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 It was a time like no other. None of us will ever forget the year of Quarantine 2020, as COVID ravaged the whole world, effects of climate change played its destructive game over our planet, and there was so much political unrest in our own country which caused both fear and broken relationships. We suffered with illness, with death of friends and family, and with loneliness and isolation.
But, I feel you will find solace in the works of the artists of ECVA as they turned to their art and to their faith to find hope in this time of darkness. We see broken pieces of mosaics and found objects fashioned into wholeness, photographs of the stillness of the earth, paintings of a new world of light and hope, and iconography that tells of a solid faith, now and through the ages, as we moved into a new world and a new way of life that would be forever changed.
And, so, we the artists of ECVA, offer through our art these prayers, known only to God, and offered in the silence of our hearts.
Joy Jennings, ECVA Exhibitions Director
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Joy Jennings is an oil painter who is represented by several galleries in Mississippi and Louisiana. As a former dancer, she writes “I am very aware of line, movement, and color as I work, as if I am creating and choreographing a dance on canvas.” She enjoys promoting the arts through workshops and community involvement and enjoys teaching workshops on art and spirituality. She currently serves as a member of ECVA’s Board of Directors.
 Painting, Saint Anna, oil on canvas, Joy Jennings, 2020, during the year of quarantine
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