Our founder, the priest and artist, Don Félix Granda, wanted to capture in this emblem, as a visual compendium, the mission and philosophy of Talleres de Arte Granda, as he expressed in his declaration of intent "My purpose" written in 1911.
The emblem represents an olive tree that drops many of its branches to the ground. At its feet, kneeling, prays a man, whose words are written on a banner: "Vetera novis augere et perficere." (formula of the 'Aeterni Patris and motto of Pope Leo XIII: "Increase and perfect the old by means of the new") and "Defracti sunt rami ut ego insererer". (Romans 11:19: "The branches were cut off, that I might be grafted in").
Combining these two aspects: innovation and restoration, was essential to Granda's artistic and religious mission, and remains so today.
The scene, reminiscent of medieval engravings, is framed in an oval baroque-style molding, decorated with angels and olive branches, and crowned at the top by the initials "IOICH", corresponding to "Instaurare omnia in Christo". (Ephesians 1-10) motto of Pope Pius X and that Don Felix Granda used as a slogan to express the end of the Art Workshops.
On the left side, we find another biblical phrase from the book of Psalms: "Domine, dilexi decorem domus tuae." "Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house" (Psalm 25), written around the chrism, which is the monogram composed of the Greek letters Χ and Ρ, first and last letters of the name Jesus Christ in Greek. On the right side we find another song of praise: "Magnificata sunt opera tua Domine." "How great are your works, O Lord" (Psalm 103).
