tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67814120287313069552024-03-06T15:53:55.256-05:00Indigenous JesusExploring the intersection of indigenous visual art and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.comBlogger253125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-67311516692196563542022-12-15T16:57:00.000-05:002022-12-15T16:57:40.590-05:00<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpD7PMwy5eGYEf4q4wKVTTuyEY1IKXBX71LYo09a4TyCRsD3mN8p1Uh6DR7U0twUEesLCJ3oL0U3MxRHmsSsYHw2PDeRfKIl1BWP5nkXenBebb20M8MkSkSZG4Zgx4oKtY-npRR3kaR9A5a303vuJUdIxr6sJnFiAsgWBITuMYwLX9__xNMMw-c6rCw/s1200/Baobab%20tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="994" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpD7PMwy5eGYEf4q4wKVTTuyEY1IKXBX71LYo09a4TyCRsD3mN8p1Uh6DR7U0twUEesLCJ3oL0U3MxRHmsSsYHw2PDeRfKIl1BWP5nkXenBebb20M8MkSkSZG4Zgx4oKtY-npRR3kaR9A5a303vuJUdIxr6sJnFiAsgWBITuMYwLX9__xNMMw-c6rCw/w331-h400/Baobab%20tree.jpg" width="331" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></span></i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<span><b>Mexican artist Zury Jennings has always been passionate about connecting her artwork to her Christian faith.</b> She studied visual arts at undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as theology and counseling at Covenant Seminary, where she also served as Art Curator at the Francis Schaeffer Institute. She is currently a missionary living in West Africa with her beloved husband Collin, and enjoys exploring African elements in her artwork.<br /><br /><b>One of those artworks is the fabric collage above.</b> She created it for her church in West Africa by putting together colorful, discarded scraps of African print fabric. It is a picture of Psalm 1, which says, "Blessed is the one. . . whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers" (NIV). <br /><br /><b>This image features an open Bible at the foot of a giant Baobab tree, which grows in many parts of Africa.</b> A life-sustaining stream runs across the bottom left corner next to the tree. The Baobab is revered for its extraordinary longevity and medicinal properties, and is therefore referred to as the "Tree of Life." Because of this positive (and biblical!) imagery, Zury decided to use it on the banner, which directly connects it to the study and application of God's Word. Because Baobab trees grow in the area around her church, and also because many local people wear clothes made of print fabrics, it is a beautiful and positive example of biblical contextualization, or the incorporation of something from the local "context" to better explain God's Word.<br /><br /><b>May more of God's churches around the world use their artists to create beautiful works like these out of the materials He has provided, in order to draw more people to Himself!</b></span></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></i>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-59562580757170868562019-04-12T06:40:00.000-04:002019-04-12T06:41:38.736-04:00Indigenous artists win global recognition for Our Mob, God's Story<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Please check out this recent article from ETERNITY NEWS concerning the Australian Aboriginal Christian art book, <a href="https://www.biblesociety.org.au/our-mob/" target="_blank">Our Mob, God’s Story</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Our Mob, God’s Story – the iconic art book by Bible Society Australia that won Christian Book of the Year in 2017 – was singled out at this year’s United Bible Societies (UBS) Publisher’s Convention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">The book picked up the Vallotton Award for new audience products at the convention, held last month in Nairobi, Kenya. The award, given out in honour of pioneering illustrator Annie Vallotton, recognises the most creative examples of Bible publishing among the UBS network – which includes Bible Societies in over 200 territories across the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">[Continue reading the article <a href="https://www.eternitynews.com.au/australia/indigenous-artists-win-global-recognition-for-our-mob-gods-story/" target="_blank">here</a>]</span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-5721717686407471542018-12-28T08:00:00.000-05:002018-12-28T08:00:04.665-05:00<div class="tr_bq">
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Once again it's that time of year to get new wall calendars! Although I won't be able to get one shipped to my current residence, here is at least one that you might be interested in:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Unfortunately the calendar does not contain boxes for each day of the month, but rather shows one large art image with a horizontal line of dates in small print at the bottom. I was unable to determine if they ship to the U.S. or not.</span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-64938962806241310192018-12-27T07:00:00.000-05:002018-12-27T07:00:08.310-05:00Nigerian Madonna and Child<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Michael Harrar, artist and member of <a href="https://www.wycliffe.org/partner/BBF443" target="_blank">Wycliffe Bible Translators</a>, recently produced this delightfully colorful Nigerian Madonna and Child from his home in the U.S. Until earlier this year (2018) he and his wife Beverly had been living in Nigeria where he was able to personally research much of the imagery in this painting. You can see more of his (typically more realistic) paintings at his website <a href="http://www.michaelharrarart.com/Michael_Harrar_Art/Other_Subjects.html#11" target="_blank">Artist Works </a></span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><a href="http://www.michaelharrarart.com/Michael_Harrar_Art/Other_Subjects.html#11" target="_blank">Around the Globe</a>. Two other favorites of his is <a href="http://www.michaelharrarart.com/Michael_Harrar_Art/Other_Subjects.html#11" target="_blank">this one</a> he did earlier in 2018 for the SIL Nigeria Retreat banner, and <a href="http://www.michaelharrarart.com/Michael_Harrar_Art/Paintings.html#22" target="_blank">this one</a> of female African musicians.