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January 2021
Weekly Zoom Collage Group
Dear CIVA Friends, During COVID19 Zoom classes allow us to gather and support one another. For this purpose, I am offering a weekly Zoom art class for non-artists and artists alike. It's just a time to get together for fun and creativity. Instructions for our Zoom “Collage as Spiritual Practice” classes are below. -Anita Breitenberg Materials Needed for Class First, collect your materials. Must-haves are paper or board to attach your pieces (any size will do and will depend…
Find out more »one another
one another explores images and ideas that often go unseen in cultures, the news, and our daily lives. Laura Stevenson’s exhibition addresses barriers that contribute to people avoiding engagement with strangers, neighbors, or people who may not be like them, ultimately feeding the “us-versus-them” mentality. Through dense, superimposed imagery and changing colored light, Stevenson visually contemplates what it could look like to move toward common ground with each other despite perceived differences in our increasingly polarized society. Laura Stevenson…
Find out more »‘HeARTwork’: a virtual exhibit by Center for All Abilities
"HeARTwork" is a special collection of pieces centering around self-expression and expressions of the heart. It features artwork created by children and youth of all abilities during art therapy sessions at Center for All Abilities (CAA). The pieces in the collection reflect each artist's innate creativity, each artist's expressive voice, and each artist's heart. We all have a story to tell and a desire for our voices to be heard. "HeARTwork" invites you to look, listen, and enter the creative…
Find out more »Table Talks
The Gospel is the thread that unites us and weaves us together at the Family Table, even though we don’t always live alike, look alike, or vote alike. At our Family Table, we don’t avoid talking about issues of race and racism; instead, we always come back to the broken body and shed blood of Jesus as we learn to stay at the table. Whether you’ve been at this table your whole life or you’re brand new, there is a…
Find out more »Graceland, Graceland Exhibit
Graceland, Graceland, is a new exhbit by CIVA Board chair, Samford University faculty member and artist Joe Cory showing in the Samford Art Gallery from Jan. 25-Feb. 19. The exhibit features work created with the backdrop of COVID.
Find out more »New Threads and Old Cloth
Hannah O’Hare Bennett is inspired by biological and geological forces. Her relationship to land, nature and studio practice is shaped by her past as an organic farmer, leading her to make poetic forms which explore natural and scientific concepts. This show includes works created from before and during the pandemic.
Find out more »May 2021
Reservoir
"The man who is wise, therefore, will see his life as more like a reservoir than a canal. The canal simultaneously pours out what it receives; the reservoir retains the water till it is filled, then discharges the overflow without loss to itself." - Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Join Intersect Arts Center for the opening of their Spring exhibition that explores the delicate, tenuous, and necessary relationship between work and rest. The exhibition seeks to curate a compendium of collective…
Find out more »February 2021
Weekly Zoom Collage Group
Dear CIVA Friends, During COVID19 Zoom classes allow us to gather and support one another. For this purpose, I am offering a weekly Zoom art class for non-artists and artists alike. It's just a time to get together for fun and creativity. Instructions for our Zoom “Collage as Spiritual Practice” classes are below. -Anita Breitenberg Materials Needed for Class First, collect your materials. Must-haves are paper or board to attach your pieces (any size will do and will depend…
Find out more »Without Moving, Tondos by Tim Lowly
Since she was born in 1985, Tim Lowly’s daughter Temma has figured increasingly prominently in his art. Over time he’s come to think of the work related to her as being an ongoing, multifaceted, yet singular project. A project that seeks meaning within a life Temma shares with her mother Sherrie, himself and others who care for her. Temma is profoundly other: the brain damage she experienced shortly after birth has rendered her as one for whom the concepts “development” and “ability”…
Find out more »New Threads and Old Cloth Artist Lecture
Hannah O’Hare Bennett is inspired by biological and geological forces. Her relationship to land, nature and studio practice is shaped by her past as an organic farmer, leading her to make poetic forms which explore natural and scientific concepts. This show includes works created from before and during the pandemic. Join the Webinar PASSCODE: 9WB3bf
Find out more »Mount Tabor Talks – The Art of Penitence (Lenten Images)
The Art of Penitence (Lenten Images) - Discussion with Msgr Timothy Verdon The Mount Tabor Centre for Art and Spirituality offers a new series of talks given by Mons Timothy Verdon and Dr. Filippo Rossi. In the spirit of its international conferences and art exhibitions in Italy and the USA in recent years, the Centre will offer monthly lectures by Mons. Timothy Verdon, Director of the Cathedral Museum of Florence and Academic Director of Mount Tabor, and by Dr. Filippo…
Find out more »Without Moving, Tondos by Tim Lowly – Virtual Conversation
