St.Benedicts Abbey Art Collection

St. Benedict’s Abbey has thousands of pieces of art, in several different medium forms, within its inventory.  These include several international pieces.   The Abbey would love to have a catalog established of the art, using high-resolution images.  From those images, a reference catalog of some sort could be put together and the items possibly grouped into commonalities – i.e., Challis’s, photography taken by monks, statuary, etc.  The images could be used to create “coffee table type” books that could be set up in series format and simply titled “Dedicated to the Art of the Abbey,” or along those lines.  The books could be produced and sold through the Abbey’s website/gift shop, thus generating income for the monks, and acknowledging the contributions of the SIBC.

The Abbey also has an Art Gallery at the Abbey and has held art shows that have been open to the public.  Cataloging the art would provide the monks the opportunity to determine new ways to display and rotate the art shown in the gallery.

The Abbey is open to recommendations or enhancements that SIBC students may have in mind for the project.