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Here is the artist's description for Nigerian Madonna and Child:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Nigeria is a people full of color. Every Sunday men and women dress in their finest to celebrate their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Traditional Jewish custom is also full of color and celebration. Using vibrant African fabrics, colored pencil and acrylics, the Madonna and Child is influenced by living among the Nigerian people. A combination of traditional and modern Nigerian designs and Jewish symbols bring the past and the present together.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">I recently came across this beautiful Christmas card by Australian Aboriginal artist Raechel Saunders at her <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/576717559/christmas-card-aboriginal-nativity?ref=shop_home_feat_1" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a>. Raechel is a painter, illustrator, and ceramic artist. Her abstract Aboriginal art style is heavily inspired by her artist/pastor/</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">father</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">'s artwork and teaching. You can see even more of her work at her personal <a href="http://www.raechelsaunders.com/" target="_blank">website</a>.</span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-50735674872076420032017-06-18T22:45:00.000-04:002017-06-18T22:45:26.453-04:00Engelbert Mveng: Ugandan Martyrs Altar @ ArtWay<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Check out the most recent post at <a href="http://www.artway.eu/artway.php?id=816&lang=en&action=show&type=imagemeditations">ArtWay</a> featuring Cameroonian artist/theologian Engelbert Mveng, and two of his large-scale murals. For more on Mveng and his art, check out my 2012 post <a href="http://indigenousjesus.blogspot.com/2012/05/engelbert-mveng-theology-of-life.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><i><a href="http://www.ceosyd.catholic.edu.au/News/Pages/international-day-indigenous-people.aspx">Holy Spirit in This Land</a></i> by Lisa Buxton, Aboriginal Education Adviser, from the Catholic Education Office Sydney. The painting was created to depict the theme of the inaugural Indigenous Mass at St Mary's Cathedral for Sydney's Catholic schools in 2013. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">The aim of the Mass is to show respect towards Australia's first people and to celebrate the indigenous culture and build bridges between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.</span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-91134429230597947572016-12-22T09:55:00.001-05:002016-12-22T09:55:38.574-05:00African Madonna<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">A striking Madonna image from <a href="http://studiomuti.co.za/latest-1">MUTI</a>, a creative studio founded in 2011 and based in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Click on the image for a larger version.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><br /></span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-8671599468423150892016-06-12T22:56:00.001-04:002016-06-12T22:56:56.535-04:00The Image of God in an Image Driven Age<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Check out Victoria Emily Jones' <a href="https://artandtheology.org/2016/06/10/book-review-the-image-of-god-in-an-image-driven-age-ed-beth-felker-jones-and-jeffrey-w-barbeau/">review</a> of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Image-God-Driven-Age-Explorations/dp/0830851208/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465785835&sr=8-1&keywords=the+image+of+god+in+an+image+driven+age+explorations+in+theological+anthropology">The Image of God in an Image Driven Age: Explorations in Theological Anthropology</a> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">(Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2016) </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">at her blog, Art & Theology. She writes that the book</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Of special interest to readers of this blog would be her comments on Chapters 7 (“What Does It Mean to See Someone? Icons and Identity” by Ian A. McFarland)</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">, 10 ("</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">The Sin of Racism: Racialization of the Image of God" </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">by </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Soong-Chan Rah</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">) and 12 (</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">“The Storm of Images: The Image of God in Global Faith” by Philip Jenkins</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">).</span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-39446156150431614812016-04-16T22:52:00.004-04:002022-12-08T14:01:56.764-05:00Painting of the Risen Christ in Nigeria<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Painting of the risen Christ in the parish of St. Peter in Benin City, Nigeria. It was painted by the late <a href="https://twitter.com/Jakhibi/status/920719000186884100?s=20&t=SipMYDeBObT0pyGD5uMAHQ" target="_blank">Rev. Fr. Fernando Arizti SJ</a>. All of the following photos were taken by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/H.Bensons/?hl=en" target="_blank">Huxley Benson Studios</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">I love this painting by Aboriginal</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"> artist, Lillian Fourmile, which hangs in </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><a href="http://www.osa.org.au/en/news-events/osa-news-australia/a-life-of-talent-and-service/aboriginal-culture-mass-2015/" target="_blank">St Thomas’s Church</a> in Mareeba, Australia. It is titled, <i>Reconciliation</i>. I wish I could see more detail, especially in the center.