Associates Illinois Patrons

06/10/2019

6th Annual Art & Faith Lecture - Biblical Paintings: The Art of Carlo Maratta - Illinois Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums

Join the Illinois Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums on July 16th for their 6th Annual Art & Faith Lecture, featuring Biblical Paintings: The Art of Carlo Maratta.

For more information on this event and to purchase tickets, visit our website at http://www.vaticanpatronschicago.org/events/6th-annual-art-faith-lecture-biblical-paintings-the-art-of-carlo-maratta/

Biblical Paintings: The Art of Carlo Maratta Please join us for a distinctive lecture presented by Pauline A. Viviano, Associate Professor Emerita, Loyola University & Heather Becker, CEO, The Conservation Center 5:00 – 6:00 PM – Lecture in St. James Chapel 6:00 – 8:00 PM – Reception in Quig...

08/01/2017

Join us on Thursday, August 10th at Londo Mondo for a shopping fundraiser to support our current restoration!

08/01/2017

Illinois Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums

4th Annual Art & Faith Lecture Series

04/18/2017

Inside the Vatican

Inside the Vatican

The smallest independent state in the world, Vatican City draws more than six million visitors each year to one of the holiest sites in the world: St. Peter's Basilica

03/16/2017

March 8, 2017

March 8, 2017

03/10/2017

The Berlin Painter and His World: Athenian Vase-Painting in the Early Fifth Century B.C.' opens March 4 | Princeton University Art Museum

Check out this exhibit that features Athenian vases just like the ones we are restoring in the Vatican Museums. These are little closer to home in a travelling exhibit in Princeton, NJ and Toledo, OH.

01/26/2017

Join the Associate Patrons' on March 8th for their Legacy of Art: Annual Spring Social! The Associates have begun fundraising for a new restoration and will be sharing the information at this event. To RSVP, you can print the card from here or go to the website at www.vaticanpatronschicago.org and click the link to register. We hope to see you there!

12/20/2016

Illinois Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums

Illinois Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums

The IL Patrons is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that raises funds for the preservation, care, exhibition, & restoration of art in the Vatican Museums

12/19/2016

Nativity Art of the Chicago Archdiocesan Collection

Nativity Art of the Chicago Archdiocesan Collection

10/18/2016

Skokie Country Club

Skokie Country Club

08/31/2016

Today is the Early Bird Deadline to RSVP before the event donation amount increases to $100 per person. RSVP today to join us!

You can print the RSVP card below or go directly to our website at http://www.vaticanpatronschicago.org/events/associates-soiree-for-art-restoration-and-preservation-in-the-vatican-museums/

08/16/2016

"Chagall's White Crucifixion and Pope Francis" - Presented by John David Mooney

"Chagall's White Crucifixion and Pope Francis" - Presented by John David Mooney

08/07/2016

This is a photo of the current Illinois Patrons' restoration project, a stunning tapestry entitled The Wedding of Louis XIV. The Patrons have adopted this project in honor of Archbishop Blase J. Cupich. The photo was taken in the Vatican Museums' Restoration Labs during the Illinois Patrons' most recent trip to Rome in April of 2016.

04/30/2016

Hobnobbing with the Ambassador.

04/30/2016

Photos from Associates Illinois Patrons's post

04/30/2016

Papal audience on Wednesday. Beautiful!

04/26/2016

Patrons Visit to Orvieto today.

04/25/2016

Roma trip 2016! Days 1 and 2.....

03/08/2016

Una Bella Serata

02/02/2016

Vatican Patrons

Vatican Patrons

Today at the Apostolic Palace Leonardo DiCaprio met Pope Francis.

02/02/2016

Vatican Patrons

Vatican Patrons

The school of Athens #VaticanMuseumsGIF

01/28/2016

Vatican Patrons

Vatican Patrons

The Creation of Adam #SistineChapel #vaticanmuseumsGIF

01/28/2016

Vatican Patrons

#didyouknow #jubileeinchurchhistory
In 1825 More than half a million pilgrims journeyed to Rome for the 19th Holy Year, for which Pope Leo XII substituted Santa Maria in Trastevere for St Paul’s as a pilgrimage site, since the latter was being rebuilt after a fire.

01/28/2016

Vatican Patrons

We shared Emperor Constantine's vision.

The Vision of Constantine
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1670
Located in the Scala Regia by St. Peter's Basilica

01/28/2016

Una Bella Serata!
Gibson's Bar & Steakhouse
March 2, 2016 5:30-7:30 pm
$75 per person

01/20/2016

Vatican Patrons

Vatican Patrons

Pope at Synagogue: “From Enemies and Strangers to Friends and Brothers” http://ow.ly/XhcU7

01/20/2016

Vatican Patrons

Vatican Patrons

Catch the Pontiff sharing in a great American pastime #popeishope #popefrancis
http://gph.is/1M9bFD2

12/01/2015

10 Handmade Christmas Gifts from Monks and Nuns

10 Handmade Christmas Gifts from Monks and Nuns

We’ve never been keen on Black Friday, however… there is something to be said for getting shopping done this week so you can get the most out of...

