RAiR | 1997-98

Jerry Bleem

Jerry Bleem, an artist, teacher, writer, Franciscan friar and Catholic priest, earned his MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his M.Div. from the Catholic Theological Union at Chicago. Bleem examines the cultural construction of meaning by looking at what we discard and by transforming the non precious through time-intensive accumulation. Jerry has participated in several residency programs, and has been teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2000. Jerry’s writings investigate the intersection of art and religion in a monthly column for US Catholic magazine; his essays have appeared in journals and exhibition catalogs.

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