In 2013, Chicago-based artist Susan Aurinko traveled to France for a photographic expedition.  While visiting the Loire Valley, she toured a 12th Century chateau that had once been the temporary home of one of France's patron saints - St. Joan of Arc (1412-1431).  Captivated by the legend of this amazing young woman - the "Maid of Orleans" - Susan made many more trips to France to photograph the places where Joan lived, prayed, and fought throughout her brief life.  The resulting pictures have now been combined and layered to create the extraordinary images presented in the new exhibition, "Searching for Jehanne - The Joan of Arc Project."  This exciting photographic display explores the iconographic nature of this extraordinary saint as she has been presented through popular culture, literature, feminism, and theology.  

"Searching for Jehanne - The Joan of Arc Project" will be offered at the Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), 820 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago.  The exhibition will run from July 1 through October 21, 2017.  LUMA is open on Tuesdays from 11:o0 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Wednesdays through Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  Admission is free on Tuesdays.  On other days, general admission is $9 and only $6 for seniors age 65 and older.  The Museum is free for Loyola faculty, staff, and students, members of the clergy, children age 17 and younger, and active members of the U.S. military.  If you would like more information, please telephone LUMA at (312) 915-7600 for details.