Arts and Music at Redeemer

When: Saturday, May 10, 7:30 pm

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.

-Angela

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. :)

Happy Easter!

-Angela