Join Tim Lowly and others for a virtual conversation about his show Without Moving, Tondos at the Hofheimer Gallery on Saturday, February 13 at 4 pm. The exhibition runs from February 5-27, 2021. About the show: Since she was born in 1985, Tim Lowly’s daughter Temma has figured increasingly prominently in his art. Over time he’s come to think of the work related to her as being an ongoing, multifaceted, yet singular project. A project that seeks meaning within a life…
Find out more »Faith in Fiction: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Faith in Fiction will meet virtually on Tuesday, February 16th at 7PM ET to discuss Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. Our book discussions aim to equip each member to read and interpret cultural artifacts thoughtfully from a Christian perspective, and to learn to discuss challenging content with grace and precision. Meeting link
Find out more »Mount Tabor Talks – Artistic Techniques
The Art of Penitence (Lenten Images) - Discussion with Msgr Timothy Verdon The Mount Tabor Centre for Art and Spirituality offers a new series of talks given by Mons Timothy Verdon and Dr. Filippo Rossi. In the spirit of its international conferences and art exhibitions in Italy and the USA in recent years, the Centre will offer monthly lectures by Mons. Timothy Verdon, Director of the Cathedral Museum of Florence and Academic Director of Mount Tabor, and by Dr. Filippo…
Find out more »The Art of Business
Today’s artist has to master their craft, think like an entrepreneur, and market their work. It sounds like a lot—because it is. But staying true to the vocational call of being an artist does not have to mean going without pay. This 6-hour online workshop split between two Saturday sessions is taught by experienced and knowledgeable leaders and is designed to give artists the tools and resources needed to excel in their work, build a business, and fulfill their calling…
Find out more »‘HeARTwork’ at W83: Art making workshop with Center for All Abilities
This interactive workshop led by Center for Abilities staff will involve an art making activity that you can do right in your home! This event is in conjunction with the ‘HeARTwork’ virtual exhibit. Free and open to the public. Registration required to receive the Zoom link.
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Virtual AEHS Study Day with Dr. Rowan Williams on ‘Theology for the Life of the Church’
The 2021 annual Anglican Episcopal House of Studies (AEHS) Study Day at Duke Divinity School will be virtual due to COVID-19 restrictions and feature Dr. Rowan Williams, the former archbishop of Canterbury, speaking on "Theology for the Life of the Church." The annual Study Day offers clergy, other ministry professionals, and students the chance to learn and reflect on a substantial topic relating to theology and ministry. This year's main speaker at the Virtual AEHS Day Study will be Dr. Rowan…
Find out more »Artist Anthony Visco presents “The Maesta` and the Art of Sacred Conversation”
Please join Kathleen Carr and the Catholic Art Institute as we host an evening with Artist Anthony Visco as he presents his lecture “The Maesta` and the Art of Sacred Conversation” . Realized as our Lady enthroned in silent conversation with saints, their elements of composition, this Zoom slide presentation will explore its origins, its evolution, and how we may return to this time honored Marian devotion. This lecture is open to all who wish to attend and is offered…
Find out more »CIVA Gathers
CIVA Gathers is a Christ-centered virtual gathering in which CIVA Members have the opportunity to connect and pray together. The doors are open to all traditions and backgrounds. Each month we will spend time with scripture and an artwork from CIVA’s newest traveling exhibition. The photography exhibition Again + Again is centered around the church calendar. CIVA Gathers is led by CIVA Staff and rotating featured CIVA artists, theologians, and cultural leaders. We recognize our members come from a variety of prayer…
Find out more »The Art of Business
Today’s artist has to master their craft, think like an entrepreneur, and market their work. It sounds like a lot—because it is. But staying true to the vocational call of being an artist does not have to mean going without pay. This 6-hour online workshop split between two Saturday sessions is taught by experienced and knowledgeable leaders and is designed to give artists the tools and resources needed to excel in their work, build a business, and fulfill their calling…
Find out more »March 2021
Weekly Zoom Collage Group
Dear CIVA Friends, During COVID19 Zoom classes allow us to gather and support one another. For this purpose, I am offering a weekly Zoom art class for non-artists and artists alike. It's just a time to get together for fun and creativity. Instructions for our Zoom “Collage as Spiritual Practice” classes are below. -Anita Breitenberg Materials Needed for Class First, collect your materials. Must-haves are paper or board to attach your pieces (any size will do and will depend…
Find out more »Figures in Landscapes: Seeking God’s Shalom The paintings of Douglas R. Giebel
The Viterbo University Gallery is located in the Art Department on the third floor of the Fine Arts Center at Viterbo University. Throughout the academic year, the gallery features the work of students and faculty, as well as the work of regionally and nationally known artists and graphic designers. The gallery is open Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–5 p.m. when classes are in session. The gallery is free and open to the public.
