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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... -
Announcing Transpositions’ Online Symposium: The Life and Work of Hans Rookmaaker
Posted on 24/02/2011 | 6 CommentsWe are pleased to announce that Transpositions will be hosting its first online symposium next week (Feb 28 – Mar 5). We have chosen to focus on the life and work of Hans Rookmaaker (1922-1977), one of the most seminal... -
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... -
![A Review of Férdia J. Stone-Davis, Musical Beauty: Negotiating the Boundary between Subject and Object (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2011) Beauty, understood by means of wonder, gains a transformative power.[1] In her recent book, Musical Beauty, Férdia Stone-Davis undertakes an...](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/musical-beauty_-115x115.jpg "Musical Beauty: A Review")
Musical Beauty: A Review
Posted on 22/02/2011 | No CommentsA Review of Férdia J. Stone-Davis, Musical Beauty: Negotiating the Boundary between Subject and Object (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2011) Beauty, understood by means of wonder, gains a transformative power.[1] In her recent book, Musical Beauty, Férdia Stone-Davis undertakes an... -
Reflections on A Conversation with an Artist
Posted on 21/02/2011 | 2 CommentsLast Tuesday (15 February), we had the pleasure of hosting a part concert/part discussion with singer-songwriter, Miriam Jones. The evening was structured in such a way where there were extended times between songs where Miriam invited the listener into her... -
Transpositions Tidbits: Art and Artists
Posted on 20/02/2011 | 4 CommentsThis is a bumper tidbits post! We’ve been hearing how much the posts about Artists and Art are particularly enjoyed, so I thought that a post featuring Artists, recent projects and lots and lots of links will be the best... -
![Osvaldo Golijov’s La Pasión según San Marcos was commissioned in 2000 as one of a quartet of new passion-settings. The work attracted glowing reviews and made a striking impact on its first audiences [1]. In La Pasión, Golijov, an Argentinian...](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/1224275720742_1-115x115.jpg "A Transformational Passion")
A Transformational Passion
Posted on 18/02/2011 | No CommentsOsvaldo Golijov’s La Pasión según San Marcos was commissioned in 2000 as one of a quartet of new passion-settings. The work attracted glowing reviews and made a striking impact on its first audiences [1]. In La Pasión, Golijov, an Argentinian...
