Manresa Gallery celebrated the opening reception of the exhibition From Kino to Serra: Jesuit & Franciscan Missions on Sunday, April 10. The exhibition, co-curated by Dr. Julianne Burton-Carvajal and Rev. James Blaettler, S.J., includes contemporary and period photographs documenting the architectural and artistic legacy of pioneering missionaries Father Eusebio Kino and Fray Junípero Serra.

On display are recent color photographs by Jeffrey Becom, Edward McCain, Edward Vernon, and period images from the California Views Archive. These photographs evidence the efforts of the many who labored to build and maintain the missions that stretch from the desert sands of Sonora to the metropolis of our own San Francisco. In celebration of the 300th anniversary of Kino’s death and the 300th anniversary in 2013 of Serra’s birth, this exhibition is the first to juxtapose these two transformative careers.

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