Unfortunately we didn’t get enough entries to “Sacred Creation” to put on the show. We’ve since learned that we aren’t alone: a number of other recent calls for entries at other galleries have either been rescinded or extended because of a lack of response. Bad news for galleries, but not for artists! This indicates a strong demand for spiritual art, a demand so strong and widespread that artists are hard pressed to meet it.
Thanks to everyone who sent us work. We plan to put out another call to artists for a group show later in the year.
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore invites you to a Choral Evensong service on Saturday, September 13 at 7:30 PM to celebrate the Feast of Hildegard of Bingen. The music for this evening will be performed by the Redeemer Choir and guest soloists under the direction of Sheila Bristow.
Hildegard of Bingen (1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Blessed Hildegard and Saint Hildegard, was a German abbess, artist, author, counselor, linguist, naturalist, scientist, philosopher, physician, herbalist, poet, activist, visionary, and composer. Elected a magistra in 1136, she founded the monasteries of Rupertsberg in 1150 and Eibingen in 1165.
She is the first composer with an extant biography. One of her works, the Ordo Virtutum, has been called the first form, and possibly the origin, of opera.
She wrote theological, botanical, and medicinal texts, as well as letters, liturgical songs, poems, and the first surviving morality play, while supervising brilliant miniature illuminations.
Attention in recent decades to women of the medieval church has led to a great deal of popular interest in Hildegard, particularly of her music. Approximately eighty compositions have survived, which is one of the largest repertoires among medieval composers.
Hildegard communicated with popes such as Eugene III and Anastasius IV, statesmen such as Abbot Suger, German emperors such as Frederick I Barbarossa, and other notable figures such as Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
Many abbots and abbesses asked her for prayers and opinions on various matters. She traveled widely during her four preaching tours, the only woman to have done so during the Middle Ages.
Where: The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 6211 NE 182nd St., Kenmore (map)
Cost: Free-will donation
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer will host a recital by Organist Sheila Bristow with soprano Linda Tsatsanis. “Music for the Season of Pentecost” will feature the music of J. S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, and Bob Chilcott.
I’ve received a lot of notices recently from artists who have exhibited in our gallery in the past (and hopefully will again) about their current exhibits and I thought I’d share them with you.
Matthew Whitney’s latest show begins Friday, April 4th with an opening reception from 6pm–9pm at the Orange Splot Gallery in Fremont, and will be on display throughout April.
Bridgette Guerzon Mills hung a show this week entitled “Moments of Quiet and Stillness” at Cugini’s Cafe, 5306 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle (in Ballard) which will also be on display throughout April.
Three pieces of Jane Emens’ work will be part of a show at the ArtXchange Gallery called, “What Does Compassion Look Like?” in conjuction with the Dalai Lama’s visit. The show opens on April 11th with a reception from 5pm–8pm, and continues until May 30th.
Jessica Figueroa has a show of new paintings entitled “A Fish Out of Water” hanging at Cafe Lulu, 6417 Latona Avenue NE, Seattle (near Green Lake) that will be up through April 30th.
These are all very talented artists so go and take a look! I know I will.
I hope everybody had a very joyful Easter Sunday. I know I did. This is my third Easter season at Church of the Redeemer, and the second Easter altarpiece I’ve designed (you can see last year’s altarpiece here and here). This year we (the arts committee) decided to add some color to the paper lace design using tissue paper. Turned out to be a very frustrating process, but once the art was installed, it turned out to be so worth all the aggravation.
There were other frustrations as well, largely due to the unusually early appearance of Easter this year. But the biggest frustration was actually me. I had been suffering through some big time burnout issues in regards to my role in the arts committee for months, and was beginning to question whether I’d be able to go on with it once this liturgical year came to an end. This was making me cranky, to put it mildly, and made completing the Easter art that much more difficult. Lent passed with me barely noting it, and Holy Week ended up feeling like such a chore, instead of being the powerfully spiritual journey that I know it can be.
But I’m very happy to report that the Holy Spirit was definitely moving at our Easter Vigil on Saturday night, and I feel all sorts of refreshed now. I feel truly inspired (to breathe life into) and I’ve got all sorts of ideas for next liturgical year’s art. Thanks be to God!
In a few weeks we’ll be starting on art for Pentecost and I’m really looking forward to it. :)
Sacred Creation: The Sacrament of the Earth We are called upon to be stewards of the Earth, our island home. Yet it seems a day doesn’t pass without at least one report of some new global, environmental threat or catastrophe. Global warming, holes in the ozone, pollution of air, sea and land, deforestation, endangered wildlife… sadly, the list goes on. Thankfully, the list of movements working to change this bleak outlook is also growing as more and more people become aware and involved. Organic and sustainable agricultural practices, recycling, alternative energy sources…
CR Gallery at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Kenmore, Washington invites artists to submit 2-dimensional artwork that explores these themes. (Art can extend into the third dimension, but it must be able to be hung on a wall.) All genres and media considered, so don’t feel this has to be landscape art. You can see pictures of our past exhibits on our artsblog at www.redeemer-kenmore.org/artsblog.
Where: Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore, WA
When: June 8, 2008 – August 15, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 12th, 6:30– 8:30pm
How: Submit up to 3 jpegs via e-mail to arts@redeemer-kenmore.org. Please include your name, contact information, and a few words about your work. Also include title, medium, framed dimensions, and retail price of each image submitted. Submission deadline is Friday, May 16th, 2008. The work will then be juried and acceptance notifications and delivery instructions will be sent out via e-mail by May 21st.
Entry fee: $15 (USD) for up to 3 images, payable via PayPal. Must be paid before work can be submitted to the jury. Simply click on the Pay Now button below.
Please note the following:
•Artwork must be ready to hang, preferably from a wire. Photographs and artwork on paper must be framed with a wire attached for hanging. Canvases do not need to be framed, but the sides should be painted, either a solid color or as a continuation of the image, in order to give a neat, professional appearance, and must have a wire attached to the stretchers for hanging purposes.
•For work that is shipped, all shipping costs will be the responsibility of the artist.
•Artwork can be for sale. The gallery will direct buyers directly to the artist and takes no commission.
•The gallery will take care of advertising and publicity, and artists with accepted work will receive postcard announcements to distribute themselves. Please have high quality digital images available for possible use in publications and postcards.
•In addition to being displayed in the nave gallery, accepted artists will also be featured on the church’s website.
•For ease of transport, and so we get to meet you, we are especially seeking artists in the Puget Sound area, but this call is open to all artists over 18.
•If you have any questions, please e-mail Angela Rockett at arts@redeemer-kenmore.org.
The Arts Committee is hard at work making the altarpiece for Pascha, also known as Easter. As always, it will be cut paper - though this year, colored tissue paper will be an element.
Here are a couple of photos of the work-in-progress on Flickr:
This year’s altarpiece was designed by the wildly talented Seattle artist Matt Whitney, who also came in on a Saturday and helped the Ecclesiastical Arts Committee paint it.
The result is lovely.
The piece will be on display over the altar at Redeemer through the seasons of Christmas and Epiphany.
The Concerto Baroque performance was just great. We are truly privileged to have such wonderfully talented musicians perform in our space. I’ve posted photos from the event on the Redeemer Flickr account.
"We are trying to live out, as best we can, the religion of the heart. You do that with things that aren't very rational, like music, art, prayer, and liturgy - by giving people an opportunity to learn what really matters, which is living in a relationship with God."
