Sarah I think our congregation is interested in the visual arts and has multiple members who lead us in art projects. This would include our signs, some murals painted in our church, and art we do for seasons and decor. I do find your question fascinating and I think I need to add a chapter to the guidebook on the visual arts from a progressive perspective.
I work in the arts and am on a panel with architects and designers about designing for the future of the church. When I consider this vision of the future of the church, I may be out of a job. Who in the future is going to want sacred art? Yet, the more digital we get the more we crave the real. Do you think that the arts have a future in the church? (Heck, I'm not even sure they have a present in the church. I'm a progressive Lutheran as well and it seems to me that Lutherans are pretty much indifferent to the visual arts. It causes an ache in me, but Lutherans hit things right in other places that matter.)
Sarah I think our congregation is interested in the visual arts and has multiple members who lead us in art projects. This would include our signs, some murals painted in our church, and art we do for seasons and decor. I do find your question fascinating and I think I need to add a chapter to the guidebook on the visual arts from a progressive perspective.
I work in the arts and am on a panel with architects and designers about designing for the future of the church. When I consider this vision of the future of the church, I may be out of a job. Who in the future is going to want sacred art? Yet, the more digital we get the more we crave the real. Do you think that the arts have a future in the church? (Heck, I'm not even sure they have a present in the church. I'm a progressive Lutheran as well and it seems to me that Lutherans are pretty much indifferent to the visual arts. It causes an ache in me, but Lutherans hit things right in other places that matter.)