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2009.4.1
...Call For Entries |
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Participants at the 76th meeting of the General Convention—set
for July 8-17, 2009, in Anaheim, California—will be exploring
the Episcopal Church's call to mission through the themes of
Ubuntu, Identity, and Mission.
Ubuntu is an African term meaning that what makes us human is
the humanity we show each other. It speaks of a relational
worldview that sees humanity as a web of family rather than a
mass of individuals. Ubuntu, then, can be seen as a way of
taking the sense of connection and caring we feel within
whatever groups we share (for example, families, schools,
churches) and extending it to include those beyond our group
borders, so that those borders disappear.
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Like Christ, Ubuntu invites us to build bridges to each other,
to tear down the barriers that separate us, to release the
past and engage the future as a creative response to the
challenges of living as One Body. Bonnie Anderson, President,
House of Deputies and chair of the General Convention's Joint
Committee on Planning and Arrangements, explains the
connection between Ubuntu and Christianity in this way:
"As
Episcopalians and Christians,we seek not only to love our
neighbors as ourselves, but to internalize that love of
neighbor so that it becomes a part of our very being."
According to Cape Town Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu,
someone who models Ubuntu is:
...open
and available to others, affirming of others, and does not
feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she
has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or
she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others
are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or
oppressed.
In
preparation for the General Convention and during the
convention, the themes
of Ubuntu, Identity, and Mission will be explored using
Public Narrative:
... a leadership art
that can be
used by members of the Episcopal Church to
articulate the call to action that is rooted in one’s own
journey
and that of one’s community.
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Artistic images can play a unique role as a public
narrative—expressing the story of self in the context of
community and building that into an urgent call to hope and
action that functions at the imaginal level, going beyond
words to the heart. If we stand, as individuals and as a
community, at a choice point—if each moment is a choice point,
what is it that we choose? How do we act, and what is our
desired outcome? If we act with a sense of Ubuntu, what would
the action and outcome look like?
The
call of this exhibit is to express Ubuntu through the
particular type of public narrative that is image—that is art.
As an artist, you are invited to weave together the threads of
your personal and our communal story to create a compelling
and hope-filled image, or series of images, that will express
the meaning and application of Ubuntu in a way that awakens a
new awareness of mission and in a way that invites and
challenges your viewers to action.
So
what would that look like to you?
What can an image or series of images express about who we are
as individuals and as a community, and how, together, we are
called to embody this sense of Ubuntu?
Your image will link some concept of self (how you have been
called) and community (your perception of its shared purpose
and values) with a proposal for action (the challenge, the
choice, and the potential outcome) that conveys both a sense
of urgency and a renewed commitment to mission.
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Your image will be accompanied by an artist statement in which
you will answer (in no more than 250 words) one of the
following questions:
In
the context of your own understanding of Ubuntu,
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How does the mission of understanding and communicating Ubuntu
speak to you?
2.
What does this image created by you say about the Episcopal
Church, what it believes, what we as a community are called to, and why?
3.
What does this image created by you say about what we are
called to as a community, the choices we are called to make, and
the hope to which we aspire? |
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Curator, Diane Walker
Jurors:
The Rev. Brian Prior
The Rev. Paul Fromberg
The Rev. Melford (Bud) Holland
The Rev. Robert Two Bulls
Honorary Jurors:
The Very Rev. Canon Dr. Michael J. Battle
The Rev. Fran Toy
Special Appreciation to:
Bonnie Anderson
President, House of Deputies
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Artists who are
members of
The Artists Registry at ECVA may submit from one to
three images. These images must be in either GIF or JPEG
format and sized so that they are at least 600 pixels on the
longest side at a resolution of 72 pixels-per-inch (ppi).
Images must be
sent in an e-mail (one image per e-mail) along with an artist
statement for that image. The statement should answer (in no
more than 250 words) one of the questions stated in this Call.
Also include in the e-mail, your name as you wish it to appear
in the exhibition and the title of the image as you wish it to
appear. The subject line of the e-mail should contain your
name and "ECVA Imaging Ubuntu Exhibition," along with an image
number designation (for example: 1 of 1; 1 of 3; or 3 of 3,
etc.) depending on the number of entries you will submit. Do
not use previous ECVA entry forms.
Please note:
Images submitted for this Call must not have been shown in a
previous ECVA Exhibition.
By submitting entries for
this exhibition, you agree that we may use
the images on the
ECVA Web site, in printed and visual
promotional material produced by ECVA; in
the ECVA Newsletter; at
Episcopal Cafe; and
at
Image & Spirit.
Entries must be
sent to
ecvaexhibitions@gmail.com. If you have questions, please
send them to
editor@ecva.org.
Deadline for
submissions is June 1, 2009. |
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about ecva |
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The mission of
The Episcopal Church and Visual Arts
(ECVA) is to encourage artists, individuals, congregations, and scholars
to engage the visual arts in the spiritual life of the church. ECVA values
the significance of visual imagery in spiritual formation and the
development of faith, and creates programs to support those who are
engaged in using the visual arts in spiritual life.
To subscribe to the
ECVA e-newsletter, click
HERE to send an e-mail requesting a subscription. In the body of the
e-mail please include your name and the e-mail address to which you want
the newsletter sent.
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The Episcopal Church and Visual Arts, Inc.
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Newsletter produced
and edited by
C. Robin Janning,
Director, ECVA Communications |
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