Press and Awards
In the News…
• Eve Kahn of Traditional Building Magazine says Porter’s Stations “enormously reward close study”.
• John Varriano says Porter’s Stations “breathe new life into a seemingly forgotten idiom, and do so with a unique sense of thoughtful and spirited grandeur”.
• Segnatura and the ecclesiastical works of Leonard Porter are featured in Brad Miner‘s Our Heritage of Beauty column in The Catholic Thing (12/05/2011).
• The 14 Stations of the Cross by Leonard Porter Studio has just received a 2011 Merit Design Award from the American Institute of Architects’s Interfaith Forum on Religion Art and Architecture. |

Traditional Buildings – Religious Buildings Issue
Eve Kahn’s “Journey to Rebirth,” in the December 2011 issue of Traditional Building, features the 14 Stations of the Cross by Leonard Porter. Kahn says that Porter’s Stations “enormously reward close study.”
Read the article (External Link).

Sacred Architecture Journal
The December 2011 issue of Sacred Architecture Journal features the 14 Stations of the Cross by Leonard Porter in “Via Crucis in the Garden State,” by John Varriano (published by The Institute of Sacred Architecture).
Read the article (PDF File 264KB).

The Catholic Thing Blog
Brad Miner of The Catholic Thing writes in “Our Heritage of Beauty” (Dec. 5, 2011) about the sacred art of Leonard Porter.
Read the blog (external link).

2011 Merit Design Award from AIA/IFRAA
The 14 Stations of the Cross by Leonard Porter Studio has just received a 2011 Merit Design Award from Faith & Form Magazine and the American Institute of Architects’ Interfaith Forum on Religion Art and Architecture.
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Arthur Ross Award for Excellence in the Classical Tradition
Leonard Porter is a recipient of the prestigious Arthur Ross Award for Excellence in the Classical Tradition. Porter received this award for “his exquisite artistry, scholarship, and steadfast commitment to beauty in the arts”. The Arthur Ross Awards are presented by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art.

Hull Historical wins 2011 John Staub Honor Award (for work on the original Stations commission)
Hull Historical won a 2011 John Staub Honor Award for Craftsmanship for their work on custom frames for the original Stations of the Cross painted by Leonard Porter. Segnatura salutes Brent Hull and all of his team for their beautiful work. The John Staub awards are presented by the Texas Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art.

The Classicist, Number 8
The Dangerous Path, a major profile of Leonard Porter’s work in the Allied Arts section of the journal of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art.

Word on Fire
Dr. Denis McNamara’s Lenten series on Leonard Porter’s 14 Stations of the Cross was featured on Fr. Robert Barron’s Word on Fire website.

Creative Minority Report
The work of ecclesiastical work of Leonard Porter including The 14 Stations of the Cross and St. Therese of Lisieux has been featured several times on the Creative Minority Report Blog.

New Liturgical Movement
The artwork of Leonard Porter including the 14 Stations of the Cross and Saint Therese of Lisieux were featured on Shawn Tribe’s New Liturgical Movement Blog.

The Forum, Fall 2011
The 14 Stations of the Cross by Leonard Porter were featured in the Of Note section of the Fall 2011 Forum Newsletter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art.
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