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CALIFORNIA Spring 2005 Spring the Artof Freemasons www.freemason.org CCFMFM SSpringpring 005.indd5.indd 1 33/10/05/10/05 44:52:30:52:30 PPMM CALIFORNIA MASONIC FOUNDATION THE PILLAR OF SUPPORT FOR LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS It’s More Than Scholarships The California Masonic Foundation has sponsored • MASONIC STUDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM a very successful scholarship program for more (MSAP) With annual program expenses of than 30 years. The program has been so successful over $250,000 the Foundation prepares that many California Masons are not aware of the hundreds educators a year to effectively deal many other important Foundation programs. with the needs of at-risk students. Nearly 40,000 In fact, the Foundation is making a signifi cant children have been helped by this program. contribution to California lodges and communities through the following programs: • CORNERSTONE GRANTS Donates $1,000 to each new school where a cornerstone • MASONIC EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP ceremony is conducted by the Grand Lodge. TRAINING Develops future Masonic leaders and enriches Masonic education through • HISTORIC SITE AND BUILDINGS Maintains sponsorship of the Wardens Leadership historic Masonic sites including the historic Retreats, Lodge Management Certifi cation temple in Columbia. Programs, and enhanced education • CHILD ID By providing equipment, software, opportunities. The Foundation will and promotion material to lodges, the underwrite over $85,000 in program Foundation has made possible free expenses in the coming Masonic year alone. fi ngerprinting and photo identifi cation of more • YOUTH ORGANIZATION GRANTS Provides than 300,000 children to date. annual grants totaling $6,000 to support leadership training for Masonic youth groups. For more information about these and other programs, visit www.freemason.org. CCFMFM SSpringpring 005.indd5.indd 2 33/10/05/10/05 44:52:46:52:46 PPMM CALIFORNIA VOLUME 53 MARCH 1, 2005 cover story NUMBER 2 12 PUBLICATION BOARD David R. Doan, Grand Master Inspired by traditional Native American pottery and infl uenced John L. Cooper III, Grand Secretary Allan L. Casalou, Editor in Chief by modern artists, Rigoberti Santos takes Southwestern pottery to a new level. His work with this art began just two EDITORIAL STAFF Kimberly B. Murawski, Managing Editor years ago, but already his pieces are unrivaled. Beautiful Steffani Kizziar, Masonic Homes Editor shapes and colors of rare wood display subtle symbolism of Brad Bradbury, Online Editor Masonry. In this issue dedicated to the art of Freemasons, PHOTOGRAPHERS Richard Berman takes you on Santos’ mid-life journey to his Ad Photographic Alec Duncan art and to Masonry. Albert U. Fahnestock Studio Fiodh Tim Andrews Photography Cover Photo by Tim Andrews Photography Design by Burritt Design OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE GRAND MASTER For more articles of interest, check out California Freemason Online at www.freemason.org. David R. Doan, Sunset No. 369 DEPUTY GRAND MASTER Frederick L. Sorsabal, Placerville No. 26 SENIOR GRAND WARDEN Melvyn B. Stein, San Diego No. 35 JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN Richard W. Hopper, Visalia Mineral King Lodge No. 128 5 lodge spotlight 16 history GRAND TREASURER New watercolor prints by artist Alphonse Mucha was the father Warren J. Blomseth, Crow Canyon No. 551 Linda Acrey frame a preservation of Czech Freemasonry and the Art GRAND SECRETARY campaign for the historic John L. Cooper III, Culver City-Foshay No. 467 Nouveau movement. Sacramento Masonic Temple. GRAND LECTURER Harold A. Macy, Palmdale No. 769 www.freemason.org 6 lodge spotlight 18 masonic education Experience the breathtaking Expand your knowledge of Masonic CALIFORNIA FREEMASON mural placed on the north wall infl uence in art and architecture (USPS 083-940) is published quarterly by the of Nevada City Lodge and learn and Masonic artifacts with two Publishing Board and is the only offi cial publication of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons about the father-and-son team fascinating books on the subjects. of the State of California, 1111 California St., who created it. San Francisco, CA 94108-2284. Publication Offi ce – Publication offi ces at the Grand Lodge Offi ces, 1111 California Street, in california masonic homes San Francisco, CA 94108-2284. Periodicals 8 19 Postage Paid at San Francisco, CA and at California Mason Drew Horn creates Meet Gladys Kenyon whose art additional mailing offi ces. unique Masonic jewelry. See has truly blossomed since moving Postmaster – Send address changes to California how each piece is designed with to the Masonic Home at Covina. Freemason, 1111 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108-2284. Masonic spirit and thought. Publication Dates – Publication dates are the fi rst day of December, March, June, and September. Subscriptions – CALIFORNIA FREEMASON is mailed to every member of this Masonic 10 masonic education 20 masonic homes