Sacred Projects
St. Mary’s Church in Norwalk, CT
The faithful restoration of church decoration preserves the history, religious traditions, liturgical iconography, and sacred art of the country’s national landmark buildings for worship
The Canning Liturgical Arts designers and artists are experts in sacred decoration, restoration, conservation and creative expression.
The care and maintenance of historic churches are often the responsibility of the clergy serving the congregation and parish committees designated to help. Canning prefers to work as a partner with these decision-makers when restoring ecclesiastic interior decoration.
John Canning & Co. created Canning Liturgical Arts to specifically serve those in charge of sacred properties.
In the hands of Canning Liturgical Arts artists and artisans, common elements of paint, plaster, wood, and stone are elevated to sacred art using traditional decorative paint, finishes, and design.
In redesigning the Chapel, Canning designers were able to make reference to traditional architectural details, like a gothic boss, with a new interpretation that blends seamlessly with the mid-century modern lines.
Canning performed the historic decorative paint restoration and fine art conservation of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
A beautification program of new design and decorative finishes, transformed the once plain interior of the San Joselito’s Chapel.
Canning was retained as the trade contractor and conservator to preserve and restore the finishes for St. Cecelia Church.
Canning performed a restoration and conservation project for the very first Catholic parish in Boston, MA.
Artists and designers collaborated on the design of fourteen new Stations of the Cross.
This project required that we stabilize and repair the plaster as well as of matching, conservation and decorative painting.
Saint Mary’s Church required both paint and plaster investigative studies to assist in the plaster and decorative paint work that was needed.
Our exposures revealed complex design throughout the Shrine, so we needed to reinstate the original design scheme and match the original color palette.
Church Architect Duncan Stroik chose Canning to create the iconic interior decoration scheme to compliment the newly constructed Classical-style shrine.
Thomas Aquinas College’s Campus Chapel project required the conversion of a once protestant interior to one of unapologetic Catholicism.
The Canning process of archival research, hands-on investigation, scientific analysis, and interpretation led to the successful restoration of Battell Chapel’s original Victorian-era decorative painting scheme.
The church has undergone a complete beautification effort to restore elegance and integrity to the church interior.
Our conservation team restored the decorative paintings on acoustic fabric at Rodeph Shalom which required painting and replicating surface patterns.
Canning provided historic restoration and conservation of ornamental plaster and decorative painting, new murals, and complementary design that reflects the Catholic liturgy, and honors Saint John.
Historic paint analysis uncovered the original church decoration which was restored for 22 fine art murals and a series of simulated stained glass windows.
Canning Liturgical Arts performed varying scopes of conservation for the Basilica.
We carefully installed the new Gothic Revival interior design that references Catholic liturgy, traditional iconography, and celebration of Saint Mary.
We restored the decorative paintings & murals that had been painted over decades earlier and revealed through a historic paint investigation.
We provided design assistance, which included finishing investigations for the fine and decorative artwork in the Trinity Church’s Central Tower.