Catholic Art Quarterly

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Catholic Art Quarterly was the official magazine of the Catholic Art Association. It began in 1937 with Sister Esther Newport as editor and was published four times a year for 32 years, ending in 1970. The magazine explored the social purpose of the arts for both artists and art teachers and stood alongside other Catholic publications like The Catholic Worker and Orate Fratres. Notable writers and artists included C.S. Lewis, Ade Bethune, Thomas Merton, Edward Catich, Sister Esther Newport, and Graham Carey. At the association’s first meeting in October 1937 (then called the Catholic College Art Association), members voted to publish a quarterly. Newport was chosen as editor, and the magazine was produced on the campus of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. The group received approval from Cardinal Joseph Ritter of Indianapolis, and the first issue—initially titled Christian Social Art Quarterly—appeared in December 1939. The publication later carried the names Good Work before becoming Catholic Art Quarterly.