose Narezo) are made with simple handmade Mexican tile accented with gold tiles and glass beads.
Photographer Info: Photos by Kathy Denton

Title of Piece: Main Platform
Location: Saint Joseph the Worker, Grand Rapids, MI
Brief Description: The platform uses an oval shape to move the liturgical furnishings closer to the people. The platform is covered in natural bamboo, the sanctuary and main aisle floor are covered in ceramic tile with random small brass inlays, and the flooring under the angled pews is a natural linoleum product.
Photographer Info: Photos by Kathy Denton

Title of Piece: View of Platform with Choir Area
Location: Saint Joseph the Worker, Grand Rapids, MI
Brief Description: View of Platform with choir area behind. Votive candles will be placed along the edge of the curve wall between altar and chair
Photographer Info: Photos by Kathy Denton

Title of Piece: Native Dancers
Location: Saint Joseph the Worker, Grand Rapids, MI
Brief Description: Native Dancers during the dedication ceremony show how the mosaics reflect the traditional colors of the dresses.
Photographer Info: Photos by Kathy Denton

Title of Piece: Native Dancers
Location: Saint Joseph the Worker, Grand Rapids, MI
Brief Description: How the color base at the font compliments the fabrics worn by native dancers during the dedication rite.
Photographer Info: Photos by Kathy Denton

Title of Piece: Children at the Font
Location: Saint Joseph the Worker, Grand Rapids, MI
Brief Description: Altar cloth (by Pam Hardiman) weaves fabrics from Central America and highlights the wood joinery of the liturgical furnishings
Photographer Info: Photos by Kathy Denton

Title of Piece: Ambo
Location: St. Patrick, West Oakland, CA
Brief Description: A parishioner who was a woodcarver from El Salvador crafted the liturgical furnishing
Photographer Info: Photos by Russell Abraham

Title of Piece: Interior
Location: St. Patrick, West Oakland, CA
Brief Description: Small stage theater lighting was used to highlight celebrants, and visually draw the congregation closer to the platform.
Photographer Info: Photos by Russell Abraham

Title of Piece: Black Madonna
Location: St. Patrick, West Oakland, CA
Brief Description: A local artist from Cal Berkeley used a wet plaster fresco technique to create an African Madonna and Child in a side niche. Across from this niche is Our Lady of Guadalupe in fresco by the same artist.
Photographer Info: Photos by Russell Abraham

Title of Piece: Vestibule
Location: St. Patrick, West Oakland, CA
Brief Description: A local mosaic artist crafted small accent tables for the vestibule to introduce the expanded color scheme found in the nave.
Photographer Info: Photos by Russell Abraham

Title of Piece: Aerial View
Location: Sinte Gleska University, Rosebud Reservation, SD
Brief Description: The layout of the campus and the shapes and design of the buildings were influenced by Lakota world view; spirituality, numerology, mythology, etc.
Photographer Info: Photos by RoRo Architects, used with permission.

Title of Piece: Campus Model
Location: Sinte Gleska University, Rosebud Reservation, SD
Brief Description: Initial Buildings were constructed by members of the high school basketball team, trained by the architect's office; since few on the reservation had construction skills.
Photographer Info: Photos by RoTo Architects, used with permission

Title of Piece: Mix of forms and shapes familiar to the past, but modified by the use of materials and construction techniques of today
Location: Sinte Gleska University, Rosebud Reservation, SD
Photographer Info: Photo from RoTo Architects, used with permission