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The California and Northwest Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums The Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums are dedicated to Northwest Chapter the restoration, conservation and preservation of the works of art housed in the multiple historic Patrons of the Arts in the galleries of the smallest country in the world. The PAVM aims to make art Vatican Museums accessible to all and is committed to interpretation and education. Issue 2 • Fall 2014 About the Patrons Our First Chapter Trip to Rome The Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums are a unique group of people supporting the preservation April 2015 and perpetuation of the vast and unique collection of How We Put the Trip art contained in the Vatican Museums. Together: an Insider’s View, “New- The Patrons provide the main source of revenue for ness” and a Fun Art Focus! the Vatican Museums’ art restoration projects which An Insider’s View. The mission of NW include Catholic and sacred art from all traditions as PAVM, like that of all the Patron Chapters, a method to reach out to the thousands of visitors is to restore and protect the art in the Vati- that come each day. We also fund various artistic can museums. This trip is designed to thank and educational experiences for children and the us, as patrons, and to increase our sense of visually and hearing impaired, marking the first of connectedness with the museums, especially their kind in Italy. the world class restoration work performed The Vatican Museums are the main generator of there. funds for the City State as all papal masses and Our friends at Corporate Travel (the audiences are free of admission and entrance travel agency that organizes trips for many into St. Peter’s Basilica is gratis. Most people are chapters, including ours) and at the Pa- unaware that revenue from the ticket sales are only trons Office in the Vatican, have beenvery able to cover basic maintenance, insurance, security gracious to develop an absolutely amazing and staff, leaving little money for itinerary with unbelievable insider access. restoration or modernization. Highlights of Northwest PAVM We are justifiably proud about the res- That’s where the Patrons have played a valuable and Visit to Rome toration work our chapter is funding in the unique role. Patrons have raised the funds to restore April 25 - May 1, 2015 important Belvedere Courtyard, in many ways the nucleus of the Vatican collec- some of the most famous artistic treasures, such as: - Private after-hours tours of the tion. After the museums closes, we will be The Pauline Chapel Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel - Private Cocktail Party in the treated to a private cocktail reception in The Raphael Rooms Belvedere Courtyard the Belvedere Courtyard (as well as an after The Borgia Apartments -Private Candlelight Dinner in the hours tour of portions of the museums Frescoes on the lateral walls of the Sistine Chapel Vatican Museums themselves). That same day, we will have a -Private Event at the Villa Borghese private tour ofh the Sistine Chapel as well as All Patrons are able to stroll through the Vatican - Reserved seating at the Papal Audience a candlelight dinner in the museums! On yet Gardens, tour the Sistine Chapel privately, and tour - Behind the scenes visit to the the museum restoration laboratories buried deep restoration laboratories at the within Vatican City. Vatican Museums Our Patrons are divided into local chapters that host - Caravaggio Art Tour - Private Tour of the Centuries Old Mosaic a variety of amazing and unrivalled events in the School that Created the Mosaics in St. local area to encourage enthusiasm for the arts. Peter’s Basilica - Scavi Tour beneath St. Peter’s Basilica For more information and - Special Tour of the Swiss Guard Barracks membership benefits go to: - Mass Celebrated by Cardinal Bertello, Rome Office President of the Vatican City - Tour Papal Gardens in Castel Gandolfo, www.vatican-patrons.org only recently opened to the public Northwest Chapter - Tour the newly opened S. Rosa Scavi The 30th Anniversary NWPatron’s Group visits www.nwpatrons.com with the restorer and Perseus Statue in the Belevedere See Complete Itinerary PDF attached to this email Courtyard continued on page 2 people can enjoy the Other Related Websites of Interest Rome April 2015 wonderful park- Continued from page 1 like setting. We will http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/caravaggio- another day, we will be guests at a lunch in visit the gardens in matthew.html the Vatican. the afternoon and http://www.italiannotebook.com/art-archaeology/ Although neither Rick nor I would ever follow-up our visit caravaggio-maddalena-ecstasy/ had guessed it, when other chapters have with a superb dinner