Find out more »A Life of Witness: Carolyn Forché in Conversation with Christian Wiman
A Life of Witness: Carolyn Forché in Conversation with Christian Wiman discusses art, trauma, and faith. Part of the ISM's Lectures in Art, Faith, and Social Justice. Carolyn Forché’s first volume, Gathering the Tribes, winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize, was followed by The Country Between Us, The Angel of History, and Blue Hour. Her most recent collection is In the Lateness of the World. She is also the author of the memoir What You Have Heard Is True (Penguin Random House, 2019), a…
Find out more »Boca de Oro
Boca De Oro Festival of Literary Arts & Culture, “Mouth of Gold” curates diverse and evocative writers, poets, storytellers and artists who present their work through literary readings, workshops, panel discussions, poetry slams, spoken word styles and visual and performing arts experiences. The festival includes young artists, faculty and staff from Santa Ana Unified School District and Santa Ana College up a pipeline to professional artists. A fringe of the March Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk, Boca de Oro is…
Find out more »CIVA Gathers
CIVA Gathers is a Christ-centered virtual gathering in which CIVA Members have the opportunity to connect and pray together. The doors are open to all traditions and backgrounds. Each month we will spend time with scripture and an artwork from CIVA’s newest traveling exhibition. The photography exhibition Again + Again is centered around the church calendar. CIVA Gathers is led by CIVA Staff and rotating featured CIVA artists, theologians, and cultural leaders. We recognize our members come from a variety of prayer…
Find out more »Secret Garden Exhibition by Ruthia Pak Regis
Zoom Artist's talk and reception on March 20, 1 pm. Please RSVP and you will be sent the zoom link in the confirmation email. The exhibit runs March 12 to April 28, 2021 In person viewing of the exhibition will only be available by appointment after we move out of this state of emergency. By logging on to the Zoom event you consent to having your shared video and sound recorded and that recording can be used by the Heliconian…
Find out more »Faith in Fiction: Jack by Marilynne Robinson
Faith in Fiction will meet virtually on Tuesday, February 16th at 7PM ET to discuss Jack by Marilynne Robinson. Our book discussions aim to equip each member to read and interpret cultural artifacts thoughtfully from a Christian perspective, and to learn to discuss challenging content with grace and precision. Meeting link
Find out more »With Word and Song Exhibition
With Word and Song includes collagraphs, painting, and collages that incorporate musical facsimiles, as well as her most beloved textural pieces. Sandra Bowden's visual imagery is a provocative example of art centered both figuratively and literally in word. She views the musical score as a kind of language that transcends written languages and also see music as one of the richest historical influences of the church culture.
