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Showing posts with label Indiana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indiana. Show all posts

Saturday, 20 March 2010

Seraphim Book Store | IN

Posted on 14:57 by john mical
AOA NEWS
By Ernest Britton

INDIANA - Saint Seraphim of Sarov Book Store of Indianapolis reports that it is one the few area Eastern Orthodox bookstores open during weekday hours. They have been in operation since 1992 and specialize in Orthodox books, gift items, prayer ropes and anything else needed to support an Orthodox rule of prayer and world view. The website isn't much but it's a store rich in collectables. I purchased one cross to wear, one of place on the wall and a third to house precious memories.
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Friday, 12 March 2010

Confessions & God Exhibit

Posted on 07:49 by john mical
AOA NEWS
By Ernest Britton

INDIANA - iMOCA will exhibit Frank Warren's PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God, August 6 through September 18. The opening reception is August 6, 6-11 p.m. at iMOCA, located inside the Murphy Art Center in Fountain Square in Indianapolis.  It will feature the original postcards Warren received during a community art project where people anonymously mail in their secrets. Details will come out this summer.
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Friday, 19 February 2010

Jesus MCC | Indy

Posted on 09:00 by john mical
ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Ernest Disney-Britton

INDIANA---Once you reach the far rear corner of the stark Jesus Metropolitan Community Church in Indianapolis for Tony Melendez's three-piece installation, there is a pronounced sense of arrival. With twinkling brush strokes, Melendez has created shimmering portraits of biblical couples like David & Jonathon that allow the viewer to step inside his translucent dream.
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Saturday, 16 January 2010

A&O Meetup: Transforming Methodist Church into Landmark Offices in Indianapolis

Posted on 09:32 by john mical
ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Ernest Disney-Britton

INDIANA - After a $10 million rehabilitation, a 1922 Indianapolis United Methodist Church will become home to the state's preservation group. The building, vacant since 2008 but considered a gem because of its Romanesque Revival-style has been using a grant of $150,000 to stabilizd the building's foundation. The church building will be renamed, "Indiana Landmarks Center."

...the building will feature the 500-seat Cook Grand Theater in the former sanctuary, with a domed ceiling and stained glass windows; Cook Hall, a historic wood-paneled hall with a stage and balcony-level breakout rooms; and office space. Indiana Landmarks plans to move its state headquarters to the new location from 340 W. Michigan St. after it has raised the funds to renovate the office wing, built in 1922 and attached to the church.

To read the entire story, see: [link]
PROJECT FACTS:
Total Cost:
$10 million
Donors: $7 million by William and Gayle Cook, Bloomington
Church Name: Central Avenue United Methodist Church
Location: 12th Street and Central Avenue, Indianapolis
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Friday, 8 January 2010

Sacred Spaces: St. John the Evangelist | Indianapolis, IN

Posted on 09:00 by john mical
I finally stumbled upon a home for weekday noon mass, St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church is within a block of Indy's downtown shopping center. There's even a line for confession, and it's starting now. Since there's only Sunday mass in Green Acres, I'm finally free of Mother Angelica's EWTN! Yesterday, I worshiped at SS Peter and Paul Cathedral. They have some impressive sacred art, and I made some new friends.
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St. John the Evangelist | Indy

Posted on 09:00 by john mical
ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Ernest Disney-Britton

INDIANA---I finally stumbled upon a home for weekday noon mass, St. John the Evangelist Catholic Churchis within a block of Indy's downtown shopping center. There's even a line for confession, and it's starting now. Since there's only Sunday mass in Green Acres, I'm finally free of Mother Angelica's EWTN! Yesterday, I worshiped at SS Peter and Paul Cathedral. They have some impressive sacred art, and I made some new friends.
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Wednesday, 2 December 2009

Indianapolis Museum Displays Art of 'Sacred Spain'

Posted on 08:57 by john mical
USA TODAY
By Ken Kusmer, Associated Press Writer
The exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art includes 71
pieces from 45 lenders in Spain, Mexico, Peru and other countries.
INDIANA---El Greco's vision of the veil of Veronica hangs near a golden crown with 447 emeralds. Just a few steps away, a recumbent sculpture of the crucified Jesus Christ rests before its return to a Spanish hermitage in time for Holy Week. "Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World" at the Indianapolis Museum of Art is drawing visitors from around the world for an unprecedented exhibition of 71 pieces from 45 lenders — many of them private — in Spain, Mexico, Peru and other countries. Madrid's Prado has loaned five works alone. The free exhibition, which continues through Jan. 3, has thrilled experts and other visitors alike. Harvard Art Museum curator and cultural historian Ivan Gaskell said it inspired him intellectually like no other exhibition he has seen this year. [link]
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Friday, 13 November 2009

