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Bradford Johnson
Mixed media, 2004

ECVA to reach out to those of varied language and cultural groups who might not join based upon ECVA's current materials, exhibition formats, and notification systems.

The visual arts reflect our magnificent humanity; the visual arts assist in knitting our lives together. As a response to this knowledge, through broad-spectrum exhibition of the visual arts intersecting faith, ECVA honors all kinds and conditions of humanity. Through exhibition we raise up the gifts God has given to the artist, and affirm the proclamation that the artist makes to our world.

In this and other ways ECVA joins with the national church and the international ecumenical community in serving others, promoting justice and advancing peace-making.

ECVA artists are equipping the national church and their local parishes with their art and their skill, to assist in welcoming seekers and sharing the charisms of the church.

We are in need of a new class of visually literate communicators - laity, artists and priests alike - to translate and disseminate Episcopal theology and tradition in ways that can be comprehended by church members. Bishops, priests, musicians, theologians, dancers and artists are all poised to be of tremendous influence in communicating the mission priorities of the Episcopal Church in the next century. And the Episcopal Church and Visual Arts is here to serve their multiple needs.

Come! Join with us as we encourage the visual arts in the life of the Episcopal Church.

— Mel Ahlborn

The Feast of the Visitation, 2005.