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Sojourn Visual Arts

Sojourn Visual Arts is an arts group growing out of the ministry of Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, KY. We want to equip the artists within our local church with the knowledge, skills, materials, and opportunities needed to create artworks that will express their faith, serve the church, and renew culture.

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Sojourn Poster Design Contest

June 30, 2010 by Michael Winters

10 YEARS

Call for Entries

Deadline to Enter: July 25th 2010

Designers and Artists are invited to submit a poster design to be used in celebration with Sojourn’s 10th anniversary.  The design should communicate that Sojourn has been a church for 10 years.  The winning design will be included on the associated Devotional Cover, T-shirts, and Posters and maybe skateboard decks (you never know).

Eligibility

All artists are eligible.  All designs should be original.  All entries should be in a digital, editable file format.

Submissions

Please submit a Full Resolution PDF or JPEG via email to mwinters@sojournchurch.com

Design should fit the dimensions 11x17, yet flexible for multiple formats

Design should not include more than 4 colors

Files must be submitted by Sunday, July 25th

Awards

10 favorite entries will be chosen for display on sojournvisualarts.com

the corresponding artists will receive a t-shirt showcasing the winning design

1 winning entry will be chosen to represent Sojourn’s Anniversary

the corresponding artist will receive t-shirts for their entire community group

Sojourn Arts Director, Michael Winters, will be selecting the winners

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Resources: Recommended Reading

Art for God’s Sake by Philip Graham Ryken

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"What we need to recover (or perhaps discover for the first time) is a full biblical understanding of the arts - not for art's sake - but for God's sake."

This is a really good, really short introduction into thinking about art from a biblical perspective.  The author begins by acknowledging that there are many reasons why some churches have a negative view of the arts, but ends up concluding that as Christians we can participate in the world of the arts for the glory of God, holding high values of truth, goodness, and beauty.  One of the best things about this book is that it takes complicated issues and summarizes them into a very digestable and conclusive statement.  This is a Christian view of art according to page 53: "The artist is called and gifted by God - who loves all kids of art; who maintains high aesthetic standards for goodness, truth and beauty; and whose glory is art's highest goal."

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Resources: Lectures

Church Art Now with Betsey Steele Halstead

[video post: click title to view] In this video Betsey Steele Halstead walks through basic elements of visual design and how they work in the context of gathered worship.  This is a great resource for thinking through how to work with the visual arts and design in an existing church building.

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