ADVENT CALENDAR 2024

December 1

ELEGANCE OF SPIRIT NATIVITY   

Karen Loccisano and R. Michael Palan
Bridgewater, New Jersey
Cork, paper clay
2024

“Our goal for this Nativity was to capture the ‘Elegance of Spirit’ of our dear friend Linda Weller, who we lost to cancer this past year. We are pleased that our work is displayed under Linda’s grandfather’s Moravian Star, which was gifted to Glencairn the same year we exhibited our first Nativity here. The cathedral represents the thin space between heaven and earth, where the spiritual and physical worlds join hands. Its spires reach to the sky and point the way to heaven, bringing us closer to the divine. Karen thought of Linda Weller’s illustrations while working on the figures. Linda was a gracious and beautifully creative artist with an eye for the human and natural world around her. The two angels kneeling on either side of the Holy Family were made by Karen to resemble Linda.”

On loan from Karen Loccisano and R. Michael Palan, Bridgewater, New Jersey

Glencairn Museum’s World Nativities exhibition runs from November 29, 2024, to January 26, 2025. Visit us at Follow the Star: A 2024 Advent Calendar.