CLOISTER GALLERY
"For [art and music] are not the thing itself;
they are only the scent of a flower we have not found,
the echo of a tune we have not heard,
news from a country we have never yet visited."
C. S. Lewis
The Cloister Gallery at Grace Cathedral is intended to provide a space for the celebration of the fine arts and to encourage awareness of the deep connections between creativity and spirituality. In keeping with the long-established appreciation of the fine arts in the Anglican spiritual tradition, the Gallery seeks to help people cultivate a fulsome awareness of the relationship between creative expression and human thriving.
The Gallery schedule typically consists of shows dedicated to works by a single artist. Shows usually rotate on a monthly basis. Artists of all styles and backgrounds are invited and encouraged to consider displaying their work at the Gallery.
Now showing: Kitty Fapp
Kitty Fapp
Landscapes
Use this space to introduce yourself and share your professional history.
Even as a young child in elementary school Kitty loved nature and all of its beauty. Trees, grass, sky, water, and even dirt fascinated her in her artwork.
She has a BFA degree from Saint Mary University with an emphasis in pastels and oil painting. Although she decided to go into library science as a profession, it didn’t stop her from creating art. She has received many accolades and awards and has had art exhibits in the Pacific Northwest and here in the Midwest. In the past four years she has been in a nationwide juried exhibit. Her paintings are primarily consignment due to her busy schedule teaching, volunteering for the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas and the Canterbury Houses at Kansas State University and Kansas University.
She has found time to teach art and guide students in how to do design, sketch or paint. Most of the profits received from her artwork go to scholarships for students attending the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas to Camp Wood.
She hopes you enjoy seeing her Flint Hills of Kansas artwork here at Grace Episcopal Cathedral. She is inspired by many of the Impressionists painters during the 1870’s and 1880’s such as Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, August Renoir, Paul Cezanne and Edgar Degas. The Impressionists attempted to capture on canvas or paper an “impression” of how a landscape, object or person appeared to them at a particular instant to work rapidly yet enabled them to catch the transient effects of natural light. Here is a quote from one of her most favored artists: “For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but its surroundings bring it to life —the air and the light.” Claude Monet