Artists
Damian moved to the USA from Poland in 2014, chasing his dreams in photography and videography, helping Churches to promote Catholic faith, capturing beautiful moments for families and supporting non-profits with Catholic missions. He runs his blog Coffee With Damian, where he will take you on an adventure to explore the Catholic world.
Sarah
Painter
Sarah Crow received her BFA in painting and minor in creative writing from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2013, and her MFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 2016. She is currently artist-in-residence at St. Gregory’s Hall where she maintains a working studio and teaches workshops on sacred art. She lives and works in Chicago where she is also an adjunct lecturer in the Art and Design Program at Saint Xavier University. She has been commissioned to do original sacred art for churches and private clients throughout the United States.
Richard
Photographer, Painter
I was educated in fine art, but made a career as a visual communications designer. I am now semi-retired. I have always loved photography and making images. I teach design software in the Visual Communications Design department at SAIC. I have always loved making documentary photographs of Chicago’s people and landscapes. In drawing and painting, I am drawn to expressionism that reflects human concerns and abstraction that communicates with form and rhythm the way music does.
Margarita
Painter
Studied at the University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Illinois Urbana Champagne Art Education. Also took Continuing Education courses at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I am Mexican American and Third Order Franciscan.
Tracy
Statue Restoration
Tracy has a lifelong connection to The Holy Family as a unit and a special relationship with each of its members. She is proud to be a Catholic, a Curator, and a Craftsman in her work as a woman, mother, artist, musician, and businesswoman.
Christina
Painting & Pottery
Chicago-based painter and sculptor, Christina Villa, creates waterscape acrylic paintings. Inspired by the nature of water, Lake Michigan, the iconic Chicago skyline, and vibrant scenes of urban life, Villa channels her love of light and color through her paint brush.
Graduating with a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011, Villa’s journey as an artist blossomed through a dual passion of paint and clay. While developing her painting practice, she launched her pottery line, Two Squares, in 2014. The highly textured influences of clay can be seen in her bas-relief paintings.
She was a FIELD/WORK Resident at the Chicago Artist Coalition in 2017, established Christina M. Villa Studio in Wicker Park in 2020, and was a Resident at The Digs in 2021. Her work has been part of recent exhibitions at Jackson Junge Gallery and lives in both private and corporate collections. She is currently represented at Galeria Azul in Naperville.
Beyond the surface of the canvas, Villa is deeply committed to sharing her passion through teaching students from kindergarten to eighth grade, as well as adult painting and drawing workshops. As a hobby, she does statuary restoration for liturgical sculptures and has been commissioned by University of Illinois Chicago’s John Paul II Newman Center for several projects.