An Expression of the Spirit

Each month, Mercy Center Burlingame hosts an exhibit of artworks, including original drawings, paintings and photographs, by friends and associates of Mercy Center. The art gallery space is located on the 2nd floor, in the hallway between the stairway and the Oak Room. If you're attending a retreat or program, we encourage you to visit the gallery, enjoy a cup of coffee or tea, and take a few moments to experience the world through the eyes of artists.

Current Exhibit June - July

Artist and liturgical designer Sister Celeste Marie Nuttman's work is being exhibited during June at the Mercy Center Art Gallery. The selection of paintings is taken from her book Mandala Meditations. Her next exhibit, which runs from July 1 through August 31, will be Meditations with Rumi and Hafiz: A Visual Reflection. Both books are available at the Mercy  Center Burlingame bookstore.

“I am happy to be having this exhibit up while folks are making the internships and  retreats this summer at Mercy Center,” said Celeste. “It is my hope that the meditations might feed their own prayer.”

A spiritual director and a designer for liturgical environments and vestments, Celeste has created a number of crosses for settings such as Alma Via San Francisco, a Taize cross for the Erie Mercy Community, and Mercy Center in St. Louis, Missouri. She teachers art at Serra High School in San Mateo, Calif.

Also on exhibit are children’s art works. Under the inspiration of art teacher and artist Sister Katie O'Hanlon, RSM, eight year old students tap into their intuition and spontaneity as the fuel an fire of their visual expression of "The Gospel of Mary, the Mother of Jesus."

Meditations with Rumi and Hafiz

We Are the Night Ocean Filled with Glints of Light