HomeThe Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help by Guillermo Esparza. Egg tempera and gold on panel, 2008
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RECEPTION WITH THE ARTISTS:
Guillermo Esparza, Artist
Maria Andriasova-Esparza, Composer
September 2015
The Church of St. Paul The Apostle
EVENTS:INSTALLATION OF THE GRAND DEESIS:
Installation of The Grand Deesis, The Catholic Center at New York University, Spring 2014
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS BY GUILLERMO ESPARZA in New York City area:
Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, New York.
The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. John The Theologian in Tenafly, NJ.
Saints Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Church, Somerset, NJ.
The Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan
The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, Manhattan
The Church of St. Paul The Apostle, Manhattan
CBS Special:
Regis Philbin reading from The Bible under Guillermo Esparza’s Mural of Pantokrator,
CBS Special: New York Christmas to Remember,
December 24, 2013, Church of St. Paul The Apostle.
OPENING RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST / PERMANENT INSTALLATION:Thursday, September 19, 2013
7 pm - 9 pm
Church of St. Paul The Apostle at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NYC
View clip from Net TV - Currents: Modern Artist's Work Is Iconic
ART EXHIBIT: ARCANUM ANGELORUM BY GUILLERMO ESPARZA:
Permanent installation, 2012
Church of St. Paul The Apostle at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NYC
INSTALLATION AND BLESSING OF THE CHERUB BRONZE SCULPTURE
DEDICATED TO THE HOLY INNOCENTS:
Summer 2011The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, New York, NY
OPENING RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST:
November 2010: Blessing of the mural Icon of the Deisis, Holy Name Chapel, The Basilica of Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral, New York
ART INSTALLATION:
St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in New York City commemorates its 200 year anniversary with “Arcanum Angelorum”
exhibit by American artist Guillermo Esparza.
EXHIBITION TITLE:
“Arcanum Angelorum” by Guillermo Esparza
Art in the Sacred Canon at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral located in historic SoHo neighborhood in New York City
The exhibition will feature recent paintings of angels in oil, icons in egg tempera and gold, drawings, as well as s
culptures and mural designs by Guillermo Esparza
ADDRESS:
Holy Name Chapel, opposite 263 Mulberry Street, New York, NY, 10012
EXEBITION HOURS:
9 am and 12 pm, Monday through Friday
Weekends: by appointment only. Please contact the Cathedral’s office at (212) 226-8075, or call 347-419-6585.
Please note: The exhibit will take place in the undercroft of the Old Cathedral.
SACRED ART LECTURE SERIES: Through December 31, 2010:
DECEMBER 6, 2009 AT 2 PM: LECTURE ON BYZANTINE ICONOGRAPHY:
Guillermo Esparza presents his Sacred Arts lecture on Byzantine iconography at Holy Name Chapel
(in the undercroft of the Cathedral), St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in SoHo. The lecture is followed by a 4 pm
concert in the Cathedral by the music department of the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU.
SACRED ART LECTURE SERIES: Through December 31, 2010:
MARCH 2009: LECTURE ON OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP:
Guillermo Esparza presents his Sacred Arts lecture series at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in SoHo.
Please join us together with Msgr. Donald Sakano and the communicants after the 12:45 mass.
The lecture will be on The Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Location: in the Upper Cathedral
and the Lower Church Holy Name Chapel.
CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE FIRST LECTURE!CLICK HERE TO READ THE BULLETIN FROM ST. PATRICK'S OLD CATHEDRAL
SACRED ART INSTALLATION:October 2009
Installation of the mural Icon of the Deisis by Guillermo Esparza
7 ft by 10 ft., oil and gold on linen.
Holy Name Chapel, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, Soho, Manhattan
ART INSTALLATION: September 27, 2009:
RECEPTIONS WITH THE ARTIST:
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2009 AT 2 PM
Installation of Mural and Mensa for "Our Lady of Lujan" shrine, Holy Name Chapel, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral.
Commissioned by Rev. Carlos Mullins and the Argentinean American Society.
RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE VERSION OF THE DOCUMENTARY: August 2009:
Russian language version of the documentary film on Guillermo Esparza is released for Studio-Online.
PRESS RELEASE ISSUE: July 19, 2009:
Press release date for Guillermo Esparza's latest news through PRWeb.
200-YEAR CELEBRATION OF ST. PATRICK'S OLD CATHEDRAL:
June 7, 2009:
Bicentennial Celebration of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in New York.After the 11 am Mass, please join us together with Timothy Michael Dolan,
Archbishop of New York, Msgr. Donald Sakano, and the celebrants of the Cathedral
for a Grand Parade on Mott Street recalling the famous lithograph painting of the parade
of the Fighting 69 Regiment on April 23, 1861. There also will be a presentation of
contemporary art in the chapel (lower church) entered from Mulberry Street, showing
Guillermo Esparza’s “Arcanum Angelorum” (Mystery of the Angels) exhibit.
FILM PREMIERE andHONOR FROM ARCHBISHOP TIMOTHY MICHAEL DOLAN: June 2009:
The film about Guillermo Esparza was premiered at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral for its 200-year anniversary
on June 7th, 2009, after Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan's historic Mass.
