Saints Above & Sinners Below: Mexican and Spanish Colonial Devotional Art from 1720 to 1975

This visual art exhibit at the Sunderland Gallery at the St. Cecilia Cathedral Cultural Center opens Sunday, March 2, with a free reception from noon to 3 p.m. The exhibit runs through Easter Sunday, April 20.

Offered by the Cathedral Arts Project of Omaha, "Saints and Sinners" gives the public for the first time one of the Midlands' largest collections of Mexican and South American religious art, spanning more than two centuries. The paintings are from the personal collection of Bob and Marya Weil of Omaha.

Regular gallery hours are Tuesdays through Fridays, noon to 4 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 11:30 a.m. to 2:20 p.m.

Two lectures, by Dr. Kinga Novak of Bard College in New York, will accompany the exhibit. A lecture in English will be Thursday, March 13, at 6 p.m. in the Cultural Center's Lecture Hall. Another in Spanish will be Saturday, March 15, at 10 a.m. All are welcome without cost.