Do art and religion mix? James Elkins from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Imago executive director—and this program's guest—John Franklin will try to answer that question at an event slated for May 23. Franklin (http://imago-arts.org/) is probably one of the best Canadians to tackle that question, having helped numerous artists explore the intersection of faith and art as it related to their own disciplines.
Artist Janet Read says, “I pick up a brush and trace the path of wind and water, pick up a brush and aim it towards the light.”(http://www.janet-read.com). This describes both her creative process and her paintings as we find out in this interview. \
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Tonight’s guest, at one point, held the GMA Canada’s record as the artist with the most nominations in one year. Ali Matthews’ (http://www.alimatthews.com) 11 nominations in 2006 has now been beaten by downhere but she’s still come away with 14 GMA Covenant Awards and 36 nominations in her music career. We chatted with the singer-songwriter, while she was on the road during an Eastern Ontario tour.
In his website biography, tonight’s guest says he’s “devoted to creating artwork that glorifies Christ.” And while one of his latest sculptures does just that, it’s been rejected by two prominent churches. The controversy around Timothy Schmalz’s (http://www.sculpturebytps.com) "Jesus the Homeless” hit the media and he talks with us about his art.
Tune in to Arts Connection each Thursday at 10 p.m. on Faith FM 94.3 or check out the webcast at www.faithfm.org.
The most-awarded male in Canadian country music, Paul Brandt (http://www.paulbrandt.com/) is also a very busy person: he’s on tour this spring promoting his first CD of solely Gospel music, he’s been spending time in Nashville working on a documentary on the history of Gospel music and even had a chance to perform on the stage of the Grand Ole Oprey.
Tune in to Arts Connection each Thursday at 10 p.m. on Faith FM 94.3 or check out the webcast at www.faithfm.org.