jurisdiction without additional charge. Others are invited to subscribe for $2.00 a year or $2.75 Still wondering what the “arts, parts, Learn how the art programs at outside of the United States. and points” refer to? Read John the Union City Home encourage Permission to reprint – Permission to reprint Cooper’s take on one meaning residents to pursue their hobbies original articles in CALIFORNIA FREEMASON is as it may relate to the Family of and even discover new talents. granted to all recognized Masonic publications with credit to the author and this publication. Freemasonry. Phone: 800/831-8170 or 415/776-7000; fax: 415/776-7170; e-mail: [email protected]. California Freemason 3 Spring 2005 CCFMFM SSpringpring 005.indd5.indd 3 33/10/05/10/05 44:52:54:52:54 PPMM EDITORIAL The Art of Masonry This edition of the California Freemason is dedicated they symbolize. Where our ancient brethren erected to showcasing several Masons and their artistic abilities. buildings, we build manhood; their toils have been It is interesting to note that many of the great artists transformed into emblems of moral and spiritual laws of the Middle Ages were operative Masons. These and forces; their practices we have embodied in the Freemasons were superior builders who designed, great principles of brotherly love, relief and truth; their supervised, and erected the great cathedrals and other rituals we have employed in the entering, passing, marvelous structures in the Gothic style of architecture. and raising of our candidates. All that was living and They were the men who envisioned and planned the permanent in their craft we have preserved to use in buildings; dressed the stone from the quarries and behalf of goodwill, kindliness, charity, and brotherhood laid it in the walls; set up arches, pillars, columns and among men. buttresses; laid the fl oor; built the roof; carved the As master workmen of today, we must always decorations; made and fi tted the stained glass windows; remember that just as the operative Masons of old and produced the immortal sculptures of the era. Their labored to build an expression of a community’s work was diffi cult, called for a high degree of skill and faith, so should we attempt to work within our own genius, and required great knowledge of mechanics and communities to make them better places to live, work, geometry, as well as of stonemasonry. and play. By practicing out of our lodge room those We, today’s Masons, owe our very existence to those great lessons we are taught in it, we will continue to pay great craftsmen of the Middle Ages. Our lodges are homage to those artisans of the past. Like the operative modeled on the medieval guilds of these stonemasons, Masons, we will recognize our responsibility for justice, and a great deal of modern Freemasonry’s moral truth, charity, enlightenment, freedom, liberty, honesty, symbolism is drawn from the art and science of these and integrity in all aspects of human endeavor. builders. As we are builders in the spiritual sense, we realize that the working tools of the artisans of the operative lodges occupy a prominent place in our lodges and are used for the purpose of instructing us in great spiritual and ethical principles, which Fredrick L. Sorsabal Deputy Grand Master California Freemason 4 Spring 2005 CCFMFM SSpringpring 005.indd5.indd 4 33/10/05/10/05 44:53:09:53:09 PPMM LODGE SPOTLIGHT About the Temple The Sacramento Masonic Temple was built in 1918 and designed by Rudolph Herold, a prominent Sacramento architect who also designed Sacramento City Hall, the Forum Building, and the Capitol National Bank Building, as well as several other well-known local landmarks. The temple, which is on the National The Art of Preservation Register of Historic Places, is perhaps the New watercolor print frames fundraising campaign best remaining example of Herold’s work in By Alison Steiner Miller Sacramento. Virtually all the others have since hen the owners of the Masonic “When I went to look at the temple, it been renovated or destroyed, but the temple Temple in Sacramento decided was clear that just one angle couldn’t retains its original exterior and interior design to raise funds to preserve and possibly capture its beauty because W and is in remarkably good condition. Some of improve the historic downtown building so many things inside and out were so at 1123 J Street, they knew exactly where stunning,” she explains. the original features include the lodge rooms, to turn. Linda Acrey is a noted local artist The original watercolor, which took original Otis elevator, light fi xtures designed and a former Job’s Daughter who comes three months to complete, depicts the specifi cally for the building, oak paneling from a long line of Masons. She has outside of the temple surrounded by and inlaid woodwork, stained glass windows, painted scenes of historically signifi cant vignettes of interior scenes, allowing the buildings and landscapes throughout artist to express the beauty she saw in so marble-faced stairs and restrooms, cast the Sacramento region, including the many details throughout the temple.