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The Episcopal
Church and Visual Arts (ECVA) is more than just a web site,
it is a community of artists and individuals who share an
appreciation of how art can influence our spiritual well-being.
As a community, we explore the visual arts and the ways they can
be used within our churches, our ministries, and as part of our
worship. ECVA Chapters are local communities that provide
opportunities (e.g., exhibits and workshops), dialogue, and fellowship within the wider
ECVA network.
Chapter members might
represent any area of the arts world and include professional artists,
liturgical specialists, art historians, theologians, and parish
program coordinators. This varied membership fosters mentoring,
networking, and sharing of
resources. Through seminars, exhibitions, and conversations, the
issues of the visual arts are brought to the table, shared, and explored.
The Chapter format is a flexible model,
that serves the
changing needs and interests of local ECVA members. Typically,
an ECVA Chapter begins with an artists’ dinner where guests
share a meal, present their work, see a presentation on ECVA,
and share fellowship. Once formed, individual chapters decide
upon the type and level of activity they will pursue. Some ECVA
Chapters may choose to gather regularly; sponsor arts exhibits,
seminars and workshops; and/or publish a newsletter – while
others may simply gather once a year for an artists’ dinner and
renewed fellowship.
Chapters were first established in 2002 in New York City and San
Francisco. Since that time several more chapters have been
formed with more in development.
ECVA Chapters offer an extraordinary opportunity among Episcopal
artists to discuss the spiritual nature of their work, to
inspire each other, and encourage the visual arts within the
life of the Episcopal Church.
For information about an already existing chapter,
please refer to the contacts listed in the column to the right. If you
would like information about forming a new chapter, please contact
Ruth Councell, Chapters Director
at
chapters@ecva.org.
To read about the New Jersey Chapter's
inaugural dinner and exhibit, please click
here. The
New Jersey Chapter has also provided
some sample documents to help plan for an inaugural dinner.
(These documents are in MS Word format.)
Cover
letter /
Invitation
Reservation /
Exhibit
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ECVA Chapters, Parish
Affiliates, and Contacts
Diocese
of Texas
ecva@epicenter.org
Los
Angeles
Diocese of Los Angeles
Deborah Cantwell
ecva_la@hotmail.com
New
Jersey
Diocese
of New Jersey
Ruth Councell
ruth@councell.net
www.newjersey.anglican.org/arts/
New
York City
Diocese
of New York
Kyrstyna
Sanderson
krystynaphotography@att.net
Tom Faulkner
metrohope@mac.com
Buffalo, NY
Parish Affiliate
The St. John's-Grace Artists Group
John Schimminger
johnwschimminger@yahoo.com
Orlando
Diocese
of Central Florida
Rachelle Guernsey
rguernsey@bellsouth.net
Philadelphia
Diocese of Pennsylvania
The Rev. Robert L. Tate
rtate@stmartinec.org
San
Francisco
Diocese
of California
Mel Ahlborn
mahlborn@ecva.org
Seattle
Diocese
of Olympia
Michelle
Draper Lorton
ArtSpaceECWW@gmail.com
Second
Life
Virtual
Diocese of Epiphany Island
The
Anglican Church in Second Life
Vermont
Diocese
of Vermont
Judith
McManis
laudata@verizon.net
Inaugural
Exhibition
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