Bifrost Arts is excited to announce that Sister Mary Grace will join us in Philadelphia for our upcoming conference. Her work will be on exhibit and available for purchase.
Sister Mary Grace Thul graduated from the University of Cincinnati, College of Applied Arts. Sister Mary Grace had a summer internship at the Cincinnati Art Museum, taught art in the Cincinnati Public Schools and established a custom art business with two colleagues before deciding to enter the monastery of cloistered Dominican Nuns in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1962.
In 1989, she moved to St. Dominic’s Monastery in Washington, DC. She now resides at Caterina Benincasa Dominican Monastery in New Castle, Delaware.
Sister Mary Grace has attempted to blend the contemplative and artistic into one in living out her Dominican monastic vocation. Her over forty years as a Dominican Nun have provided opportunities to broaden her use of various art media including sculpture, painting, woodcarving and printmaking in giving expression to religious and scriptural themes. Sister is an award-winning artist who has exhibited locally and has received commissions for many liturgical events and places of worship.
Sister Mary Grace’s book of sixteen monographs entitled The Litany To Our Lady Of The New Millennium was presented to Pope John Paul II in a special ceremony in 1999 and may now be viewed publicly at the Vatican Library.
According to Sister Mary Grace, “Art can be prayer. My artwork is my way of living a contemplative life. Art brings me a lot of inner peace.”
