December 2013

01-Moore-Merkowitz Tile-Animal Series Installation - ©1990 copy

Designer & manufacturer of handcrafted ceramic relief & field tile since 1986: original designs & glazes; more than 230 designs in 150 colors; for kitchen backsplashes, bathrooms, fireplace surrounds, murals, pools & more. Residential and commercial.

Arch Street United Methodist Church in Center City, Philadelphia, has a long relationship with Partners for Sacred Places. The congregation has been through New Dollars/New Partners training, received a grant for building repairs, and participated in the Halo Effect study. The church provides a variety of social service programs for those in need, including Grace Cafe, which provides a hot meal, blankets and toiletries to the city’s most vulnerable citizens.

The Forum

The multiple ways by which sacred places contribute to the vitality and economic health of towns and neighborhoods.

The interior paint scheme for the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich, CT, has been updated with new paint, murals, gilding and polychrome done by John Canning Studios.

Religious Buildings

John Canning Studios', Bulfinch winner in the craftsmanship/artisanship category, outstanding work at the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich, CT.

Our Savior Parish and University of Southern California (USC) Caruso Catholic Center in Los Angeles were designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects and Perkowitz & Ruth to create an enclave for the students and the university community.

Religious Buildings

Our Savior Parish in Los Angeles is a new 6,000-sq.ft. chapel that seats 300 and a 14,000-sq.ft. two-story student center built around an open courtyard.

Religious Buildings

The Cathedral of Christ the King in Lexington, KY, hosted a design competition that called for proposal plans to renovate its sanctuary and baptistery.