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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

Daybook, from Episcopal News Service

January 24, 2006 -- Tuesday to Note and To Read

Original artwork needed for General Convention 2006
ECVA welcomes submissions from the Episcopal community

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church and Visual Arts (ECVA), in
conjunction with the Episcopal Church's Office of General Convention,
has
issued a call to artists in the Episcopal community to submit images of
original art for use as projected visual presentations at the 2006
General
Convention.

Set for June 13-21 in Columbus, Ohio, the Episcopal Church's 75th
General
Convention extends an invitation for participants to "grow in all ways
into
Christ."

In line with that, the art work submitted must be applicable to the
convention's overall theme of "Grow" which supports the church wide
focus of
"The Episcopal Church Welcomes You: Come and Grow"
http://www.comeandgrow.org

This is the second use of visual preludes that began at the 2003 General
Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

"The visual preludes have their origin on the stage of the opera," said
Mel
Ahlborn, board chair and president of ECVA. "The Rev. Canon Anthony
Jewiss
[deputy executive officer, Office of General Convention,] and the Rev.
Canon
Rosemari G. Sullivan [former executive officer and secretary to General
Convention], now director of Alumni/Alumnae Affairs and Special Events
at
the Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS)] were attending an opera
performance
that used projected imagery as part of the set design [and] both thought
it
was a worthwhile concept to incorporate into the worship space at the
2003
Minneapolis convention. So ECVA was approached, and board members agreed
that the idea was brilliant."

The series of visual preludes will be used daily during service to
create an
atmosphere for worship appropriate to the day's theme. Sub- themes
include
Gracious Spirit, Spiritual Sight, For She is the Breadth of the Power of
God
(30th anniversary of the ordination of women), Friendship with God,
Bread of
Life, God's Work, Love Astounding, Wisdom of God, and All Things into
Christ. (Note: wording
of the sub-themes are subject to change.)

"We're delighted to have the opportunity for an encore," said Brie
Dodson,
ECVA director of communications.

Entry information is as follows:

* We are seeking work executed by artists within the Episcopal
community.
The work need not be new, but not previously displayed at the ECVA Web
site,
and must be applicable to the convention's themes.

* All digitized reproductions of art media (2-D or 3-D) will be
considered.

* Artists may submit up to 6 entries.

* Images should be in the .jpg or .gif format with a minimum of 1800
pixels
for the longest dimension at 72ppi. We need high-resolution images in
order
to show your work properly. (Please contact Dan Hardison for questions
or
help at editor@ecva.org.)

* Each entry must include title, medium, date created, and size (if
applicable).

* Include a statement of what influenced you to create the image(s)
submitted and how this work reflects the themes for General Convention
2006.

* Please include your name, desired email contact information
(optional),
local ECVA Chapter (if applicable), and parish or other Episcopal Church
community. This information will be included in the credits so please
state
it as you would like it to appear. Also include your postal address (for
ECVA use only, not to be included in the credits).

* By submitting entries for this exhibition, you agree that we may use
the
images as part of the video presentations at General Convention 2006.
You
also agree that the images may be used on the ECVA Web site
(http://www.ecva.org), the ECVA Web log Remarques
(http://www.ecva.blogspot.com), in printed and visual promotional
material
produced by ECVA, and on The Worship Well, our partner Web site
(http://www.theworshipwell.org). Whenever an image is used by ECVA, it
is
understood that full credit to the artist will be given with the image
or in
separate listings.

* The selection of work for the exhibit will be the discretion of the
curators.

To submit work:

Use the entry form at http://ecva.org/artists/ecva_entry_form_vp2006.doc
and
email it along with your images as an attachment to
exhibitions@ecva.org.
Images will be accepted when sent by multiple emails. (Please include
"General Convention 2006" on the subject line for each message stating
message number and total messages (e.g. "1 of 6"). Entries may also be
sent
on CD by postal mail to:

ECVA
PO Box 4765
Wilmington, NC 28406

Deadline for submissions is February 11, 2006.

"One of art's charisms is its ability to lead us from degrees of the
real to
degrees of the abstract, guiding us from that which we know to that
which we
are seeking," said Ahlborn. "When informed by the world around us, art
fuels
a powerful reconciliation, transforming our ordinary living into
extraordinary call to mission. Art viewing and art making invite the
engagement of our eyes, heart, mind and souls across centuries and
across
cultures [and] in this way art leavens our personal recognition of our
call
to the work of God in the world."

ECVA began as a conversation among a few artists and supporters who
sensed
that this was a moment for an historic rebirth for visual arts in the
Episcopal Church. From that beginning in the spring of 2000, ECVA has
developed into a national visual arts community.

ECVA strives to:

* Encourage visual artists in our church to use their creative gifts for
the
glory of God.

* Encourage individuals to explore the opportunities visual arts offer
in
their spiritual journeys.

* Encourage parishes and cathedrals to incorporate visual arts in their
total programs.

* Encourage conversations and research in issues related to the visual
arts,
theology and culture.

* To fulfill its mission to the broadest community possible, ECVA
produces
and maintains an online resource center at http://www.ecva.org that is
open
to all visitors. Its many offerings include curated art exhibitions,
liturgical materials, and the ECVA Registry of artists and others
engaged in
the visual arts in the Episcopal Church.

Note: The following title is available from the Episcopal Book/Resource
Center, 800.903.5544 or http://www.episcopalbookstore.org/

TO READ: ART AND WORSHIP by Christopher Irvine and Anne Dawtry $12.95.

More and more churches are including works of art - painting, sculpture,
photography, textiles, and glass - in order to enhance worship and
provide a
focus for prayer and reflection. Art and Worship explores the
relationship
between religion and the visual arts and offers advice on how to
commission
works of art, how to place them, and how to hold art exhibitions in
church.

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