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Transpositions is the official blog of the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at the University of St Andrews. Featured Posts
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Considering Jonathan Borofsky’s “Walking to the Sky”
Posted on 13/05/2013 | 4 CommentsIn my last post, I suggested that Jonathan Borofsky’s counting and keeping of a dream record might be seen in terms of ancient Jewish scribal practice, and that doing so provides a context for reading his later work with religious... -
Featured Artist: David Hooker
Posted on 10/05/2013 | 3 CommentsDavid Hooker is a ceramicist and sculptor living in the Chicago area where he is associate professor of art at Wheaton College. He grew up on South Carolina, and he received an MFA in Ceramics from Kent State. He blogs... -
Finding Beauty through the Practice of Creating: An Artist’s Reflection
Posted on 24/04/2013 | 6 CommentsI am a painter, designer, curator and creative strategist living and working in Philadelphia who trained in painting and design at The University of the Arts. As someone who has helped people find God and beauty in their lives through... -
Counting and Dreams: Jonathan Borofsky as Scribe
Posted on 08/04/2013 | No CommentsJonathan Borofsky (b. 1942) is an American artist best known for his wall drawings, installations and public sculpture. He studied at Carnegie Mellon University, Ecole de Fontainebleau in Paris, and Yale University. After graduating from Yale in 1966, Borofsky moved... -
Featured Artist: Amanda Hamilton
Posted on 05/04/2013 | 1 CommentAmanda Hamilton is a contemporary American artist working in various media. She produces large installations, intimate paper works, videos and more. Hamilton received a BS in Drawing and Painting from Biola in 2000, and then she went to complete an... -
Featured Artist: Michelle Mackey
Posted on 01/03/2013 | 1 CommentMichelle Mackey is a painter who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Dallas, TX. She has exhibited extensively in both of those locations, as well as other places inside of and outside of the United States. In 1999, she... -
Creativity as a Battle: Artists and Academics [Part Two]
Posted on 20/02/2013 | 1 CommentIn my previous post, I suggested three areas of common ground between academics and artists with the final being that both participate in creative and constructive work. The interesting discussion that ensued after this post led me to wonder how...