visited the Vatican, the tour of the Swiss overlooking nearby Gardens at Castel Gondolfo looking at paintings, not mosaics). Our pri- Guards barracks gets rave Lake Albano. vate tour of the Basilica will be followed by reviews. It is another “insider” A Fun Art Focus. Since we are an art- a private tour of the famous mosaics school experience because they are based organization, we thought it would so we can learn at close range how the mo- obviously closed to the public. be fun to have an art focus to our tour. We saics are constructed and restored. Although tens of thousands selected the artist Antonio Caravaggio. If Are you coming? We hope you can of people can attend a papal his own life story was not exciting enough, travel with us on this trip of a lifetime. audience when it is held out- we will be able to visit Caravaggio pieces Even for people who have traveled to Rome side, we should have very nice not only in before, this trip seats reserved as “guests of the the Vatican will offer a truly Vatican City.” muse- insider’s view The most successful Patron Chapters ums, but of the Vatican, are, like our chapter, comprised of people elsewhere together with from a variety of faith traditions or from in Rome. some new and no particular faith tradition. We make a Several really interest- big effort to be sensitive to that. There will are within ing experiences. be opportunities to attend Mass, but they walking Even if you are not a serious art student, are purely optional. One Mass, however, distance we think that it will be fun to learn about is another “insiders” experience: Cardinal of our Caravaggio (he was a character!), art restora- Bertello, the president of the Vatican City, The Calling of St. Matthew, wonder- tion and really wonderful mosaics. Although by Caravaggio has offered to celebrate a private Mass for ful hotel, there will be plenty of memorable dining us in the Vatican City. the Grand Hotel de la Minerve! We’ve also experiences for the whole group, we have arranged a tour of the Galleria Borghese, left parts of the itinerary open so that you which includes not only art by Caravag- can explore gio, but a stunning collection of sculpture. Rome in smaller There will be a private cocktail party for us groups as well. at the Galleria Borghese as well. We hope to see Since our Chapter is in the “art resto- you there in ration business” (so to speak), a private Rome in Spring tour of the Vatican museums restoration of 2015 on our laboratories is not only a must, but an first chapter trip! incredible treat. Museums from all over the - Tom James, Co-Chair, NW PAVM world, including the Louvre, come to visit To Register and observe these laboratories. We will get (l) The Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s for the April 2015 NW PAVM (r) Cardinal Bertello to see them up close and I mean, REALLY up close. Trip to Rome Newness. Many of you have been to Complete the form in the Rome before. This trip, however, will give attached itinerary you the opportunity to see things that will probably be new even to experienced travel- ers. If you have never been on a tour of the SAVE THE DATE Scavi (the excavations below St. Peter’s Ba- for our next silica, including an ancient Roman cemetery that houses the tomb of St. Peter), trust me, NW Patron’s Event this will be one of the most memorable ex- periences one can have on a trip to Rome! Sunday, January 18, 2015 To top that off, we will also see the newly The Restoration Laboratories Steve Jensen Studio open Santa Rosa Scavi, which has been Whether this is your first trip to St. 1424 10th Avenue the source of exciting international press, Peter’s Basilica or you have been there many particularly in travel circles. times, you have to be struck by the gor- Seattle As you have probably read, Pope Francis geous mosaics, including the sheer volume 3 - 5 p.m. has opened up the gardens of Castel of them in the Basilica (unfortunately, some Invitation to follow Gondolfo, the papal summer residence, so people visit the Basilica and think they are http://www.stevejensenstudios.com Belvedere Perseus page 3 Hermes NW PAVM 2015 Project Update The restoration of Artist: Unknown our first project, the Date: Hadrian period, I-II Century AD marble statue of Per- Dimensions: 195cm - 6ft 4in seus, carved in late Materials: White Marble 1800 - early 1801 by Antonio Canova, is al- Hermes was an Olympian god of Greek mythol- most complete. These ogy, son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia. Known as the photographs are a messenger of the gods, he was quick and cunning and small hint at the beauty of this work of art and show the difference between the cleaned and moved freely between the worlds of the mortal and di- restored marble and its “before” conditon vine as an intercessor.
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