Visual art

Serious Faith, Serious Art

Serious Faith, Serious Art

01.26.2011  |  4 Comments ››

An interview with Cameron Anderson, executive director of Christians in the Visual Arts | CIVA Cameron Anderson became the executive director of CIVA in February, 2009, after 30 years of campus ministry leadership with ... Continue Reading »

A Renaissance Gallery

A Renaissance Gallery

11.26.2010  |  No Comments ››

Five artists who captured the imagination of the church: Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael By Rachel Smith The optimism and confidence in human potential that characterized the Renaissance produced an ... Continue Reading »

Shedding Light on Art History in the City of Lights

Shedding Light on Art History in the City of Lights

11.18.2010  |  No Comments ››

Paris was recently host to the inaugural gathering of a new professional organization, the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art. By Rachel Hostetter Smith In the shadow of the famed Museé ... Continue Reading »

Why Have There Been No Great Modern Religious Artists?: A Symposium

Why Have There Been No Great Modern Religious Artists?: A Symposium

11.18.2010  |  1 Comment ››

Organized by the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art Hosted by the Museum of Biblical Art, New York, NY February 8, 2011 Symposium Synopsis: Mirroring the complex presence of religion throughout ... Continue Reading »

RUN WITH THE FIRE: Call for Submissions

RUN WITH THE FIRE: Call for Submissions

10.26.2010  |  No Comments ››

"Run with the Fire" is an arts project for the London 2012 Olympics organized by CANA, commission4mission, and Veritasse based on the image of fire, which links the Church’s Pentecost celebration with that ... Continue Reading »

Art & Faith: Makoto Fujimura

Art & Faith: Makoto Fujimura

10.18.2010  |  No Comments ››

Makoto Fujimura is one of a rare breed: an internationally successful artist, writer, and speaker who has gained the respect of both the Christian and secular art communities. He has been a Presidential ... Continue Reading »

Inspiration in Print

Inspiration in Print

10.04.2010  |  2 Comments ››

2010 marks the 10th anniversary of Piquant Editions (www.piquanteditions.com), a small U.K.-based Christian publisher with a vibrant vision for arts publishing. An interview with founders Elria and Pieter Kwant Tell us about how this ... Continue Reading »

Aslan Performing Arts Centre

Aslan Performing Arts Centre

09.09.2010  |  No Comments ››

Mission: To reach a secular and religiously apathetic European society with the redemptive message of Christ through the arts. The Aslan Performing Arts Centre is a non-profit cultural organization based in Madrid, Spain. As ... Continue Reading »

The Prodigal Artist

The Prodigal Artist

08.23.2010  |  No Comments ››

Rembrandt's art, like his life, traced the contours of sin and grace. By Laurel Gasque Perhaps no other artist captures the imagination and the heart of a worldwide audience more than Rembrandt van Rijn (July ... Continue Reading »

Truth in Stone and Marble

Truth in Stone and Marble

06.28.2010  |  No Comments ››

The early church developed a visual language to express their faith in art. By Jennifer Hevelone-Harper Our college recently built a large chapel designed in the style of a traditional New England church, with a ... Continue Reading »