Arts and Music at Redeemer

Last night we had our first Art and Music Tuesday and it was great! There was wonderful fellowship and much laughter. Sheila taught us part of a lovely Psalm to sing (we’ll learn more of it each Tuesday in July). And the Christmas altarpiece is well underway. I’m really looking forward to next Tuesday!

This is my sketch for the altarpiece. (on the left is what I hoped to get done by the end of the night - and we did!)

Color Sketch for Christmas 2009 Altarpiece

Here I start the art portion of the evening by explaining some of the materials we’ll be using.

Art portion of evening begins

And here is one shift of my minions painters. You can really get a sense for the size of this thing when you see people working on it.

Ginny, Sheila, Polly, Eric and Kathy painting

Hope you can join in the fun next week!

-Angela

Every Tuesday evening in July, the Redeemer community is meeting for music, art and Eucharist.

Here’s the schedule:

• 6:00pm — Bring your own dinner
• 6:30pm — Learn music to sing during the Eucharist
• 7:00pm — Eucharist
• 7:30pm to approximately 9:00pm — Art, and more music

We’ll be posting photos to the blog as we go, so stay tuned!

Ron and I have been making a new canvas for our Christmas altarpiece, which we’ll be working on for the “art” portion of the Art and Music Tuesdays which start next week! In the first photo the framework is getting muslin stretched over it, and in the second photo the muslin is drying after we soaked it so it would tighten up. It is now tight as a drum and ready for a coat of gesso.

Many, many heartfelt thanks to Ron who not only agreed to make this, but improved greatly upon the original design. It’s a beautiful thing.

The final size of the two panels hinged together is about 10 feet by 8 feet, and I can’t wait to cover it with rich colors! Check back to watch our progress.

-Angela