2009-10-27 20:35:24 - OneWest Publishing is proud to announce Stephen Verona, Artist and Film-maker, invited to Rome for a private audience in Vatican City with His Holiness Pope Benedicte XVI in the Sistine Chapel.
Verona is among a select group artists from five continents to be received by the Pope on November 21st.

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Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, announced the historic conclave of artists from around the world, as part of efforts to heal the Vatican’s sometimes troubled relationship with the contemporary art world.

Previous to the audience with His Holiness, Verona and the honored guests will be taken on a private tour

of the Vatican Museum Contemporary Collection by Archbishop Ravasi.

Verona received an email from the Vatican by Monsignor Icobone, announcing the special honor and invitation.

The Vatican said the gathering was intended as the first step towards a “new and fertile alliance between art and faith The director of the Vatican museums, Antonio Paolucci, said it was hoped it would mark a sort of “reconciliation” with the contemporary art world.

According to People Magazine, Stephen Verona is ��truly a Renaissance Man A comprehensive collection of his paintings, photographs, cut outs and writing is seen by on the Internet (www.stephenverona.com) and on his “PICTURE OF THE WEEK” email blog (belairartist.blogspot.com) . “Picture-maker” as the artist, modestly, refers to himself, acknowledges that many of his pieces are recognized works of art that reside as part of world-renowned permanent collections such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and his “Andy Warhol – The Signing” which resides in the Permanent Collection at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

Stephen Verona, writer, director, producer of the film-classics, “THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH and “BOARDWALK will be the “guest of honor” at a Bon Voyage Vernissage of his latest photographic work titled “TRIPPING Reception, Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at DAP Studios, 5660 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90019, Refreshments will be served from 6:00 to 10:00 PM.


REFERENCEE. Apperly, Reuters, Vatican City/Guardian.co.uk)
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