Replenish 08 is coming up in July - 4 week training term for CBTB.
As previously mentioned on my blog, I am creating and running a course on God and Art, with a couple from morning church.
We came up with the 4 weeks and it's content the other week:
WEEK 1: The Creative Genius
- The Perfection and detail in His creation (the intricacies of root systems & complexity of humans)
- The Variety in His creation (not one type of bird but many, not one colour but many!)
- The Abundance in His creation (stars, flowers, sand, water)
- The Innovation in His creation (to create out of nothing)
Art practice: Convey, with paper, what you learn about Jesus from a section of a gospel narrative?
WEEK 2: Christians in Art
- 3 guest artists: Visual Artist, Ceramist & Dancer. Each will share how they use their gifts in creativity in their medium, how they make moral judgements, use their art for gospel/mission and how they might engage with the secular world using their art.
Art practice: Express a characteristic of yourself in a shape using clay?
WEEK 3: Engaging with Art
- Excursion to the art gallery.
Art practice: Detail your response to an artwork: in prose, ink or discussion!
WEEK 4: Art in Controversy.
- How does the Christian reconcile the difference between the nude and porn?
- How do we respond to artists like Jule Rrap, Andres Serrano & Jeff Koons etc?
- What are the boundaries? How can scripture shape our response?
- If artists are provoking us to think about what we believe, How can Christians be provocative for the gospel? How do we engage the world to consider God and his worldview?
Art practice: Installation Art!
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Another 'arty' thing I am doing at church is offering a 4 week community course (maybe 6 if I have enough material) in August or September, on Acting in the Everyday.
My aim is to have fun, teach a few drama techniques that will help increase and boost confidence - and provide opportunity for relationships to develop between the adult students that come along. A big part of the course will be teaching my theory on the Art of Conversation that I developed over the last two years...more on that in a later entry!
Please be praying that God be glorified in all these activities.
May the name of Christ be made great!
4 comments:
wow. sounds like it will be a great time!
have you read francis schaeffer's "Art and the Bible"? it's a short book and could be useful in helping your prep.
i've got it - but i'm guessing you could easily get hold of it at that big library next door!
the acting thing sounds good too.
look forward to hearing how both go.
peaceout
hayley
i am reading 'the Trinune Creator' at the moment that talks about the history of the theology of creation. Chapter 3(?) has some good stuff by the early church Fathers on the variety within creation. Its worth a read, though i find it a hard slog.
ok... so WHEN are you running the course in the community... is this still in the pipeline? Cause I want to know MORE! xx
yeah time is my enemy at the moment... it still is in the pipeline... thanks for keeping it on my agenda!
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