‘Sacred Spain’ Exhibit Features Historic Catholic Artwork, Artifacts

Posted on 08:51 by john mical
THE CATHOLIC TELEGRAPH
By Mary Ann Wyand
"MadridMadre Jerónima de la Fuente" (1620) by Diego Velázquez;
oil on canvas; 63 x 42 3/8 in. (160 x 107.5 cm); Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
INDIANA---“Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World,” a unique, one-time exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, is an incredible assembly of 17th-century paintings and other objects from Spain and Latin America. Indianapolis Museum of Art conservator Christina Milton O’Connell works on restoring the “Virgin of Guadalupe” in early June to prepare the painting for display in the museum’s “Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World” exhibition. The oil-on-ca nvas painting was created by an unknown artist in Mexico in about 1700. The exhibit, which opened Oct. 11 and runs through Jan. 3, was specially created for the museum and will only be shown there, said Ronda Kasl, senior curator of painting and sculpture before 1800. [link]
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Sunday, 1 November 2009

A&O PRIZE FOR CLERGY (2009): Father Luke

Posted on 23:56 by john mical
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]
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009

Indianapolis Museum of Art Organizes Exhibition Devoted to Sacred Art of Spain

Posted on 23:37 by john mical
AOA NEWS
Francesco de Zurbaran, "Agnus Dei" (1636-1640) Oilk on canvas
INDIANA — The first exhibition to examine the religious visual culture of 17th-century Spain and Latin America will premiere at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on October 11, 2009. Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World brings to life the challenges faced by visual artists such as El Greco, Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Zurbarán, Alonso Cano, Franciso Ribalta, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Juan de Valdes Leal, Juan Correa, Cristobal de Villalpando and others, who were charged with the creative task of making religious images that were useful, truthful and moving. The exhibition will feature more than 70 works of art, including paintings, polychrome sculpture, metalwork and books, many of which have never before been seen in the United States. Sacred Spain will be on view exclusively in Indianapolis from October 11, 2009 through January 3, 2010. [link]
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Friday, 21 August 2009

Sacred Spain: Art & Belief in the Spanish World is Coming to the Indianapolis

Posted on 09:02 by john mical
ALPHA OMEGA ARTS NEWS
By TAHLIB
 

INDIANA---The first exhibition to examine the religious visual culture of 17th-century Spain and Latin America will open at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on October 11, 2009. "Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World" brings to life the challenges faced by visual artists such as El Greco, Francisco Zurbarán, Alonso Cano, Franciso Ribalta, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Juan de Valdes Leal, Juan Correa, Cristobal Villalpando and others, who were charged with the creative task of making religious imagery that was useful, truthful and moving. The exhibition will feature 70 works—including paintings, polychrome sculpture, metalwork and books, many of which have never before been seen in the United States—that not only illustrate religious iconography and allegory, but also bring to light the significant role of the artist in 17th-century Spain. [link]
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Sunday, 2 August 2009

Sacred Spaces: SS Francis and Claire RCC | Greenwood, IN

Posted on 18:00 by john mical
AOA NEWS
By Ernest Britton

INDIANA - Located in the southside of Indianapolis metropolitan area, Saints Francis and Claire Roman Catholic Church is a beautiful modern church eclipsed by the oversized religious art. The clean modern architecture based on classic, historical cruciform feels like an open amphitheater and it's monochromatic colors are an ideal backdrop for the massive near life-sized crucifix and statuettes of the Saints Assi and Clare.
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Friday, 17 April 2009

Sacred Spaces: First Congregational Church | Indianapolis

Posted on 18:00 by john mical
ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By TAHLIB


INDIANA---First Congregational Church bills itself as a progressive,  inclusive, spiritually alive servant community. I was invited to attend for the Good Friday, a stoic and somber experience for any church, and this was true for First Congregational Church as well. They are part of the United Church of Christ family of churches. However in general, they offer two distinct opportunities for worship. First, their "New Creation" worship which is varied and nontraditional with drama, contemporary music and dance. “You never know what will happen this week,” said one worshipper. The second at 11am is their Traditional worship which offers "challenging and thoughtful preaching" along with traditional music. The structure is a huge beautiful New England style sanctuary, and starkly unadorned in terms of artistry or scultptural works, but it does sit on a nice parkland campus, and even as a Baptist art-evangelist, I felt very welcomed.
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