Annie Hill, an artist and advocate for sexual abuse survivors, wants her artwork removed from the prestigious Wallace Collection after its founder, Sir James Wallace, was found guilty of indecently assaulting three men. Hill is a survivor of sexual abuse by Fr Michael Shirres and told RNZ she has been re-traumatised by Wallace’s naming. In Read more
The success of Bible Society New Zealand’s recently released Big Little Bible app and book has been largely credited to Catholic illustrator Meesh Holswich who played a significant part in its creation. Meesh’s art style means the pencil never leaves the page and actually dovetails in with the overall message of the Bible. “One line, Read more
Artist Shen Jiawei’s paintings of Chinese soldiers during the Cultural Revolution were so popular with Mao’s regime that 250,000 copies of his most famous work were made into propaganda posters and distributed throughout the country. Four decades later, Shen now has a different patron commissioning his work: He has become, somewhat inexplicably, the unofficial portrait Read more
Ella Yates, is an American-based artist. She is spending two years travelling and painting murals for Catholic schools. The Presentation Sisters of Ireland, which has links to schools throughout the world funded her travel For the past few weeks she has been at St Bernadette’s in Naenae. She has also completed murals at Our Lady Read more