Find out more »Reception – Secret Garden Exhibition by Ruthia Pak Regis
Zoom Artist's talk and reception on March 20, 1 pm. Please RSVP and you will be sent the zoom link in the confirmation email. The exhibit runs March 12 to April 28, 2021 In person viewing of the exhibition will only be available by appointment after we move out of this state of emergency. By logging on to the Zoom event you consent to having your shared video and sound recorded and that recording can be used by the Heliconian…
Find out more »“Breakdown” – Solo virtual exhibit by Misato Pang
We have all experienced some form of breakdown this past year. Whether it is through loss and grief or through a reckoning or revelation, the world and the life we know have been reshaped in some way by the impact of this global pandemic. In this two-part exhibition "Breakdown", Misato Pang creates art in response and as part of her process of understanding her own breakdowns: breaking down who she is in terms of her ethnic identity and her Christian…
Find out more »CIVA Gathers
CIVA Gathers is a Christ-centered virtual gathering in which CIVA Members have the opportunity to connect and pray together. The doors are open to all traditions and backgrounds. Each month we will spend time with scripture and an artwork from CIVA’s newest traveling exhibition. The photography exhibition Again + Again is centered around the church calendar. CIVA Gathers is led by CIVA Staff and rotating featured CIVA artists, theologians, and cultural leaders. We recognize our members come from a variety of prayer…
Find out more »Mount Tabor Talks – Michelangelo and Christ’s Passion (The Florence Pietà) + Symbolism and Meaning
VERDON: Michelangelo and Christ’s Passion (The Florence Pietà) ROSSI: Symbolism and Meaning *Both talks will be given on March 27, 2021 The Mount Tabor Centre for Art and Spirituality offers a new series of talks given by Mons Timothy Verdon and Dr. Filippo Rossi. In the spirit of its international conferences and art exhibitions in Italy and the USA in recent years, the Centre will offer monthly lectures by Mons. Timothy Verdon, Director of the Cathedral Museum of Florence and Academic Director…
Find out more »A Good Man is Hard to Find: St. Joseph in Art
Free and open to the public. This event will be held online through Zoom (registration required) and live-streamed to YouTube. This event is co-presented with the Harvard Catholic Forum. St. Joseph was an unassuming latecomer to the history of art, but once discovered, his images evolved rapidly to serve the Catholic Church during challenging times. From model for the papacy, to symbol of marriage and fatherhood, to guide for a good death and advocate for the worker, St Joseph's many guises have made…
Find out more »April 2021
Weekly Zoom Collage Group
Dear CIVA Friends, During COVID19 Zoom classes allow us to gather and support one another. For this purpose, I am offering a weekly Zoom art class for non-artists and artists alike. It's just a time to get together for fun and creativity. Instructions for our Zoom “Collage as Spiritual Practice” classes are below. -Anita Breitenberg Materials Needed for Class First, collect your materials. Must-haves are paper or board to attach your pieces (any size will do and will depend…
Find out more »Abdul-Rehman Malik and Asad Ali Jafri, “Listening While Muslim: Searching for the Sounds of a Just Future”
Music is a way of understanding our past and chronicling our present. At its most subversive, music calls us to imagine new futures. Transforming and transporting us, music can vanquish tyrants and evokes the beloved community. Abdul-Rehman Malik (journalist, cultural organizer and YDS lecturer) and Asad Ali Jafri (curator, DJ and Executive Director of the South Asia Institute) take us on a sonic soul journey that crosses continents, languages and genres, exploring how music at the intersection of faith, culture…
Find out more »Exhibition Opening Reception: My Soul Looks Back and Wonder How I Got Over
The opening reception of Skip Hill and member Letitia Huckaby's exhibition "My Soul Looks Back and Wonder How I Got Over" at 108 Contemporary. Showing from April 3rd to June 20th, "My Soul Looks Back and Wonder How I Got Over" is a thoughtful visual dialogue that uses art to examine how the pervasiveness of a collective past informs our present, and how the persistence of hope and collective purpose positively redeems us to our present, and our future.…
Find out more »Unveiled: Prayers of the People
This in-person and socially distanced art opportunity includes work by several CIVA artists local to Madison, WI. This exhibit offers space to pray and reflect on the past year and to consider areas of growth and hope. There are various ways for you to enjoy this exhibition including events (please register to attend) and daily open hours. Learn more at www.upperhouse.org/event/unveiled-prayers-of-the-people
Find out more »Mount Tabor Talks – The Victory of Life (Easter in Renaissance Art)
The Victory of Life (Easter in Renaissance Art) The Mount Tabor Centre for Art and Spirituality offers a new series of talks given by Mons Timothy Verdon and Dr. Filippo Rossi. In the spirit of its international conferences and art exhibitions in Italy and the USA in recent years, the Centre will offer monthly lectures by Mons. Timothy Verdon, Director of the Cathedral Museum of Florence and Academic Director of Mount Tabor, and by Dr. Filippo Rossi, Instructor in art…
Find out more »The Eucharist in Art: Visualizing Mystery
Free and open to the public. This event will be held online through Zoom (registration required) and live-streamed to YouTube. This event is co-presented with the Harvard Catholic Forum. The 17th century Catholic Church found itself engaged in a battle over the sacraments, especially the Eucharist. Most Protestant Reformers rejected the teaching of Transubstantiation, while an increasingly empirical culture grew doubtful that a piece of bread and a glass of wine could ever be more than mere matter. To return the gaze of…
Find out more »Art within Cathedrals Lecture Series 2021: New perspectives in medieval sculpture
New perspectives in medieval sculpture by Rob Hawkins, art historian and ordinand An examination of 15th-century bosses from Norwich Cathedral cloister through sculptural space and style in medieval craftsmanship. For every talk you've registered for, you'll recieve a Zoom link before the event. Please note that the online talks will be recorded.
