Artist as Educator

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A Visual Artist’s Bookshelf Art is Everywhere: The Artist in Us All October 2, 2004 Orchard Hill Church, Grand Rapids, MI

Betsy Steele Halstead, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship


Introduction Books of the Past are Books for Today

Francis A. Schaeffer,

Art & the Bible “Christianity is not just “dogmatically” true or “doctrinally” true. Rather, it is true to what is there, true in the whole area of the whole [person] in all of life.” “The Christian is the one whose imagination should fly beyond the stars.”


“At the foundation of the alternative which I propose is the thesis that works of art are instruments and objects of action – and then, of an enormous diversity of actions. Hence the title: Art in Action. What I propose is a functional approach to art.”

Nicholas Wolterstorff, Art in Action


Calvin Seerveld

Psalms Rainbows for the Fallen World

A Christian Critique of Art and Literature

Bearing Fresh Olive Leaves

Out for Symposium 2005

Jeremy Begbie says of Seerveld – “Few have done as much in the last 20 years to put the arts firmly on the agenda of the Church. He has refused to let us off the intellectual hook, insisting that we press the implications of the Gospel into every corner of the arts world.”


Clip Art Clemens Schmidt,

The Church Year and the Art of Clemens Schmidt (with CD-Rom)

Lynn Joyce Hunter,

Graphics for Worship 2.0 (CD-Rom)


Banners

Pamela Hardiman & Josephine Niemann,

Raise the Banners High!


Pamela Hardiman & Josephine Niemann, Raise the Banners High!


Vestments

David Philipart (ed), Clothed in Glory


Calligraphy Timothy R. Botts,

Portraits of the Word


Illustration ‌especially for children (of all ages) Margaret Wise Brown,

The Runaway Bunny Madeline L’Engle,

The Glorious Impossible


Shel Silverstein,

The Giving Tree

Brian Wildsmith,

St. Francis


Vessels to Furnishings David Philippart (ed),

Basket, Basin, Plate, and Cup

Charles McCollough,

Faith Made Visible Regina Kuehn,

A Place for Baptism


Installations Nancy Chinn,

Spaces for Spirit


Mosaics


Stained glass Sarah Hall,

The Color of Light


Marc Chagall,

The Jerusalem Windows Tribe of Joseph

First sketch, approx. 7”x5”

Final model, approx. 16”x12”

Finished window, 133x98”


Architecture Judith Dupre, Churches


Gregory Wolfe, Sacred Passion: The Art of William Schickel


Encouragement & Inspiration ‌for artist and observer

Marilyn McEntyre,

Drawn to the Light


Marilyn McEntyre, Drawn to the Light


Marilyn McEntyre, Drawn to the Light


‌ from a contemporary artist

The Psalms

Anneke Kaai

In a Word


Anneke Kaai The Psalms: An Artist’s Impression


Lectionary Resource Imaging the Word: An Arts and Lectionary Resource

Kenneth Lawrence (ed)

Susan Blain (ed)

Sharon Gouwens (ed)

Volume One

Volume Two

Volume Three


Imaging the Word, Vol. 2 (Pentecost – You of Little Faith)


Global Focus

Masao Takenaka,

The Bible Through Asian Eyes



Images of Christ

Ron O’Grady (ed),

Christ For All People



Frederick Beuchner,

The Faces of Jesus


Biblical Study Gene Edward Veith, Jr.,

The Gift of Art and

State of the Arts


Symbolism

Dictionary of Biblical Imagery Leland Ryken, James C Wilhoit, Tremper Longman III (general editors)


Practical guides ‌ for the Church

Christopher Irvine & Anne Dawtry,

Art and Worship

Janet Walton,

Art and Worship

James & Susan White,

Church Architecture


Richard Giles,

Re-Pitching the Tent


Practical guides ‌ for the Artist Hilary Brand and Adrienne Chaplin,

Art and Soul: Signposts for Christians in the Arts


Reformed Thought

William A. Dyrness,

Visual Faith

Paul Corby Finney (ed),

Seeing Beyond the Word


Christianity and the Arts

Jeremy Begbie (ed),

Beholding the Glory


Aesthetics Diane Apostolos-Cappadona (ed),

Art, Creativity and the Sacred

Frank Burch Brown,

Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste


Conclusion – A Christmas List Pastors

Church Libraries

Artists

(for committee & congregational use)

• Theological Study:

• Biblical/Theol. Study:

• Study of Integration:

Seerveld, Rainbows for the Fallen World

Schaeffer, Art and the Bible

Irvine & Dawtry, Art & Worship

• Practical: White, Church Architecture Lawrence, Imaging the Word

• Inspiration: McEntrye, Drawn to the Light

Dryness, Visual Faith

• Practical: Chinn, Spaces for Spirit

Wolterstorff, Art in Action

• Practical:

Walton, Art and Worship

Brand, Art and Soul

• Inspiration:

• Inspiration:

Kaai, The Psalms

The masters & contemporary colleagues

For everyone – Biblical study – Ryken, Leland Dictionary of Biblical Images Children’s books – Challenging us to keep things simply beautiful and let our imaginations fly


From Reading to Action‌

Artist/Artisan

Pastor/Worship Committee

“A faith project in Christian artistry will never be healthy among us until there is a living sense of Christian community... God has set things up so that cultural endeavor is always a communal enterprise, done by trained men and women in concert, gripped by a spirit that is larger than each one individually and that pulls them together as they do their formative work.� Calvin Seerveld


“The more exclusively we acknowledge Christ as Lord, the more wide the range of his dominion will be revealed to us.� Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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