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Title of Piece: Altar
Location: St. Joseph Catholic Church, Shreveport LA
Brief Description: White Carrara marble altar with veined sienna columns. The front was carved with the image of The Last Supper. The columns of the altar match those of the baldicchino and the white Carrara marble matches the entablature and dome of the baldicchino. The altar was designed to complement the baldicchino, which was removed from a closed church and redesigned specifically for the new church renovation of St. Joseph in Shreveport, LA.
Artist Info: Designed by Sacred Spaces Inc. Alexandria, VA
Photographer Info: Sacred Spaces Inc. Alexandria, VA

Title of Piece: Altar
Date of Creation: 1998
Location: St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA
Brief Description: 18" wide Carrara marble altar panels depicting Grapes & Wheat.
Artist Info: M.J. Anderson, Nehalem, Oregon
Photographer Info: M.J. Anderson, Nehalem, Oregon

Title of Piece: Altar
Date of Creation: 2004
Location: Queen of the Holy Rosary, Overland Park, Kansas
Artist Info: Phillip Broussard from Architron; Liturgical Consultant: Carol Frenning; Builders: Richard Helgeson and Greg Wood
Photographer Info: Richard Helgeson, St. Paul, MN

Title of Piece: Altar
Date of Creation: 1998
Location: St. Gerard Majella Church, Hollis, NY
Brief Description: This sculptural and symbolic focal point of the church and liturgy is expressed in a unique combination of wood and stone. The architectural scale of the columns support an intentionally massive mensa combining the themes of table and tomb as altar.
Artist Info: Renovata Studios, INC. Port Chester, NY
Photographer Info: Renovata Studios, INC. Port Chester, NY

Title of Piece: Altar
Date of Creation: 2004
Location: St. Thomas More Church, St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY
Brief Description: The plan of the altar corresponds to the octagonal plan of the church. The stipes are like rays of energy emanating from the center. The bronze frame connecting the stripes supports a polished bronze and aluminum reliquary containing relics of saints that are important to the university and the Vincentian community. The form of the reliquary is a smaller version of the church’s tabernacle. The mountain rose granite is carved in three different textures to create unique variations in color and form.
Artist Info: Renovata Studios, INC. Port Chester, NY
Photographer Info: Renovata Studios, INC. Port Chester, NY

Title of Piece: Altar
Date of Creation: 2007
Location: St. Joseph Church, Middletown, DE
Brief Description: Materials: Oak and walnut wood, Dakota Mahogany granite. The altar is adaptable for either a standing priest or one in a wheelchair simply by removing four wood blocks and lowering the mensa. The solid granite stipes are permanently set in the floor and act as guides for the raising and lowering of this mensa creating a unique permanent altar that is accessible to all.
Artist Info: Renovata Studios, INC. Port Chester, NY
Photographer Info: Renovata Studios, INC. Port Chester, NY

Title of Piece: Altar
Location: Cathedral of St. Vincent, St. Malo, France
Brief Description: The altar is cast in bronze. On each corner one of the four evangelists is represented.
Photographer Info: Johan van Parys, Minneapolis, MN

Title of Piece: Altar
Date of Creation: 2007
Location: St. John Cantius Church, Brooklyn, NY
Brief Description: This inner city parish church was built by European settlers in Brooklyn but is now an African American parish. The new sanctuary was inspired by thestone churches carved from the mountain sides of Lalibela, Ethiopia in the 7th century. The altar is of solid granite with carvings on the mensa top that replicates the cruciform graphics on the flat roofs of these stone churches. It also holds a reliquary of glass and granite.
Artist Info: Renovata Studios, INC. Port Chester, NY
Photographer Info: Renovata Studios, INC. Port Chester, NY

Title of Piece: Altar
Date of Creation: 2000
Location: Cathedral of Sts. Gudule and Michael, Brussels, Belgium
Brief Description: The three-ton monolith is made of light granite, which is naturally grey and white but which turns black when polished. Its predominantly horizontal composition is inspired by the symbol of the tree which has one half pointing upwards and the other downwards. In the tree symbol Heaven and Earth unite.
Artist Info: Michel Smolders,Belgium
Photographer Info: Johan van Parys, Minneapolis, MN

Title of Piece: Altar
Date of Creation: 2007
Location: School of the Holy Child Chapel, Rye, NY
Brief Description: The chapel is in a former mansion built of stones in the Tudor Gothic Style. The students were most comfortable with a design that reflects the existing architecture so some of the carved wood details were replicated for the altar, ambo and font.
Artist Info: Renovata Studios, INC. Port Chester, NY
Photographer Info: Renovata Studios, INC. Port Chester, NY

Title of Piece: Altar
Location: Our Mother of Confidence Church, San Diego, CA
Artist Info: The altar was designed and fabricated by Jeff Wynn and Linda Condy.
Photographer Info: Jeff Wynn and Linda Condy

Title of Piece: Altar
Date of Creation: 1999
Location: Corpus Christi University Parish, daily chapel, Toledo, Ohio
Brief Description: The altar in this chapel is inspired by "vines and branches."
Artist Info: Dean Ludwig, Toledo, Ohio
Photographer Info: Dean Ludwig, Toledo, Ohio

Title of Piece: Altar and Candles
Location: Mercy Gilbert Medical Center in Gilbert, AZ
Brief Description: Designed by Christine Reinhard, fabricated by Wood and Iron Factory
Artist Info: Designed by Christine Reinhard, fabricated by Wood and Iron Factory
Photographer Info: Provided by Wood and Iron Factory

Title of Piece: Altar
Date of Creation: 2001
Location: St. Theresa Catholic Church, Austin,TX
Brief Description: White Oak Altar with carving; Dimensions: 31" high x 46" long x 36" deep
Artist Info: Mark Landers, Austin, TX
Photographer Info: Mark Landers, Austin, TX