Anthony Visco, Catholic Artist

"Drawing God"

Synopsis: Through the centuries our Catholic faith has brought forth, given birth witnessed innumerable manifestations of art and architecture in the Church. It has been in this agreement of variety, this incredibly vast vernacular, that a visual language that brings testimony to the infinite possibilities of art forms in and for the Catholic community as

well as the entire world. Our symbols are plentiful. Our designs are meaningful. Their beauty is powerful.

Having survived modernism, finding our selves in this Post-modern era of the Church, how are we prepared to best to educate the next generations of artists and artists to best restore the beauty to the Church?

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Anthony Visco, director of the Atelier for the Sacred Arts, graduated from the University of the Arts, where he received Fullbright–Hayes Grant to travel and study in Florence, Italy. In 1975, he was awarded the Elizabeth T. Greensheilds Grant for figurative sculpture and has received the coveted Arthur Ross Award twice for sculpture within an architectural setting. He has taught at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts as well as New York Academy of Art and currently teaches artistic anatomy, signs and symbols of Catholic art, relief composition and drawing at the Sacred Art School/ Firenze.

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Video of Anthony Visco's Address