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A View from the Monastery: On Behalf of Utilitarian Art
Posted on 15/05/2013 | 4 CommentsI’m coming to you from St Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison, Kansas, and I’d like to speak a word on behalf of utilitarian art. As I walk around the grounds of the Abbey, which is also home to Benedictine College, I... -
A Gesture in Kind
Posted on 14/11/2012 | 9 CommentsNearly 450 years after his death, the artwork of Michelangelo is still making the news. This time as the subject of a study on Neuroesthetics. Having been around only about a decade, the discipline of neuroesthetics is based on the... -
![In Engaging Art Prize: A Storied Theology of the Arts [Part Two], I suggested that a rightly Storied theology of the arts, one that acknowledges art as created good and redemptive word, maintains the tension between the uselessness and usefulness of art. Besides...](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Siedell-115x115.jpg "A Response to Siedell’s “Art and Culture, or Politics by Other Means–Evangelical Style”")
A Response to Siedell’s “Art and Culture, or Politics by Other Means–Evangelical Style”
Posted on 24/09/2012 | 4 CommentsIn Engaging Art Prize: A Storied Theology of the Arts [Part Two], I suggested that a rightly Storied theology of the arts, one that acknowledges art as created good and redemptive word, maintains the tension between the uselessness and usefulness of art. Besides... -
Practical Considerations for Hosting a Gallery in a Church
Posted on 11/06/2012 | 2 CommentsSix years ago, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, a Gen X church plant merged with a 110-year-old congregation to form a new “missional community devoted to the life-changing reality of Jesus Christ.” Since then we have been in... -
Telling the Story
Posted on 08/06/2012 | 6 CommentsAt Blackhawk Church in Madison, Wisconsin we did a teaching series called “The Story.” The series was designed to tell the story of scripture from beginning to new beginning. We wanted to help people see that the story of the... -
Reflections on “The Spirit of Prophecy”
Posted on 31/05/2012 | No CommentsEditor’s Note: In this post, Elizabeth Noyes reflects upon a show that she curated for St James Cathedral in Seattle, WA. The show was held from January to February 2012. The Director of Music, James Savage, and Director of Liturgy,... -
Wayne Adams Live From New York City
Posted on 25/05/2012 | No CommentsEditor’s Note: Wayne Adams is a professional artist living and working in New York. Transpositions invited Wayne to offer a synopsis of trends that he observes in his regular excursions through the New York City art world. One recent trend...
