Founded in 1979, Christians in the Visual Arts exists to explore and nurture the relationship between the Christian artist in the church and in the world-at-large. Known widely as CIVA, its purpose is "to encourage Christians in the visual arts to develop their particular callings to the highest professional level possible; to learn how to deal with specific problems in the field without compromising our faith and our standard of artistic endeavor; to provide opportunities for sharing work and ideas; to foster intelligent understanding, a spirit of trust, and a cooperative relationship between those in the arts, the church, and society; and ultimately, to establish a Christian presence within the secular art world." Just eight year ago, In 2002, CIVA hired its first full-time staff and accepted Gordon College in Massachusetts' invitation to make the school its first permanent home. It has 1,300 members and conducts conferences, exhibitions and auctions.
Showing posts with label BFA Nominee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BFA Nominee. Show all posts
Monday, 29 March 2010
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
John Logan’s two-man Broadway show, "Red" revolves around an episode in Abstract Artist Mark Rothko’s life in the late 1950s, when the architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson commissioned him to paint murals for the Four Seasons, the fashionable new restaurant in the Seagram Building. (Read NYT Review)
Saturday, 6 February 2010
ROADSIDE AMERICA
IOWA - One of the most impressive and inspiring offerings of Trinity Heights is the life-sized, beautifully carved and true to life sculpture of da Vinci’s The Last Supper. Painstakingly fashioned for seven years by world-class sculptor Jerry Traufler of Le Mars, Iowa–a devout Christian who travels extensively to visit religious shrines and has himself created a masterpiece–Traufler’s The Last Supper is a magnificent rendition of the Lord’s last meal and a work unmatched anywhere. Using hometown folks and family members as models, Mr. Traufler has created a unique and awe-inspiring work of religious art—and one of a very few life-sized depictions of The Last Supper in the entire world. One cannot look at his work and fail to conclude that the Holy Spirit worked powerfully through the hands of this devout man, who was kind enough to donate his masterpiece to Trinity Heights. The sculpture vividly brings to life The Last Supper in a way that words or pictures cannot. Viewing Jesus and the Twelve reclining at table in the eerie quiet of the dimly lit wood-domed room that houses Traufler’s work, the visitor feels as if he or she is actually present in the Upper Room on the night He was betrayed. Were The Last Supper the only attraction in Trinity Heights, it alone would be worth the visit. [link]
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| The Last Supper by Jerry Traufler |
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
National Gallery of Art conducted an in-depth study of the career of Mark Rothko, including a discussion of mid-twentieth century abstract expressionism.
Monday, 11 January 2010
"Don't pay any attention to what they write about you.
Just measure it in inches."
~ ANDY WARHOL
Just measure it in inches."
~ ANDY WARHOL
"Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."
~ ANDY WARHOL
~ ANDY WARHOL
"I never think that people die. They just go to department stores."
~ ANDY WARHOL
~ ANDY WARHOL
"When I got my first television set,
I stopped caring so much about having close relationships."
~ ANDY WARHOL
I stopped caring so much about having close relationships."
~ ANDY WARHOL
Sunday, 1 November 2009
AOA NEWS
By Ernest Britton
NEW YORK CITY - In recognition of his role as a rock-n-roller in Harlem and as a young Priest, Tahlib, a co-founder of the blog, Alpha Omega Arts announced today that Father Luke is the first inductee for the new A&O Prize for Clergy Advocates.
Tahlib said, "I certainly didn't expect to find a Roman Catholic monk who was also a rock musician as I boarded the flight from Indianapolis back home to NYC." Dressed, in the frigid January cold wearing a pair of sandals with woolly black socks, a thick grey robe, and a dusty-looking rope tied around his waist from which a huge wooden cross dangled, he hardly knew what to make of the monk waiting not far from him at the Indianapolis International Airport.
Once the passengers were called for boarding however, Tahlib quickly dismissed him as an eccentric, but God had other plans. "When I made my way to my seat on the plane," said Tahlib, "I found that the strange monk was already seated in the chair next to mine." Forced into an uncomfortable situation with a strange looking man, Tahlib began to share his life in NYC, and the young monk from a farm in Indiana began doing the same. Both idealists, Tahlib, a Civil Rights activists and Luke a Priest the too were soon engaged in an exciting conversation about faith, commitment and the power of art.
Father Luke is a one member of a group of young musicians & Franciscan Friars who are now giving rock concerts at their growing monastery in Harlem/NYC, all as part of their evangelizing efforts. Tahlib is a day-time Civil Rights activist, full time Christian and artist advocate. [link]
By Ernest Britton
Tahlib said, "I certainly didn't expect to find a Roman Catholic monk who was also a rock musician as I boarded the flight from Indianapolis back home to NYC." Dressed, in the frigid January cold wearing a pair of sandals with woolly black socks, a thick grey robe, and a dusty-looking rope tied around his waist from which a huge wooden cross dangled, he hardly knew what to make of the monk waiting not far from him at the Indianapolis International Airport.
Once the passengers were called for boarding however, Tahlib quickly dismissed him as an eccentric, but God had other plans. "When I made my way to my seat on the plane," said Tahlib, "I found that the strange monk was already seated in the chair next to mine." Forced into an uncomfortable situation with a strange looking man, Tahlib began to share his life in NYC, and the young monk from a farm in Indiana began doing the same. Both idealists, Tahlib, a Civil Rights activists and Luke a Priest the too were soon engaged in an exciting conversation about faith, commitment and the power of art.
Father Luke is a one member of a group of young musicians & Franciscan Friars who are now giving rock concerts at their growing monastery in Harlem/NYC, all as part of their evangelizing efforts. Tahlib is a day-time Civil Rights activist, full time Christian and artist advocate. [link]
Saturday, 17 October 2009
ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Tahlib
The model Joanna Krupa's new PETA ads are attracting angry voices of many religious reactionaries. The model recently appeared nearly nude in an ad for PETA where she sports angel wings and having a crucifix placed on her body. The ad says “Be an angel for animals” as shown left. The campaign is to encourage people to adopt pets instead of buying them. The PETA ad however has made the Catholic League angry. They feel that the naked Joanna Krupa holding the religious symbol is blasphemy. (Source: Island Crisis)
By Tahlib
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