Collections

Blackfriars Gallery is proud to have one of the largest collections of first-edition, vintage, lobby, and kiosk posters, along with ephemera from movies related to Biblical themes. The fruit of a decades-long endeavor by Michael Morris, OP (+2016), this collection has exhibited at both the national and international museums and university campuses. The collection is currently being inventoried and catalogued, so check back regularly to see new additions. More information about the collection is available at the DSPT website, www.dspt.edu.

This collection contains original prints, mostly unframed, from the seventeenth century onwards on depicting Biblical and liturgical themes.

Blackfriars Gallery holdings include a collection of more than 100 holy cards from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Only a small portion is included here. The full collection is available for view and research at the Blackfriars Library. From the simple to the ornate, these devotional objects express important insights into Catholic culture in each successive generation.

Liturgy in Santa Fe was founded by Blase Schauer, OP as an outgrowth of his "Las Cruces Experiement" begun in 1960 at the University of New Mexico Las Cruces. After moving to Santa Fe in 1970, the liturgy project gained national recognition for its innovative efforts to bring Catholic artists together in support of the Liturgy. Part of this effort included commissioned artwork by local artists, including George Lopez (1900-1993), Meinrad Craighead (1936-2019), and Sister Giotto Moots (1927-2018). More information about Liturgy in Santa Fe can be found at the DSPT website.

Lacking any provenance, the items in this collection share a common Hispanic origin. Supposed dates range from the 18th century to 20th century drawing mostly from Mexico.

This unique collection of liturgical textiles includes over 50 items, including vestments, vestment fragments, and other textiles used in Catholic liturgy. The oldest dates to the 16th/17th century, and several offer examples of fine embroidery techniques, such as Or Nue'. The online catalog displays only a portion of the collection and will added to over time.

St. Dominic's Press was the publishing arm of the Guild of St. Joseph and St. Dominic. The Press was founded in 1916 by Hilary Douglas Clark Pepler (1878-1951) as a means to advance his ideas for social reform. Influenced by the Distributist movement of Hilaire Belloc and G. K. Chesterton, Pepler joined with Eric Gill (1882-1940) and Edward Johnston (1872-1944) in a move to Ditchling Commons to establish a group of working craftsmen. Joined soon afterwards by Desmond Chute (1895-1962) and Joseph Cribb (1892-1967), who was Gill’s earliest apprentice, they established the Guild of St. Joseph and St. Dominic, “In order to put the affairs of the above upon a permanent basis.” Though Gill resigned in 1924 and withdrew to Capel-y-ffin to focus on his work as a stone carver, the Guild lasted until 1989. Items in this collection include examples from all of the categories of print materials that Pepler published. The Press also published serious scholarly works such as Philosophy of Art (one of the first English translations of Art and Scholasticism by Jacques Maritain). Books printed by the SDP are cataloged in the Blackfriars Gallery Library catalog. Inventory numbers based upon Taylor & Sewell. Also included in this collection are works by William Everson (Br. Antoninus) and Mary Fabilli, both affiliated with the Dominican Order and the Western Dominican Province. See also the Blackfriars library catalog for books by these artists.

This collection includes art pieces from a variety of genre and periods.