Everchanging Colors of Art + Faith

Half lecture and half hands-on studio time, this four-session class will celebrate the healing power of beauty and prophetic vision through the lives and works of artists and saints. Vincent van Gogh and St. Therese of Lisieux lead us off with their attention to the extraordinary ordinary; Trappist monk Thomas Merton meets Georgia O’Keeffe, both inspired by Buddhist spirituality and the landscape; Einstein and Teilhard de Chardin as well as African-American and Native-American artists and Saints will also be creatively explored.

Students will work with a variety of acrylic inks, experimenting with the application of water in their process.  While class time will be a combination of lecture on the saints and artists, demonstration on technique, and practice, studio time will be open for students to continue in their process, developing their pieces further with insights from the morning.  Brother Mickey will be available during the first hour of afternoon open studio for questions.