Megan Dunn
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Art writer and author Megan Dunn is taking us to church.
A surprising amount of art can be found on the walls and windows of Aotearoa's places of worship.
Milan Mrkusich, Doreen Blumhardt, Nigel Brown and Shane Cotton are just some of the creatives whose work adorns churches.
Megan's art pilgrimage takes us from Saint Joseph's in Grey Lynn, to Parnell's Trinity Cathedral, St Faiths Anglican Church in Rotorua, and an exhibition about Wellington's recently demolished First Church of Christ Scientist.
Aerial view, First Church of Christ Scientist c 1984 courtesy of Athfield Architects (PHOTO: Meg Campbell)
Ceramic capitals and tiles by Clare Athfield, Darren Matthews and Neville Porteous, First Church of Christ Scientist, 2015 (PHOTO: Jane Ussher)
Ceramic capital from the First Church of Christ Scientist, c. 1983. (PHOTO: Sam Hartnett)
Doreen Blumhardt ceramic wall reinstalled after the demolition of the First Church of Christ Scientist, Khandallah, Wellington, February, 2023 (PHOTO: Simon Devitt)
Milan Mrkusvich - street facing window at St Josephs, Grey Lynn (PHOTO: supplied)
Milan Mrkusich Stations of the Cross, St Josephs 2021 (PHOTO: Bronwyn Holloway Smith)
Milan Mrkusich chapel window 2021 (PHOTO: Bronwyn Holloway Smith_)
Nigel Brown window Trinity Cathedral (PHOTO: Peter Dragicevich)
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shane Cotton, Glassworks (PHOTO: supplied)
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shane Cotton, Glassworks (PHOTO: supplied)
Gaillee window St Faiths Church Rotorua (PHOTO: Andrew Warner)
Rotorua Christ on Water (PHOTO: Dan Windisch)
Altar, St Faiths Church, Rotorua (PHOTO: Andrew Warner)
Sanctuary, St Faiths Church, Rotorua (PHOTO: Andrew Warner)
God Julian Hooper 2021 (PHOTO: Sam Hartnett)
