Inaugural Donation Received to Establish the Arts and Faith Fund
The Arts & Faith Ministry is delighted to announce that a very generous monetary contribution from parishioner, Fran Olsen, officially establishes The Arts and Faith Fund, to support St. Michael’s newly established Art Collection.
“I am so appreciative of the Arts & Faith Ministry,” Fran says. Maureen Doallas, the ministry’s leader and co-founder with The Very Rev. Beth Franklin, “has provided us with so many interesting art exhibitions. I especially enjoy the quarterly shows by Studio 10 in our front hallway. So, “I was thrilled” when Maureen donated 10 of Kreg Yingst’s full-color block prints of Psalms to launch our own art collection, and donated money for a framing fund. It is my hope that others will, too.” (Parishioners interested in contributing to The Arts and Faith Fund may do so by including that designation with the amount whenever a donation is made.)
Fran’s donation will go a long way toward offsetting expenses to professionally frame the 10 donated prints, as well as other artworks that might be donated in the future.
Guidelines for donations of artworks are in development and expected to be available in 2023.