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November 9 – January 27 2019

Events:

Panel Discussion on the Sacred Transmitted

Friday November, 9 2018

• Reception | 5:00-5:30 p.m.

• Panel Discussion | 5:30-6:20 p.m.

Panel Speakers:
Br. Martin Erspamer, O.S.B. • Fr. Thomas Esposito, O. Cist. William Frank • Aaron Frei • Dr. John Norris (moderator)

Location: Catholic Foundations Room, Cardinal Farrell Hall

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Opening Reception of Sacred Transmitted

Friday November, 9 2018

• Reception | 6:20 – 9:00 p.m.

The exhibition includes works by

Francis Deck, Br. Martin Erspamer, OSB, William Frank, Emil Frei Jr., Robert Frei, Milton Frenzel,

Robert Harmon, Siegfried Reinhardt, William Schickel, Joan Velligan, John Wheadon, and Rodney Winfield.

Location: Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, Art History Building

 

About the Exhibition

Sacred Transmitted is an exhibition of liturgical stained glass designs from the archives of the Emil Frei & Associates, an award winning liturgical stained-glass design and fabrication studio, in St. Louis, MO. Established in 1898, and run by five generations of the Frei family, the studio has made over a thousand church windows across the United States.

Behind every stained glass window is an initial vision—a sketch grasping at a way to communicate visually the sacred while considering practicalities of a window’s location and illumination from surrounding light. On exhibition will be, for the first time, many of the studio’ archive’s watercolors, ink sketches, and drawings produced by Emil Frei studio artists. This survey show reveals what typically remains hidden: the artist’s working designs.

By their very nature, designs such as these are not finished products, and as such they testify to the ongoing tradition of liturgical art. At the design stage, we encounter the artist in mid-thought, where the struggle to depict or reveal spiritual meaning is heightened. In some instances, we see notations and changes scrawled by the artist as he refines a concept. In others, residual smudges and prints left by craftsmen during fabrication stain the paper. This evidence of the human hand laboring in this creative work tells the story of the living tradition of sacred art.

While the windows of the Emil Frei studio can be seen around the country, their designs have never left the archives for public viewing until now. This exhibition showcases the true scope of of The Emil Frei studio’s artistic production over a century on.

This exhibition is made possible by the generosity of the following institutions and individuals who have loaned their artworks: Emil Frei, Inc., Winfield Galleries, Judy Frei-Howe, Saint Louis University Library, and Tony Deck.

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Directions to the Haggerty Art Gallery:

The University of Dallas is accessible from Loop 12, Hwy. 114 or Hwy. 183.
From Hwy. 114, exit Tom Braniff, turn right on Northgate Drive, then right on Gorman Drive.From Hwy. 183 exit Carl Road, turn right on Northgate, then left on Gorman Drive.

The Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery is located in the Art History Building, the copper clad building  at the corner of campus roads, Gorman Drive and Haggar Circle on the University of Dallas campus at 1845 E. Northgate Drive in Irving. The gallery, which is part of the university's Haggerty Art Village, is free and open will be open in the Fall Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 

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Image credit: Siegfried Reinhardt, Lutheran Hour Ministries, Saint Louis, MO, 1965, ink and watercolor on board, courtesy of Emil Frei, Inc.