Docomomo US/Minnesota presents a virtual lecture by Mary Dahlman Smith about Frank Kacmarcik’s influence in Minnesota.
Frank Kacmarcik (1920-2004) was a Minnesota-based artist, liturgical consultant, designer, calligrapher, iconographer, and collector of fine art and manuscripts. He was a major influence in American religious art and architecture throughout the last half of the 20th Century, and an early practitioner of the Liturgical Movement in the Catholic Church during, and after the Vatican II Council.
Kacmarcik's scholarship took him around the world, though his home was firmly centered in Saint Paul, and Collegeville, Minnesota. His partnerships with architects Marcel Breuer, Ed Sovik, Val Michelson, George Raffery, John Madson (and others) left a lasting impact on Places of Worship throughout Minnesota and across the country.
Mary Dahlman Smith presents new research in this livestream event focusing on Frank Kacmarcik's Influence in Minnesota, and the Modernist story of religious art and architecture in 20th century Places of Worship.
About the Presenter: Mary Dahlman Smith is an architectural designer, researcher, and writer living in Chicago. She has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, South Dakota State University, and the University of Minnesota. Mary holds an M.Arch from the University of Minnesota and a B.Arts in American Studies from Carleton College. She co-founded Interesting Tactics, a design collaborative, and is a member of the Institute for Linear Research, a platform for studies of remoteness. Since 2020, Mary has been conducting thematic and site-specific research supporting the Docomomo US/MN Minnesota Modern Registry.