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">hand-printed </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">cross above it was painted by an Arrernte woman from Santa Teresa Catholic Mission in Central Australia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Have a blessed Easter!</span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-28031480684316399782015-10-26T21:17:00.001-04:002015-10-26T21:17:13.644-04:00The Times of India: Widow of artiste Angelo da Fonseca passes away<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Panaji: Ivy Muriel da Fonseca, widow of the late Indian Christian Cultural Renaissance artiste Angelo da Fonseca, passed away on Tuesday in Pune after a brief illness, said family sources. She was 87... Known to be an iron lady amongst friends, Fonseca Miss: as she was popularly known amongst her students, lived life on her terms. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One <a href="https://twitter.com/vmingoa/status/639304749850820608" target="_blank">admirer</a> of Ivy posted the painting above (of her I assume, by her husband).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Check out this beautiful collection of paintings by Korean artist Woonbo Kim Ki-chang at </span><a href="http://www.geekinheels.com/2015/09/21/if-jesus-had-been-korean.html/comment-page-1#comment-2023960" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" target="_blank">Geek in Heels</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">.</span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-66432949261823483712015-08-27T22:18:00.001-04:002015-08-28T20:23:55.992-04:00Beautiful Jesus by Nigerien (Niger) Artist Mariama McCarthy<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The introduction to a short interview with the artist, a Touareg artist from Niger who now lives in </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Maryland</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><i>Mariama McCarthy is an inspirational artist whose works echo raw human emotion in beautiful and moving ways. A Touareg Frida Kahlo, some have said, but her art, as all art, transcends her identity, her own experience and her world reaching into the crevices of every human emotion no words could ever explain.</i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">To read the rest of the interview, click <a href="http://africanartagenda.tumblr.com/post/45987800550/mariama-mccarthy" target="_blank">here</a>.</span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-43446473199388984252015-07-09T20:00:00.000-04:002015-07-09T20:00:16.673-04:00OM Arts Training: Incarnate 2016<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://www.arts.om.org/incarnate" target="_blank">OM Arts Training: Incarnate 2016</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">in community with other accomplished artists gathered from around the world. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Imagine together pursuing an integrated life of faith, creativity and cultural engagement. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">How would you be different? What would this do for your art? For the world?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">For applications and more info click <a href="http://www.arts.om.org/incarnate" target="_blank">here</a>.</span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-70509550976277600892015-03-17T21:59:00.002-04:002015-03-17T21:59:55.833-04:00Patrick, Contextualizer of Christianity<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">A brief but well-deserved shout out to St. Patrick: <a href="https://churchplantingnovice.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/st-patrick-missional-planter-par-excellance/" target="_blank">The Missiology of St. Patrick</a> by Jonathan Dodson at his blog, Church Planting Novice. </span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-71279661165743957062015-01-26T19:00:00.000-05:002015-01-26T21:21:17.692-05:00Artist Safina Stewart Speaks About Australia Day<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Today, January 26, is Australia Day down under. Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day" target="_blank">writes</a> that Australia Day</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">So, it's something like America's July 4th celebration. In this video from 2014, artist <a href="http://indigenousjesus.blogspot.com/2011/11/artist-profile-safina-stewart.html" target="_blank">Safina Stewart</a> shares her perspective on the holiday as an Aboriginal Australian and Christian. I think what she says here is very powerful and something that most white Christians (around the world) don't </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">often </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">hear. Her sentiments are probably very applicable to Native Americans in the U.S. as well. There certainly is a need all over the world for Christians of different cultural backgrounds to love and support one another. Few of us do that well, myself included. But we can be thinking and praying about it, and try to take small practical steps towards others in a spirit of kindness and friendship (like she mentions in the video). To see and read about Safina and her art, visit her website <a href="http://artbysafina.com.au/" target="_blank">Art by Safina</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-80576145870785655632015-01-13T20:30:00.000-05:002015-01-13T20:30:00.566-05:00Artist Fuses Mongolian and Native American Influences<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Bayarjargal has been a follower of Christ since 2006. For her final art project, she wanted to create something that was a testimony to her professors about her faith in God's Son. She says, "</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">There is only one inspiration for my artwork [and] that is God and His mighty work that He has done for us." She chose leather as her medium because her brother, who is also an artist, had previously worked with leather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The round shape of Bayarjargal's leather pieces represents God's omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence. She reinforces the idea of God's unchanging nature through the use of three colors throughout the seven disks: red, yellow and blue. These are also the colors of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Mongolia" target="_blank">Mongolian flag</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Bayarjargal writes that r</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">ed represents strength, decisiveness and power; blue signifies the eternal blue sky, with the different shades of blue in the leather disks symbolizing "</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">the limitlessness of God in all areas." Yellow equals clarity and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">light. Using the same palette throughout the seven discs indicates that "e</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">verything</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> [is] connected [and] related to one another [because of] the way He created them."</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The style of the shapes in the work is influenced by southwestern Native American art </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">because these cultures are "connected" to Mongolians and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Bayarjargal feels that </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">their art seems to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">represent "a time of long ago," an idea which connects southwestern art to the the beginning of creation and to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Bayarjargal's</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> artwork. Looking at her leather pieces, I'd say she definitely put her own spin on most of the designs that she created, rather than only using existing southwestern designs and motifs. Some of it reminds me of southwestern silver jewelry as well, though again, not exactly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">In the first piece, <i>Light</i>, the central yellow disk </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">shows light appearing where before there was only empty darkness. The yellow disk</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> and its background is also intentionally shaped to remind the viewer of an embryo, symbolizing Christ </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">coming as the Light of this dark world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Two swimming fish are depicted from above in <i>Fish</i>. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Bayarjargal chose to depict f</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">ish because they represent </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">the first animals that God created– sea creatures– and because fish are b</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">iblically symbolic: the two fish are depicted as a pair because God created both male and female animals</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">; and, Christ performed the miracle of the two fish and five loaves which can</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> represent multiplication and growth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">According to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Bayarjargal</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">, in traditional Mongolian </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">art the two fish (symbolic of alertness) form a yin-yang symbol and can </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">represent the making of merit to balance one's bad deeds. She wanted to avoid </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">that religious association because God's original creation was "all </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">good", not "bad and good".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><i>Humans</i> depicts a man and a woman. The man (right) is angular because "</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">he is decisive and physically strong," and there is a tapering sword shape </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">on his side. The woman is curvilinear because she is different from the man– "</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">gentle and nurturing." On her side is a shape "that </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">continues because she gives life and to symbolize never-ending </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">compassion." However, the two figures join in the center because they </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">are meant to be one flesh and complement each other. Both figures have painted faces </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">because nobody knows what Adam and Eve looked like, and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">because "early people like the American Indians" painted their faces. </span><br />
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The Zuni sunface represents the sun as a deity. The forehead is usually split into two (sometimes three) sections which represent the individuality of a person as well as their role as part of their family. The two sections can also represent sunrise/sunset or day/night. Regarding the slit-shaped eyes, Turquoise Canyon <a href="http://turquoisecanyon.blogspot.com/2009/05/today-id-like-to-share-some-information.html" target="_blank">writes</a>, "The Zuni do not add detail to the eyes for reasons of respect. The eyes are “windows of the soul” and as such an artist cannot assume to know what lies within. Therefore they are represented by the black rectangles." For more info on the Zuni sunface symbol, click <a href="http://www.ancient-symbols.com/symbols-directory/sun_face.html" target="_blank">here</a> or <a href="http://turquoisecanyon.blogspot.com/2009/05/today-id-like-to-share-some-information.