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Saint Joseph’s Day Art & Music Festival 2023
“Never an Idle Hand”
#StJoeArtDC

The festival poster.

Come celebrate Saint Joseph! Patron of artisans who never had an idle hand.

I’ll be one of the many participants in the Saint Joseph’s Day Art & Music Festival.

Come meet an incredible array of more than 30 Catholic artists and see how their work comes to life. This year’s festival will be featuring:

• live dance
• music performances
• handcrafted jewelry
• artisans
• arts & crafts
• and more!

Festival location:

Saint Mary Mother of God Catholic Church
727 Fifth Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20001

• At the corner of H Street, just east of the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro Station.
• Street parking on Sundays is free.
• Indoor and outdoor spaces of the parish will be used.
• Admission is free, so bring the whole family!

Festival schedule:

Sunday, March 19, 2023

• 10 a.m. – Mass
• 11:30 a.m. – Festival begins.
  Includes live music, food truck, local artists, crafts for kids, and more!
• 4:30 p.m. – Festival ends with Eucharistic Adoration

Questions? Send an e-mail to SaintJosephFest@gmail.com.

 

New on This Site

March 2024

New paintings added to the Gallery:

Sacred page:

• Icon of St. Anne Line

Christmas page:

• The Intimate

October 2023

New paintings added to the Gallery:

Landscapes page:

• (Only) A Redstart
• Last Year, This Year (Patton Farm)

Still Portraits page:

• Little Phoebe

Sacred page:

• The Maundy

February 2023

New text added to Words on Art:

Redeemed Chastity (St. Mary Magdalene)

New paintings added to the Gallery:

Sacred page:

• Sacrament of Matrimony
• Redeemed Chastity (St. Mary Magdalene)

Christmas page:

• Vigil
• Divini Infanti

September 2022

New paintings added to the Gallery:

Still Portraits page:

• Noon August (JJ Sedlak 1.2)

Sacred page:

• Icon of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
• Amen

April 2022

New text added to Words on Art:

New Earth

The Carry

New paintings added to the Gallery:

Still Portraits page:

• The Carry

Sacred page:

• New Earth
• Icon of St. Faustina Kowalska

August 2021

New paintings added to the Gallery:

Landscapes page:

• The Window (Dahle)

Sacred page:

• Father of All Mankind
• Christ of the Winepress
• Icon of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

February 2021

New text added to Words on Art:

Faith and Night

New paintings added to the Gallery:

Christmas and Sacred pages:

• Faith and Night

Healing Art page:

• Kiss of Peace

September 2020

New text added to Words on Art:

Our Lady Undoer of Knots

New painting added to the Gallery:

Sacred page:

• Our Lady Undoer of Knots

March 2020

New text added to Words on Art:

Call of Grace

Blood of Night

New paintings added to the Gallery:

Landscapes page:

• Near 2

Still Portraits page:

• Blood Red Glider
• Call of Grace
• Blood of Night

September 2019

New text added to Words on Art:

Water of Grace

New paintings added to the Gallery:

Sacred page:

• Christ, Supreme Teacher
• Catholic Baptism
• Sacred Heart of Mercy

December 2018

New text added to Words on Art:

“Divine Visit” added to the Christmas Theology page

New painting added to the Gallery:

Christmas page:

• Divine Visit

November 2018

New text added to Words on Art:

The Paternal Heart of Life

New paintings added to the Gallery:

Sacred page:

• Icon of St. John Vianney
• Vox Cor

Christmas page:

• Heart of Family

March 2018

New painting added to the Gallery:

Landscapes page:

• Pilgrim Light

September 2017

On the Originals, Prints, & Cards page:

More paintings are now available as note cards.

New paintings added to the Gallery:

Ellicott City page:

• Maryland Flag

Still Portraits page:

• Riverside

Sacred page:

• The Paternal Heart of Life

Christmas page:

• Christmas Prayer
• The Word