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Theological Engagement with the Craft, Content, and Context of Art
Posted on 06/05/2011 | 1 CommentOver the past several months, in a series of articles written for Transpositions, Wes Vander Lugt and I presented three crucial dynamics constituting art, seeking to render these dynamics in a way that advances educational and pastoral agendas within the... -
Artists and Makers in Community
Posted on 23/03/2011 | No CommentsAn interview with Dan Thompson, founder of Artists and Makers – an initiative which works with local authorities and real estate agents to make empty shop and other spaces available as exhibition and studio spaces for artists across the UK.... -
The Art of Craft (or the Trouble with Terminology): Part II
Posted on 18/03/2011 | 7 Comments~ by Jenn Craft and Anna Blanch In part I of this post, we looked briefly at the way in which subsuming craft into a definition of art or imbuing craft with a lesser aesthetic value is problematic. This post... -
The Art of Craft (or the Trouble with Terminology): Part I
Posted on 16/03/2011 | 11 Comments~by Jenn Craft and Anna Blanch Wes Vander Lugt and James McCullough’s post on The Craft of Art and all the comments that followed inspired us to think and write about the relationship of “art” and “craft” from a slightly... -
The Craft of Art
Posted on 11/03/2011 | 20 Comments~by James McCullough and Wes Vander Lugt A few weeks ago, we launched a conversation on this blog about a definition of art. It is a project that emerges directly out of our teaching experience in the intersection of theology,... -
Engaging the Arts: Craft, Content, and Context
Posted on 25/02/2011 | 8 Comments~Wesley Vander Lugt and James McCullough One of the opportunities and challenges facing those at the intersection of theology and the arts is finding accessible and intelligible ways to understand and engage art theologically. For many, art is an elitist... -
The Art of Recycling in Southern Folk Traditions
Posted on 23/02/2011 | 3 CommentsSouthern self-taught art is one of my favorite art traditions. This may be because I’m Southern, but it’s also because it brings up some interesting issues in regard to the spirituality of art, as well as the artist’s engagement with...
