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Art Exhibits

Two art exhibits will be on display in the crypt, the area below the monastery church. The exhibits will be open during the Summer Social on July 14 and from July 15 through July 22, during daytime hours. (The A.L. Aydelott Exhibition will also be open to the public July 23–31 by special arrangement. Please call 812-367-1411.)

Sisters’ Art Show

Sister Jane Becker: watercolors
Sister Briana Elisabeth Craddock: pencil drawings, watercolors
Sister Rosemary Dauby: watercolors
Sister Susan Mary Hooks: photography
Sister Jayn Elizabeth Lein: clay sculpture
Sister Francis Marie Pifer: photography
Sister Mary Oliver Reising: watercolors, painted gourds
Sister Marge Sasse: clay sculpture
Sister Paulette Seng: photography
Sister Mary Ann Verkamp: calligraphy
Sister Jeana Visel: pencil drawings, acrylic icons
Sister Francesca Brogan (In Memoriam): pottery, paintings

Many of the pieces in the Sisters’ Art Show will be available for sale.
For more information, call Sister Mary Dominic Frederick at 812-367-1411.

A.L. Aydelott Exhibition: “Architecture: Now and Then”

The A.L. Aydelott Exhibition titled “Architecture: Now and Then” will include the noted architect’s paintings of prominent churches from around the world and photographs of the Pet Building and Pet Plaza in St. Louis, which he designed and for which he has received awards.

A.L. Aydelott was based in Memphis from 1938 to 1974. In the last 33 years, he has pursued a second career in art. He now lives in California.

A design fellow emeritus of the American Institute of Architects, he has served as visiting design critic and architect-in-residence at Yale University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, and Auburn University.

The Pet Building is one of Aydelott’s most renowned projects. Built in 1969 as headquarters for Pet, Inc., the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. It is an example of the “new brutalism” style that used concrete and strong angles and projected a sense of strength. The building has been undergoing conversion into luxury apartments.

The collection of paintings in the exhibition, described as “travel recollections of many years past,” depict churches in such places as Segovia, Durham, Amiens, Chartres, Siena, Florence, Salzburg, Mont St. Michel, and Paris (Notre Dame Cathedral).

“I have marveled at the imaginative wonders architects have created since the beginning of history, and I am most fortunate to have one of my buildings set aside and deemed by my peers as having historic significance,” Aydelott has stated. “No more could be asked of life than to be so honored.”

The exhibition sponsor is Christian Brothers University in Memphis, where Aydelott was greatly involved with the design of the campus. Christian Brother Patrick O’Brien is curator for the Monastery Immaculate Conception exhibit. He is a gift officer in the Mission Advancement Office of the Sisters of St. Benedict.

The exhibit will also be on display at the St. Meinrad Archabbey Library for the month of August, after which it will travel to the University of Tennessee, University of Arkansas, Auburn University, University of Texas, Mississippi State University, Tulane University, and Washington University.