Young Artists Showcase Their Talents at Cathedral’s 5th Annual Robert Graham Art Exhibit

Hundreds of parishioners, artists and art aficionados filled the art galleries of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, 90012) in downtown Los Angeles for the opening this week of the 5th Annual Robert Graham Student Art Exhibit.
The exhibit, named for the creator of the Cathedral’s Bronze Doors, includes 84 student artists–a record number of participants–selected from 14 Catholic high schools throughout the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Cathedral Pastor Msgr. Kevin Kostelnik opened the exhibit Sunday with a blessing.
“Lord, bless these schools. Bless these teachers. And bless these students who have created great works of art to give glory to God,” Msgr. Kostelnik said.
Steven Graham, son of Robert Graham, and renowned artist Gayle Garner Roski, a member of the Cathedral’s fine arts committee, joined Msgr. Kostelnik to congratulate the students and present them with certificates.
The exhibit, which runs through early May, includes art pieces inspired by Lenten themes of faith, forgiveness and resurrection.
In one black and white photograph, a homeless man kneels in the rain, head down and hands clasped in prayer.
“This man is showing a true display of his faith and even though he has little, he still looks to God,” wrote Mary Harding, a Mayfield High School student, in her statement about her photograph, taken on the Charles Bridge in Prague.
The high schools participating in the exhibit are: Alverno (Sierra Madre), La Salle (Pasadena), Bishop Amat (La Puente), Louisville (Woodland Hills), Mayfield (Pasadena), Immaculate Heart (Los Angeles), Flintridge Sacred Heart (La Cañada Flintridge), Crespi Carmelite (Encino), Loyola (Los Angeles), Providence (Burbank), Marymount (Los Angeles), Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary (Montebello), Chaminade College Preparatory (Canoga Park), and St. Monica (Santa Monica).
For more information about Robert Graham’s Great Bronze Doors, click on the “Arts” tab on the Cathedral website at www.olacathedral.org.

Steven Graham(far left), son of sculptor Robert Graham, Gayle Garner Roski (in aqua/brown scarf), a member of the Cathedral’s fine arts committee, and Msgr. Kevin Kostelnik(far right), the Cathedral Pastor, congratulated art teachers and young artists selected from 14 Catholic schools to exhibit their work at the 5th Annual Robert Graham Student Art Exhibit at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles in downtown Los Angeles. – Photo by Eileen Bonaduce/Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Pictured here are young artists from Loyola High School in Los Angeles. The exhibit runs through early May. – Photo by Eileen Bonaduce/Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

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