| May 10, 2008 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
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 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
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:
Christmas 2007: Hanging the altarpiece
Originally uploaded by Church of the Redeemer.
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.
Matt’s Web site: www.mattsbasement.com
Saturday December 8th, 7:30 PM
This meditative service of readings and music provides a time of reflection and renewal during the season of Advent. Solo and choral music provided by the Church of the Redeemer Choir, mezzo soprano Melissa Plagemann, and violinist Stephen Cresswell.
The service will be followed by a dessert reception.
“Red Sky in Morning”, watercolor on paper, ©Denis Wogan
Denis is an artist living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He say this about his work:
I was raised in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on the rocky New England coast. I know that much of my inspiration to paint comes from the vast ocean that, as a boy, I saw almost every day. I no longer live there but it is still a delight for me to look out over the water, to imagine the continents that exist on the other side, to see that big sky. This is a place where I truly feel the presence of God.
“Red Sky in Morning” is one of a series of abstract horizon paintings. The title comes from the sailor’s adage: Red sky in morning, sailors take warning; Red sky at night, sailors delight. For me this painting represents calm while facing the unknown.
In my paintings I take the simple, essential forms of a landscape, a sky, a storm, and translate my observation to paper or canvas. But, honestly; I have no agenda, no story to tell, I have no drive to steer the viewer to see something in a certain way, no reason to paint other than a deep passion for my own creative process.
You can see more of Denis’ work at www.wogan.us and he can be contacted at deniswogan@yahoo.com
“Still, Small Voice”, mixed media mosaic, 22″x16″ ©Kathy Thaden
Kathy Thaden is a mosaic artist from Colorardo who has sent us this mixed media mosaic made of a variety of recycled materials including mirror and frame, beach glass, ceramic tile, vitreous glass tile and stained glass. She says this about this piece:
Contemplating silence I was drawn to the image of Elijah, and the progression of tremendous noise through wind, earthquake and fire. Finally, it is within the dramatic quiet of the aftermath that the Lord speaks to Elijah in the “sound of sheer silence.”
You can see more of her work by visiting her website.
“Misty Cove, San Juan Islands”, color photograph, ©Joe Crookes
Joe Crookes is a Northwest photographer who has traveled the world for the past 25 years taking beautiful photographs, two of which will be in our exhibit. His collection includes photos from Italy, Turkey, Mexico, Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Laos. He says this about his work:
I feel grateful for the vantage point that photography has given me through the years. It has enhanced my life. When I ook for pictures, I usually study places for a composition angle. If I see a possibility, I then look for lighting. It’s all about the light.
You can contact Joe by calling 206-632-1224.
“Into Silence” - the Advent altar
Originally uploaded by Church of the Redeemer.
This is the Advent altar for Church of the Redeemer this year. We have a new altarpiece designed by Angela Wales Rockett and the Ecclesiastical Arts Committee that expresses this year’s Advent theme of “Silence”.
“Silence”, mixed media sculpture (welded stand, dictionary, viewer contemplation), ©Marco Rosichelli
This sculpture comes to us from sculptor Marco Rosichelli’s studio in Arizona. It is also the first piece of sculpture that we’ve exhibited in the gallery. Marco says this about this piece:
This work deals with the reverence of books, and the written word. It is my intention to get the viewer to come to a contemplative place where they can consider art and language in a quiet space.
Marco can be contacted by writing to marco@rosichelli.com.
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