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">A cross envelops the final design, <i>Rest,</i> like a stamp certifying God's </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">completion of His work of creation and subsequent rest. It also recalls </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Christ's statement "It is finished" as He completed His work of redemption on the cross. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Bayarjargal</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> wanted to show that only Christ can give us rest for our </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">souls. This piece is the biggest of the grouping because it binds </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">all the smaller pieces together just as Christ is the one holding all </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">things together (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+1%3A16-17&version=NIV" target="_blank">Colossians 1:16-17</a>).</span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-61103215114454974192014-12-29T21:22:00.000-05:002014-12-29T21:22:13.702-05:00Entire Collection of Smithsonian's Asian Art Museum Online January 1, 2015<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">From <a href="http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1068273/smithsonian-uploads-asian-art-saatchi-sues-former-director" target="_blank">BLOUIN ARTINFO</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The 40,000-plus items in the Smithsonian’s DC museums of Asian art, the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, will be available online starting on January 1, 2015. The high-resolution images will be accessible to all, without copyright restrictions for non-commercial use, an act director Julian Raby deemed “part of the democratization of art.” Many of the works — approximately 78 percent according to the Washington Post, or 35,000 according to The Art Newspaper — have never been seen by the public. [<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/freer-sackler-galleries-going-global-by-showcasing-entire-collections-online/2014/12/14/9a83645c-8155-11e4-9f38-95a187e4c1f7_story.html" target="_blank">WP</a>, <a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Smithsonians-Asian-art-collection-goes-online/36525" target="_blank">TAN</a>]</span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-12409827973754653032014-12-25T20:53:00.000-05:002014-12-25T20:53:01.002-05:00A First Nations Retelling of the Christmas Story<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I had begun writing a longer post about this earlier this month, but apparently lost it before saving it. Anyway, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I wanted to get this online during the Christmas season. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://www.firstnationsversion.com/birth-of-the-chosen-one/" target="_blank">The Birth of the Chosen One</a> is a f</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">orty-four page </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">paraphrase of the story of Jesus' birth taken from Matthew and Luke. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The text is taken from the First Nations Version Project (FNV) by </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Terry Wildman</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Terry</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> is of Ojibwe (Chippewa) and Yaqui ancestry. He is a recording artist, songwriter, storyteller, speaker and published writer. Terry is also the "Chief" of Rain Ministries, a nonprofit organization based in Arizona. Since the year 2000 as "RainSong" he and his wife Darlene have invested their lives in sharing the message of Jesus with Native Americans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The book's child-like i</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">llustrations were created by</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> artist <a href="http://ramone-romero.blogspot.com/p/first-nations.html" target="_blank">Ramone Romero</a> of Cherokee and Aztec ancestry. To see more examples of his artwork for the FNV, click <a href="http://www.firstnationsversion.com/art-samples-for-fnv/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The FNV is not intended to replace standard translations but to present the scriptures with word textures and choices that relate in a general way to Native Americans and other First Nations English speaking people. It is also not intended to be culturally or tribally specific.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">My intent is to retell, in the tradition of the oral cultures, the story of the Bible. In doing so, I draw on the 15 years of experience I share in relationship with many Native Americans, and also from the 30 years of ministry experience which has included in depth bible study and theological reflection. In the eyes of many this may not qualify me, but I am not looking for the praise of people or their opinions. However, I am open to constructive critique from others.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">This retelling is personal, as it reflects my own experience and perspectives. Stories are traditionally told in ways that are unique to the storyteller and meaningful to the listeners, drawing from history, tradition and experience. A storyteller will insure the essence of the story is preserved without the need to present a strict word for word recital.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">You can listen <a href="http://www.rainsongmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/UltimateSacrifice.mp3" target="_blank">here</a> to a sample from the First Nations Version, taken from a narrated CD recording with Cedar flutes in the background blended with drums, rattles, and a sound-scape of Earth tones. For more information about the CD, click <a href="http://www.rainsongmusic.com/storytelling/" target="_blank">here</a>. You can also order a FNV harmony of all four Gospels called <a href="http://www.firstnationsversion.com/when-the-great-spirit-walked-among-us/" target="_blank">When the Great Spirit Walked Among Us</a>.</span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-49368157202758828882014-12-25T17:27:00.000-05:002014-12-25T20:12:23.051-05:00Indigenous Christmas Images<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Engraved tree gourd from Pinotepa de Don Luis, Oaxaca. This is the work of master carver Antonio Guzman Hernandez.</span><br />
