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THE RAVENNA MOSAIC COMPANY: A RETROSPECTIVE |
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THE RAVENNA MOSAIC COMPANY: A RETROSPECTIVE |
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Immacolata
Church on Clayton Rd. was designed by architect Bernard McMahon, an
architect working out of Clayton.
Ravenna began collaboration with McMahon in July 1966 when
Ravenna won the contract for the mosaics which adorn the altar area of
the church for a fee of $6,832 (approximately $47,000 in 2003 dollars).
In May of the following year, Ravenna received an additional
order for a mosaic panel of Our Lady Perpetual Help for the same church.
The artist selected for the design of the altar area mosaics was
Russell Morland Kraus, an artist with whom Ravenna collaborated on a
mural at Drury College (1968), the stations of the cross in the St.
John’s Mercy Hospital
Chapel (1978), and the Celtic Oratory Chapel mosaics in the
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
In June of 1967, the mosaics were completed in Ravenna’s studio
and installed behind the altar.
VIEW IMAGES OF IMMACOLATA CHURCH
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