Rosalind McGary Commissioned by Sheen Center to Create Site Specific Permanent Installation

    LOS ANGELES, CA, March 16, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Los Angeles based artist Rosalind McGary has been commissioned by the Archdiocese of New York to create original artwork for permanent display in newly restored Sheen Center. The site specific piece will be installed in the fall of 2015.

McGary's piece tells the story of Our Lady of Loreto on a series of four wooden panels. The hand- painted piece features beading and gold leaf detail on text and images. The panels will custom-fit around a column prominently featured in the lobby. The story of Our Lady of Loreto, is the name designated to the house that Mary, the mother of Jesus grew up in. Prior to the Sheen center the site was host to the parish Our Lady of Loreto. The commissioned piece will memorialize the parish and the story of the house.

About the The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center For Thought and Culture: The Sheen Center is a brand new building in the Noho section of New York City that houses two theaters and a gallery space. It will be a space to engage and serve the community through art that highlights "the good, the true and the beautiful". It is due to open in the fall of 2015.

About Rosalind McGary: McGary's work has been featured in solo and collaborative shows at the Los Angeles Museum of African American Art, The African American Museum at Oakland, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Hampton University's Art Museum, Atlanta's National Black Arts Festival, New York's Art Expo, and the New York National Black Fine Art Show. Her work is exhibited in galleries in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Los Angeles. Public projects include teaching art with the youth outreach program through the East Bay Consortium for Quality Health Care and the SPEAR project at UC Berkeley, creating a mural for the Downtown L.A. mission, and co-curating "RISE: Love. Revolution. The Black Panther Party", a group art event highlighting the Black Panther Party's contribution to International Social Change.

For more information about Rosalind McGary visit www.rosalindmcgary.com or on Facebook and Instagram. For media inquiries please contact Rushing Media via phone, 310-987-7318 or by e-mail at [email protected].

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