FILM NOMINATION:
Composer and pianist Maria Andriasova Esparza is nominated for the "Mozart Award" from the International Biographica Centre, Cambridge, UK for best original music to a documentary for the film "Guillermo Esparza - the American Iconographer".
TOP-40 / SONY MASTERWORK LISTING:
August 2009: The soundtrak to documentary film "Guillermo Esparza - the American Iconographer" is listed on Top 40 / Sony Masterwork.
INTERVIEWS: June 7, 2009:
NY1, NEW YORK: Studio-Online premiere of the film about Guillermo Esparza,
original soundtrack by Maria Andriasova Esparza, at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral during its 200-year anniversary. ABC NEWS: Studio-Online premiere of the film about Guillermo Esparza,
original soundtrack by Maria Andriasova Esparza, at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral during its 200-year anniversary.
DOCUMENTARY FILM RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2009:
Guillermo Esparza is the subject of the documentary by Los Angeles filmmaker Veronica Aberham for London-based Studio International. Original soundtrack composed and performed by Maria Andriasova Esparza. The film was released in June 1st, 2009 and premiered at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral for its 200-year anniversary on June 7th, 2009.
"In this exhibition Guillermo Esparza opens up the exclusive world of traditional Byzantine Iconography and shares his discoveries and techniques. The influences of classical architecture, of his extensive religious and ecumenical studies, keep alive an ancient canon, painted in pigments freshly ground and mixed by hand in medieval tradition. His path to Iconographer was long and arduous: thousands of brush stokes, years of constant study at the Morgan Library and at the General Theological Seminary, a master emerges. As a boy Guillermo was stuck with the wonder at church icons and a rooted feel for the work of grandfather Don Benito’s work in Mexico. Two great men — Martin Schaffer, and Bishop Michael Dudick of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic shaped his development. After years of working as an environmental sculptor in the Southwest, in 1988 Guillermo decided to learn the art of the Orthodox and moved to New York City. “Bishop Michael Dudick was an expert in iconography and pointed out many of the directions that I should go.”Today, Guillermo Esparza is internationally recognized and respected for his work. Currently he’s capomaestro for the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation and artist-in-residence at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in Manhattan, New York. He recently received a Proclamation from Mayor Michael Bloomberg, honoring his recent exhibition “Arcanum Angelorum” (Mystery of the Angels) at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. Here at studio-online you will view some of his Iconography and other works accompanied by music from Guillermo’s wife, Maria Andriasova Esparza."
ART INSTALLATION: March 25, 2009:
Installation of the Icon of The Archangel Michael, restoration by Guillermo Esparza.
Feast Day of the Church. Please join us together with Fr. James Moskovites and the communicants of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation
on the Upper West Side.
HONOR FROM MAYOR BLOOMBERG: February 26, 2009:
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg honors Guillermo Esparza's sacred art exhibit "Arcanum Angelorum" ("Mystery of the Angels") at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, and proclaims its opening date of February 26, 2009 as the official “St. Patrick's Old Cathedral Day” in New York City.CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PROCLAMATION FROM MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS:
In addition to the events listed above, we invite you to visit the following PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS BY GUILLERMO ESPARZA located in New York area:
Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, New York. Click here to view the Mural Icon of Pantokrator by Guillermo Esparza.
The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. John The Theologian in Tenafly, NJ. Click here to view Peace Dove by Guillermo Esparza.
Saints Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Church, Somerset, NJ. Click here to view Archangel Michael sculpture by Guillermo Esparza.
The Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan
St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, Manhattan
The Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Manhattan
We hope to see you there!
GUILLERMO ESPARZA'S "PODLENNIK"
PERMANENT INSTALLATION SINCE DECEMBER 2012
THE CHURCH OF ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE, NEW YORK CITY
Archbishop of New York Timothy Michael Dolan
at Guillermo Esparza's exhibit,
St. Patrick's Old Cathedral
"Эта икона Богородицы, известной также как Госпожа Бесконечного Милосердия. Это единственная византийская икона находящаяся в Католических Церквях и она в основном известна как Богородица. Мое исследование этой иконы относит её к 1492 г., и автором этой иконы был мастер Андреас Рицос, Гераклион Крита."
Presentation of Guillermo Esparza's historic Ecumenical Sculpture to His All Holiness Bartholomew I for
the Phanar Museum and the Vatican Museum
Guillermo Esparza's Ecumenical Sculpture
Silver
Permanent collections of the Vatican Museum in Rome, and the Phanar, Istanbul
Photo credit: Gilbert Ortiz
Regis Philbin reading from The Bible under Guillermo Esparza’s Mural of Pantokrator, CBS Special: New York Christmas to Remember, December 24, 2013, Church of St. Paul The Apostle.
June 2014 New York University graduates pose
in front of Guillermo Esparza's Grand Deesis Icon,
Catholic Center at NYU
Guillermo Esparza
Smithsonian Museum Sculptor, Artist, Iconographer
Maria Andriasova-Esparza
The Juilliard School concert pianist and composer
