Star of the Sea Marian Art Exhibitions
Presented by the Star of the Sea, featuring Artwork by Stella Maris Academy Students & Local Artists.
MEET THE MARIAN ART EXHIBITION TEAM!
MARIELLA ZEVALLOS, Director of Exhibit & Fine artist
mariella@starparish.com | (415) 751-0450
Mariella Zevallos is the Founder and Director of Exhibit of the Marian Art Exhibitions at Star of the Sea Parish. She has been working on developing this initiative for the past 5 years, to foster devotion to Virgin Mary and to promote religious artistic creativity specially in young children. These exhibits feature Marian artwork made by the student body of the Stella Maris Academy (Star of the Sea parochial school), as well as the parish children and local artists who are invited to submit Marian artwork.
Mariella presented the First Marian Art Exhibition in May 2022, featuring the Stella Maris Academy children’s art made in class as part of their art curriculum program. She worked in collaboration with Mrs. Jacqueline Jacobi, former SMA Art teacher, who thought and directed the children for the 2nd Marian Art Exhibition in May 2023. This year, Mariella is presenting the Third Annual Marian Art Exhibition in May 2024, featuring the art work of 61 Stella Maris Academy students, who have made beautiful artworks directed by Mrs. Marilyn Bridon, who is the current Art teacher at Stella Maris Academy. 14 guests artists will be showing their work too.
MARILYN BRIDON, Stella Maris Academy Art Program teacher & Fine artist
JACQUELINE JACOBI, Former Stella Maris Academy Art Teacher & Fine artist.
MARIAN ART EXHIBITION 2024
MARIAN ART EXHIBITION 2023
On the right artist Michael Ornido 
Student artists twins Veronica Roman and Victoria Roman
We welcomed our Catechesis of the Good Shepherd families, children and teachers who came to see the exhibition!
CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR THE YEAR 2025
Please contact us if you would like to participate next year, 2025
Mariella Zevallos: mariella@starparish.com. Thank you!
We invite you to visit our church where we have 16 Marian apparition shrines representing some of our Lady apparitions around the world.
Visit the 16 Apparition shrines at our church. Star of the Sea is open Monday-Sunday 6am- 7pm.
RESOURCES
Her Face: Images of the Virgin Mary in Art portrays the life of the mother of Christ with nearly 100 full-page, color reproductions of the Virgin’s face as depicted by the world’s greatest artists from the twelfth century to the present. These compelling images are accompanied by selections from early to modern sacred and secular texts. Viewed together in this unique pictorial narrative, the life-sized portraits of Mary illuminate her dual nature as virgin and mother, mortal woman and immortal Queen of Heaven with a rare vitality, immediacy, and intensity that other collections lack.
JOIN OUR YEARLY WALK TO MARY!
STAR OF THE SEA IS THE ONLY PARISH IN CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, PARTNERING WITH THE WALK TO MARY IN WISCONSIN WHERE THE YEARLY PILGRIMAGE BEGAN 11 YEARS AGO!
For more information contact Mariella Zevallos, Walk to Mary Across America, California Coordinator (415) 751-0450
The story about the Walk to Mary…
The Walk to Mary has become a pilgrimage like no other in the world. Thousands of people join this walk yearly in the state of Wisconsin. They start with St. Joseph (at the National Shrine of St. Joseph) and walk to Mary (at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, Wisconsin) to get to Jesus. This annual pilgrimage has impacted lives and filled hearts with many blessings from the Holy Family.
America’s only Church-approved Marian apparition site, where in 1859, the Blessed Mother appeared to Adele Brise on the site of our Lady of Champion, Wisconsin. https://championshrine.org
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR MARIAN SHRINES AND EVENTS RELATED TO MARIAN DEVOTIONS PLEASE CONTACT: Mariella Zevallos, Star of the Sea Director of Communications and Parish Life. mariella@starparish.com | (415) 751-0450