ECVA exhibition: Holy Women, Holy Men Curator's Statement & List Of Artists

Curator's Statement

A holy season is upon us, the thin time. The days of darkness move swiftly toward the light. The time of mourning reaches a fever pitch, even as we remember that it will be followed by joy incomprehensible.

O holy women! O holy men! Guide us onward through the time that comes. Lead us to the light that waits. You bruised ones, you misunderstood. You lively vessels, love-filled, and vision-wracked. You have our attention. What did you know that we must yet learn?

Here you will find a sweet array of inspiration, wrought by gentle hands in prayer. It is no small thing to capture the spirits of our prophets and saints in oils and inks; to explore the mystery of holiness in sculpture and fabric and paper and canvas. But here, our friends have called forth the names and images of those who have preceded us. Here, there are windows and doors. Here, there are prayers and pleas. Here, there are the works of the Spirit brought forth from the hearts of faithful and creative warriors.

For me, artists are the prophets of our time, those who by inspiration and imagination elicit the mysteries of the sacred - filtered through their own experiences and made by their faithful hands. Let us rejoice in them.

Represented here are mystics and radicals and revolutionaries. Here are the stories of our faithful ones, made real in vibrant colors and textures. As these forty days come to an end, these have arrived to guide us to the joy of Resurrection. They are bridges to be crossed, who having spent their own time in darkness, know the way to the One who is the light. Let us follow them. And give thanks.

Bro. Karekin M. Yarian, BSG

Author of Breviary: A Poem of Some Reverence
Curator

LIST OF ARTISTS:

Jae Brown • Shin-hee Chin • Anne Cameron Cutri
Barbara Desrosiers • Ellen Francis OSH • Kathy Eppick • Anita Feng 1, 2

Donald Frazell • Christine Hales 1, 2 • Tobias Stanislas Haller BSG

Linda Witte Henke • Linda Hunter 1, 2 • Joy Jennings

Carol Andrews Jensen • Kerri Jones • Roberta Karstetter

Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga • Nancy Matthias 1, 2 • Jeanelle McCall 1, 2

Janet McKenzie • Mary Jane Miller • Deborah Scarff

Helen P. Shipman • Brian Allan Skinner • Mary Swigart

Lee Whiteman • Virginia Wieringa

All images used in this exhibition retain the copyright of the individual ARTIST with ALL RIGHTS RESERVED for the ARTIST. DO NOT use any image from this exhibition unless you receive express permission to do so from the ARTIST. Click on the "PROFILE" graphic/button located beneath an image within the exhibition; this provides a link to contact information for the ARTIST whose work is shown.