Indulgences, installation at Old School Studios, mixed media, 2011. Photo credit: Armando Morales.

Indulgences, installation at Old School Studios, mixed media, 2011. Photo credit: Armando Morales.

Ribbons and Bows, 2011. Crocheted and knotted Glo-Pink fluorescent flagging tape and children's barrettes, installed at Urban Outfitters.

@ Old School Studios: “Experiential, Environmental, Educational” and Inliquid @ URBN: PIFA Sculpture Show

C. Pazia Mannella, Indulgences, 2011. Vocally accompanied by Andria Morales and Armando Morales. C. Pazia Mannella has as a child and as an adult, witnessed and participated in communal adulation. Her performance will focus on the absurd, comfort and sublime experience of strict religious rituals.

@ Old School Studios: “Experiential, Environmental, Educational”

1417 N. Second Street, Philadelphia PA, Opening Reception: Thursday, April 14th 2011 6:00PM to 9:00PM

Ten artists have been invited to take over one floor of a 19^th century schoolhouse in North Philadelphia. Each artist has created an installation in a classroom, which the viewer can participate, experience, or learn from.

Participating Artists: C. Pazia Mannella, Daniel Ostrov, Jacque Liu, Jerry Kaba, Jessie Hemmons, Joanie Turbek, Katya Gorker, Mike Ellyson, Ryan W. Kelly, Tim Eads.

C. Pazia Mannella, Ribbons and Bows, 2011. Inliquid @ URBN: PIFA Sculpture Show

URBN Gallery B543, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Urban Outfitters, Building B543, 5000 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

Date: Tuesday, April 19 – Thursday, May 12, Reception: Tuesday, April 19 from 5:30PM to 7:30PM

A group exhibition curated by InLiquid, featuring sculpture artists:

Maureen Ciaccio, Brent Crothers, Brooke Hine, Robert Kafes, C. Pazia Mannella, Keiko Miyamori, Elisabeth Nickles, Heather Sincavage.

Work in progress, studio shot of pieces for Indulgences, performance at Old School Studios.

Gimme the Loot!

Cherry Blossoms.

Gregorian Chants and Catholic Adulation.

I am researching Gregorian Chanting and Catholic Adulation in preparation for Indulgences, a performance, opening Thursday, April 14th, 2011, at Old School, Located at 1417 N. Second Street, between Jefferson & Master, Philadelphia, PA 19122.

The school was built in 1891 for St. Michael’s parish whose first church was the focal point of the Know-Nothing Riots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6AOvStZS64

Traditional Latin Mass filmed on Easter Sunday in 1941 at Our Lady of Sorrows church in Chicago. The film presents the ceremonies of the Missa Solemnis or Solemn High Mass in full detail with narration by then-Mgr. Fulton J. Sheen. Celebrated by Rev. J. R. Keane of the Order of Servites (hence the white habits and cowls), the ceremonies are accompanied by a full polyphonic choir, orchestra, and fifty Gregorian Chanters.

Stop Feeling So Stressed!

St. Peter's Cathedral Ceiling.

Springtime in one of my favorite spots on earth.

Make Shift Spool Preparing for Installation, Ribbons and Bows.