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“On Beauty” event – Friday Arts Project – Space 157 – Rock Hill, SC
Hey all, Just a quick update about last nights event at Space 157 in downtown Rock Hill, SC. Friday Arts Project invited their friends and acquaintances to their studio space for a lecture and discussion on the topic of "Beauty" (with a capital "B"). I (Kirk) lectured...
The place of Beauty: A historical and theological observation – part 1
Nude Descending a Staircase No.2, by Marcel Duchamp, 1912 For the last two decades there has been growing interest in the arts within the protestant church. The voices of artists who are Christians from a Protestant tradition have been present in the 20th century...
I’ll use Rocks
The other day a friend told me that the governor of Kansas was shutting down all arts programing for the entire state. You would have thought – from the tone of the statement – that the arts were dying or dead in the Jayhawk state. This kind of thing is not the only...
10 years ago…
I had always thought I’d get to the top of them…but it could wait, after all they would always be there. The morning started like it normally did for me – reluctant to leave sleep but looking forward to seeing the students. Knowing that I was meeting Paul to collect...
At the end of the Arts project…
TOP: Sarah and I with Manhattan skyline in backBOTTOM: The Arts Project in Times SquareI know it’s been a bit of a delay on recent blogs from us but we kinda got sucked into immediate life where it was difficult to find a moment for an update. But now we have a...
Arts Summer Project update…
Hey friends,We are at the end of our second week here in NYC with the arts project. We have a great bunch of students. We are finished with painting the mural that Sarah designed (see the pic), and the students are deep into the creation of the art for the show in a...
Weary legs and Beauty…
It had been a long wonderful day; lots of work with the satisfaction that you knew you were participating in something larger than yourself. Nevertheless, the weight of the First Father’s curse prevailed as it does on most days and our legs felt the weariness of...
A friend’s project…Dickens…
John Hendrix's upstairs studio This past March I had the privilege to go to a conference in St. Louis that was about the Church and the Arts. My friends John and Andrea Hendrix were gracious enough to take this poor traveler in for almost a week. I was able to spend...
On our way…
Smokey downtown Jacksonville, FloridaBy the time you read this we will be in New York City for our summer project. We spent the last few days traveling up to Maryland where my (Kirk's) parents live. We traveled through wildfire zones (Jacksonville, Florida - the pic...
In my reading…
I've really come to enjoy reading the theology of Herman Bavinck (more on him click here). I came across this passage in my reading as I prepare for teaching college students this summer about the importance of the arts to the mission of God.In no way should the...