Find out more »Stephen Blackmer, “Original Beauty: Nature as the first source of beauty and divine inspiration”
Since time before memory, human beings have encountered the Sacred through the vastness of the heavens, the fertility of the Earth, and the mystery of life. Yet a vast gulf has grown between this deepest of human experience and the practice of faith in many traditions. This separation of sacred practice from Sacred Source has alienated people from Nature and contributed to human destruction of ecosystems around the globe. Join Stephen Blackmer to learn about Church of the Woods in…
Find out more »Mount Tabor Talks – Spiritual Art Today
Spiritual Art Today The Mount Tabor Centre for Art and Spirituality offers a new series of talks given by Mons Timothy Verdon and Dr. Filippo Rossi. In the spirit of its international conferences and art exhibitions in Italy and the USA in recent years, the Centre will offer monthly lectures by Mons. Timothy Verdon, Director of the Cathedral Museum of Florence and Academic Director of Mount Tabor, and by Dr. Filippo Rossi, Instructor in art at the Stanford University program…
Find out more »Earth Day: Wonder and Affection for our Rare Planet – A Talk with Lynn Aldrich
A presentation of images and short video clips will accompany the artist’s description of over thirty years of art making -- inspired by nature and the natural sciences, flora and fauna, life giving water, light and darkness, stars and planets. In an age of materialism, we will ask if the dialog between doubt and faith can open up a path to spiritual insight in contemporary art. We will celebrate God’s gift of Earth on a special day for pledging better…
Find out more »Art within Cathedrals Lecture Series 2021: Coventry Cathedral: Icon and Inspiration
Coventry Cathedral: Icon and Inspiration by Alexandra Epps, art guide and lecturer The extraordinary story of the rebuilding of the Cathedral as a symbol of peace and reconciliation and its inspiring commitment to the modern. For every talk you've registered for, you'll recieve a Zoom link before the event. Please note that the online talks will be recorded.
Find out more »CIVA Gathers
You must register prior to the event to attend the gathering. CIVA Gathers is FREE for CIVA members to attend. Register here! CIVA Gathers is a Christ-centered virtual gathering in which CIVA Members have the opportunity to connect and pray together. The doors are open to all traditions and backgrounds. Each month we will spend time with scripture and an artwork from CIVA’s newest traveling exhibition. The photography exhibition Again + Again is centered around the church calendar. CIVA Gathers is led…
Find out more »May 2021
Nuts and Bolts – Setting Up for Success: Creating a Serious Art Business
The first Nuts and Bolts webinar covers the basics of setting up a business for your art. Attorney Collin F. Schaefer. Collin will host a 50-minute presentation with a casual discussion and Q+A at the end. All Nuts and Bolts webinars are FREE for CIVA members. Not a member? Become a member! Register *All five Nuts and Bolts webinars share the registration. Attend one webinar or all five! Collin F. Schaefer Attorney, Ogden Glazer + Schaefer Prior to pursuing a…
Find out more »Weekly Zoom Collage Group
Dear CIVA Friends, During COVID19 Zoom classes allow us to gather and support one another. For this purpose, I am offering a weekly Zoom art class for non-artists and artists alike. It's just a time to get together for fun and creativity. Instructions for our Zoom “Collage as Spiritual Practice” classes are below. -Anita Breitenberg Materials Needed for Class First, collect your materials. Must-haves are paper or board to attach your pieces (any size will do and will depend…
Find out more »Kitchen Table Talks – Colors of Character
This Kitchen Table Talk is a conversation with CIVA member and painter Steve Skipper. Colors of Character: An Artist’s Journey to Redemption is a documentary of his life. We’ll talk about the movie and explore Steve’s journey to faith and his path to becoming the painter he is today. Moderator: Rev. Ralph Basui Watkins Panel: Steve Skipper & Fig Tree Media (Don Keith, Chris Danielson, & Warren Callaway) Find more information about the panel, watch the trailer and register at…
Find out more »Visual Artist Feedback (Virtual Gathering)
FEEDBACK – noun: a reaction or response to a particular process or activity. Anyone who has explored the creative process understands the value of feedback. Exposing our “works in progress” to the critique of our peers certainly takes courage, but feedback can also take our creative endeavors from average to excellent. Art House Dallas wants to provide an encouraging environment within a small group setting to explore your strengths and potential areas of growth as an artist. Groups will always…
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