by Beat Rink Was Picasso right? “I find it absurd when a woman who does not smoke a pipe paints one,” Picasso once said. Was he right? The answer is no… Continue Reading
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Life is Good – How I Noticed It!
by Antonia Ruppert I am not a Disney person. I do not get all syked up for historical tours. Nor do I get geeky for cruises. But an art retreat?… Continue Reading
Objects of Remembrance
by Linda T. Hurd The oil painting of a ship by E. Louis Vuilleumier hung in my home where I grew up. I heard the artist had died in Italy… Continue Reading
To Dwell Among Us
by Catelyn Mailloux A year and a half ago I began attending a small rural church where my husband was hired to play the organ. The church is a modest… Continue Reading
Finding the Transcendent in “Ugly Art”
by Sarah Bernhardt You’ve arrived at the door of 3636 Texas Ave. in St. Louis Missouri to take in the exhibition Ritual at the Intersect Arts Center. If you’ve come… Continue Reading
Death Where is Thy Sting
by Xenia Williams A poor woman comes to a memorial service, and she reverently places on a table brought down for it an offering of Kollyva, in this case, a… Continue Reading
What to do with Differences: Artists and Art as a Bridge
By Isaac Tsetan Gergan, Marianne Lettieri, and Rachel Hostetter Smith Three friends, who participated in the Art for Change 2020 International Artist Residency in New Delhi, India, reflect on its… Continue Reading
Communing with Saints
by Ryan Stander A shoebox at a flea market changed my life. A simple Nike shoebox filled with discarded family photographs broke my heart. With each photograph of unfamiliar faces… Continue Reading
Mirrored in Mourning
by Jordan Lienhoop I was standing before two alabaster statues in the Speed Art Museum: Hooded Mourner with Rosary and Hooded Mourner with Missal. Created in the mid-1400s at the… Continue Reading
Defining the Terms of Beauty and Goodness in a Sin Cursed World
by Robbie Mackintosh Amongst Christian artists there is a lot of talk about beauty and goodness and how we should reflect these God-given realities in our work. But how do… Continue Reading