Dony MacManus

Donal "Dony" MacManus is an Irish sculptor and educator.

MacManus graduated with a degree from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, as well as an Art Teaching Diploma. He worked as a teacher in St. David's, Artane, Dublin. He studied in New York Academy of Art gaining a Masters.[1] He has a number of sculptures on display in New York and Washington D.C.

MacManus returned to Ireland in 2004 and founded Irish Academy of Figurative Art, in Ranelagh in Dublin.[2]

In 2011 MacManus co-founded the Sacred Art School,[3] in Florence, Italy.[4] He is also a board member of Newman College Ireland.

Works
The Linesman (1999) at City quay, Dublin
  • The Linesman (1999), Dublin Docklands[5]
  • St Josemaría Escrivá (2000), bronze for the Catholic Information Center, Washington D.C.
  • Hobey Baker (2001), cast bronze, St. Paul's School, New Hampshire. U.S.A.
  • St Joseph and the Child Jesus (2002), bronze for the Catholic Information Center, Washington D.C.
  • Cardinal Newman (2004), Catholic Information Center, Washington D.C.
  • St Joseph and the Child Jesus (2007) cast bronze, Tallahassee, Florida.
  • The Game Piece, originally on N4, moved to Jail Park, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
  • Theology of the Body Sculpture
  • Archbishop Fulton Sheen (2016), Saint Malachy's Roman Catholic Church, New York.[6]
  • Bishop William O'Higgins St. Mary's Church, Drumlish, Co. Longford, 2020.

References
  1. Arlington Forum Lecture Dony MacManus – Restoring a Theology of Body in Art Archived 8 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Irish Academy of Figurative Art". Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. Faculty Sacred Art School
  4. Florence Sacred Art School Seeks Religious Renaissance Huffington Post Religion
  5. The Linesman Dublin Docklands Authority
  6. Archbishop Sheen Statue inspire a new generation by Michael Kelly, Irish Catholic, 30 June 2015.
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