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