Genesis+Art: December 2010

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Sketchbook Project: The Things That Change Things

FROM OUR JOURNAL PAGES:

Genesis+Art Studio participated in the Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook Project and submitted a sketchbook of work that will be on exhibition in Brooklyn, NY; Austin, San Francisco, Portland, ME; Atlanta, Chicago, Washington DC and Winter Park, FL. You can also check out our journal, along with hundreds of other artists by going to the Brooklyn Art Library site and look under our GenesisArtStudio link. arthousecoop.com/library

Saint Paul Snow

FROM OUR TRAVELS:

The recent snow storm in Minnesoata offered a morning of image making. After 36+ hours and over 17" of snow had fallen, we had a blanket of white that quieted both sight and sound over the Twin Cities.

© Genesis+Art Studio

New Jerusalem Series at the Bigelow Chapel

FROM OUR STUDIO:

Our New Jerusalem Series will be part of the worship space at the Bigelow Chapel on the campus of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities through January 2011. The series consists of seven 40 x 40 paintings from our Gensis+Art Studio.

FROM OUR JOURNAL PAGES:

Black and white, left, right, good, evil, conservative, liberal, I have it right, you have it wrong, faith divided by moral and political ideologies, not budging from our sense of beliefs, just waiting for the power structure to change or better yet, move off with our own tribe of like thinkers and wait for the next dividing issue. How can we move towards one another? How can we begin to see God in the color that resides in both the black and white? What could happen? Would life be more rich in celebrating our differences with understanding? Could we have a sudden outbreak of hope? Can changing our lens from seeking differences to finding understanding lead us to new truth? Can our imaginations and creativity lead us to grace margins and a compassionate and faith filled way forward? For those who dare the possibility to become transparent and to interact with one another we think we not only connect with creation, but find out who we are in it, and who we are in relationship to others. Could it help lead us back to our humanity for the love of Christ?