Art of collaberation

Dar al Kalima workshop photo © 2013 George Anderson

STORIES FROM THE ROAD:

Untitled, 2013
Tempera on paper
76.2 cm x 304.8 cm (30 in x 120 in)

BETHLEHEM, PALESTINE. This tempera painting is a collaborative work created 4 January 2013 by twenty Muslim and Christian artists at Dar al Kalima College in Bethlehem, Palestine. We gathered for a day of creative, artistic and spiritual exploration and concluded our time together by offering painted prayers on the World Canvas. Dar Al Kalima is located in the West Bank and was created and founded by the Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, a Palestinian Christian. Dar Al Kalima College promotes ideals of tolerance and respect for the thinking and beliefs of others. It encourages active communication between educators, theologians, journalists, musicians, and artists from Palestine and the rest of the world cultivating the region’s renewal and sustainability in a time plagued by destruction and unemployment. 

The Gate

The Gate © Genesis+Art STudio

FROM OUR STUDIO:

The Gate, 2013
Acrylic on Canvas
76.2 cm x 76.2 cm (30 in x 30 in)


Intersections: Finding Our Common Ground
Being trapped by the same way of thinking or safe, tried and true ideas of the past can become the walls that cut us off with a false sense of security. Perhaps what walls do most is separate us from the possibility of participating in relationship. Over and above our diversity, seeking relationship with one another can lead to growth and inspiration and together, lead us into new territory. Holding creative tension in this meeting place offers an alternative from extremes and prevents us from rushing to judgment and demanding a complete resolution to things before we have learned what they have to teach us. Light comes from elsewhere as we remain in this creative tension, drawing out the unique bit of heaven’s mystery in each other to form a new beginning. Through the use of archetypal shapes and symbols we seek to create a visible sign of invisible grace.

Intersections: Finding Our Common Ground

Finished exhibition at our Genesis+Art Studio  

FROM OUR STUDIO:

We recently completed a new body of work for our exhibition that begins at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. The exhibition titled: Intersections: Finding Our Common Ground will be in the Stocksdale Gallery until the end of March.  From there the show will move to St. Paul’s Monastery, Benedictine Center for Spirituality and Art in St. Paul, Minnesota and will be on exhibition through the month of May. If you are in Kansas City or Minneapolis, we invite you to spend some time with our work. We would like to hear from you.