12/01/2015

Vatican Patrons

For the first time Pope Francis speaks about art, museums and society: his unique thought is expressed in a book to be released on 1 December, published by Edizioni Musei Vaticani in collaboration with Mondadori.
Entitled "Papa Francesco - La mia idea di Arte", the book is edited by the journalist Tiziana Lupi. The Pope reiterates, firmly and clearly, on the eve of the Jubilee Year, that "Art must reject nothing and no-one. Like Mercy".

11/23/2015

Vatican Patrons

Artwork of the Day - St Andrew - 1629-33 - François Duquesnoy
Marble - Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican

The "Duques" is in the middle of artists trying to "duke it out:" The year was 1630. The battle of the Baroque verses Classicism begins. Pietro da Cortona led the Baroque faction with Bernini. Painters Andrea Sacchi and Nicolas Poussin championed the classical cause together--and also on the team was Flemish sculptor Duquesnoy, who lived in Rome during 1618-43.
Duquesnoy's figure of St Andrew stands in St Peter's opposite Bernini's St Longinus. Let's compare: At first glance both figures have a Baroque flair in the drama and drapery. Bernini's composition, however, is unquestionably more dynamic and fluid; In contrast, Duquesnoy' figure is absolutely static and posed. The wooden cross as Andrew's backdrop does not guide the eye, but rather together with his slightly over-elaborate draperies renders the figure rather stagnant. #vaticanmuseums #art #artworkoftheday

11/23/2015

EWTN Vaticano

EWTN Vaticano

Both the Sistine and Pauline Chapels have undergone recent restorations. The Vatican recently took a look back:

11/23/2015

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11/19/2015

We are pleased to share the news that the Associates' restoration project, Marble Base Carved by the V Century Prefect of Rome, has begun! After studying and analyzing the surface of the piece the restorer started to clean small test areas. As you can see from the photos below, the lower corner, free from the layer of dust, has regained its original brightness! We are excited to be following the progress of this wonderful piece. Thank you The Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums

11/10/2015

Vatican Patrons

Artwork of the day - Michelangelo Buonarroti’s "La Pietà" (1498–1499), detail
The only piece he ever signed--after overhearing a viewer attributing it to the wrong person! #vaticanmuseums #art #artworkoftheday

11/10/2015

The University of Chicago

The University of Chicago

Take a walk through campus with us. #UChicagoAutumn

11/10/2015

Chicago Catholic sister wins Food Network's 'Chopped'

Chicago Catholic sister wins Food Network's 'Chopped'

CHICAGO -- A Chicago nun's culinary skills made her a big winner Monday on the Food Network. Sister Alicia Torres was one of four chefs competing in Monday's episode of "Chopped." Torres won the co...

11/04/2015

Associates Illinois Patrons's cover photo

11/04/2015

The invitations are out! $60 donation per person. Please email [email protected] for more information. We hope to see you there!

11/03/2015

Vatican Patrons

You have seen her before: "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world" Happy Birthday Mona Lisa! Today in 1507, Lisa Gherardini's husband commissioned Leonardo Da Vinci to paint her. #OTD #art

11/03/2015

Vatican museum opens unique "Matisse" display to highlight artist's...

Vatican museum opens unique "Matisse" display to highlight artist's...

June 23, 2011. (Romereports.com) It has taken roughly 30 years for this exhibit to open, but now the grand opening is finally here. This Vatican...

11/03/2015

Vatican Patrons

#didyouknow that St. Peter’s Basilica has been around for more than 300 years longer than Vatican City?
St. Peter’s Basilica was consecrated in 1626 after 120 of construction work--and "X" marks the spot! It was built exactly over the remains of Peter, Apostle of Christ and first Pope of the church. Christ said, "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church..." (Matt. 16:18). The Papacy leads back from the time of Christ and early Christianity, but Vatican City as an official independent nation has only existed since the 1929 Lateran Treaty signed between the Italian government and the Holy See.

11/03/2015

Vatican Patrons

Artwork of the Day - Condemnation of St Lawrence by the Emperor Valerian - Beato Angelico

1447-49
Cappella Niccolina, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican

Lawrence of Rome was one of the seven deacons of Ancient Rome under Pope Sixtus II that were martyred. Literally, he was being grilled alive--during the persecution by Emperor Valerian in 258. #EarlyRenaissance #vaticanmuseums #art #artworkoftheday

10/21/2015

Vatican Patrons

Madonna of Humility, Sassetta
c. 1433 - Pinacoteca Vaticana
Sassetta was active in Siena between 1425 and 1450, he is considered one of the most important representatives of Sienese Renaissance painting. #vaticanmuseums #art #artworkoftheday

10/21/2015

Vatican Patrons

The true work of art is but a shadow of divine perfection. #Michelangelo

10/15/2015

Vatican Patrons

Vatican Patrons