Convocation Overview
The result of five years of planning, “Jumping
Out of the Self-Referential Box” will explore
the certainties that the Holy Trinity provides and
the resulting influence on artistic expression. This
convocation, accompanied by an exhibition and evening
concert, will explore how our faith is a powerful
model for inspiration, one that that counters our
society’s tendency toward self-centered isolation.
Participants will leave a fresh perspective on the
creative process and a renewed sense of the critical
need for truth in beauty.
Exhibition
An exhibition featuring works by artists Otto Dix,
Ed Knippers, Peter and Joyce Majendie, Scott Sullivan,
Karen Swenholt, and others, opens on Tuesday, May
14, and will accompany the convocation at the same
location. The exhibition will include For Love of
the World: A Child’s View, a display of art
by Russian orphans, children from Anacostia, and child
Ugandan night soldiers. This exhibition is free and
open to the public.
Concert
In addition, An Evening of Brilliance: Past and Present
(a concert with dance, music, performance art installation
and dramatic reading) will be held Friday evening,
May 18. Featured artists include:
• Washington, DC’s own Deborah Kirby from
Journeyman Theatre with Broadway dancer/actor Krissy
Richmond and cellist Michael Thomas
• “Carmina” chamber choir with a
cappella music from the Middle Ages through the Baroque
periods
• Internationally-renowned concert pianist Sergey
Forostyanyy from St. Petersburg, Russia
• Internationally-recognized installation artists
Peter and Joyce Majendie from New Zealand
Convocation
registrants will receive tickets for the concert.
Additional tickets are available to the general
public. More information will follow in the coming
weeks.
Why Gather? Why Now?
Society today reflects unrest and isolation - in relationships,
in aesthetics, in time, and in truth. To discover a
unifying principle and an empowered aesthetic, it is
essential that we look to the past - not in a mere repetition
or romantic longing for a former time, but in exploration
of our ancient spiritual roots.
What are the crossroads of our society? How can artists
and lovers of truth be empowered to redeem the next
generation? The following issues and questions are at
the heart of our cultural crisis:
1) How do unity and diversity work in a world of
sameness?
2) How do we hold to the importance and integrity
of beauty in the face of overwhelming human need?
3) How do we identify certainties when all truths
are viewed as equal?
4) How are we to view our bodies? Are they objects
to be worshipped, or messengers of love, complementation,
and transcendence?
5) What role does tradition have in future creation?
6) What makes our vocation become a holy calling?
The convocation is a catalyst for the beginning of
a larger conversation that will make the answers to
these questions a reality. The dimensions of that
ongoing conversation will prove to have eternal rewards
- not just for artists, but for thoughtful and engaged
participants in our world.
Click
here to register for the convocation online.
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