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hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-10921202219818620012014-12-15T20:00:00.000-05:002014-12-15T20:00:02.021-05:00"Challenges in Conducting a Christian Art Exhibition in India" by Paul Kattukaran<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
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For reflections on the challenges that have faced the Indian Christian Art Exhibition mentioned in my last entry, click <a href="http://indigenousjesus.blogspot.com/2014/11/indian-christian-art-exhibition-opens.html" target="_blank">here</a>. The post's author is Paul Kattukaran, the Coordinator of the <a href="http://indigenousjesus.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-recently-came-across-news-story-about.html" target="_blank">Indian Christian Artists’ Forum</a> (Art-i). For a news story about the opening of the exhibition (pictured above), click <a href="http://divineword.konkanworld.com/national/78/goan-artists-bridged-christianity-and-hinduism:-archbishop" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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With all the challenges, the exhibition of Indian Christian Art in Old Goa is a success on different counts; first of all most Goan Christians and many at the national level came to know of the exhibition through the print media and internet, especially UCAN news. Secondly, this exhibition inaugurated and blessed by the Archbishop of Goa has become a stepping stone for Christian Art ministry in Goa and India.</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">From the <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/Goan-artists-bridged-Christianity-and-eastern-religions-Archbishop/articleshow/45277111.cms" target="_blank">Times of India</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">OLD GOA: Archbishop of Goa and Daman Filipe Neri Ferrao inaugurated the Indian Christian Art Exhibition at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Archiepiscopal palace chapel, Se Cathedral premises, Old Goa.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">"This inter-religious dialogue was actively promoted by the likes of Angelo da Fonseca and Angela Trindade, both from Goa through their art, a bridge of understanding between Christianity and eastern, particularly, Indian religions," the archbishop said.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The exhibition highlights the images created by the late Goan artists Angelo da Fonseca and Angela Trindade, apart from Alfred Thomas, Sr Genevieve SMMI and Sr Claire SMMI. The exhibition is conducted by Art-i, Christian Artists' Forum, Art-i established by the Office for Social Communications, Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, Delhi.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Fr Dominic Alvares SFX welcoming the archbishop and the dignitaries, said that the Indian Christian Artists' Forum has found a great patron in Ferrao in promoting the Indian images of Christ and the Goa archdiocese should lead other dioceses of India in promoting Indian Christian Art.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The co-ordinator of Indian Christian Artists' Forum, Art-i, Fr Paul Kattukaran presented an Indian image of Christ "My Guru" done by the late Goan artist Angelo da Fonseca as a token of inculturating Christian faith in India.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The exhibition will be open from 9am to 7pm everyday till the last day of the Exposition of the Sacred Relics of Saint Francis Xavier; January 4, 2015.</span></blockquote>
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Great image of a Ghanaian Jesus from <a href="http://mattstone.blogs.com/photos/sacred_images/ghanian-jesus.html" target="_blank">Curious Christian</a>, though I can't find any further information about it or the artist. Please pray for Ghana and the rest of west Africa, that the Ebola crisis will be brought under control and lives saved. As Ghana suffers, so does Christ.hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781412028731306955.post-46194696575736901772014-11-23T20:30:00.000-05:002014-11-23T20:30:00.309-05:00SouthWorld Article: The variety of Ethiopian crosses<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Please Note: All posts on this blog are intended for informational purposes only, not as an evaluation or endorsement of any artist, art form, organization or website. If you have concerns about the accuracy of any information presented please contact the author at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">hmsarthistorian@gmail.com.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Here's a short <a href="http://www.southworld.net/the-variety-of-ethiopian-crosses/" target="_blank">article</a> from Southworld called "The Variety of Ethiopian Crosses." It's a very brief review, but worth reading if you want to gain a basic understanding of the three forms of Ethiopian crosses. One can also read a related <a href="http://www.southworld.net/ethiopia-the-cross-symbol-of-a-country/" target="_blank">article</a>, "Ethiopia. The cross: symbol of a country", which discusses the importance of the cross to Ethiopian history and some historical cross variations and their symbolic associations/origins. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://www.southworld.net/" target="_blank">Southworld web magazine</a> is produced by the Comboni Missionaries, an international Congregation of Roman Catholic Religious working in forty-two countries throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.</span>hmsarthistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263341820133845291noreply@blogger.com0