The next couple weeks are going to be the busiest SojournVisualArts has ever seen.  We're working towards finishing the Prayer & Wisdom exhibit and there's a ton of work to be done.  It's not just 'artists' creating this exhibit.  It's the church creating it together.  Here's how you can help:

PACK & PATCH -Tuesday, February 16.  9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

We'll pack up the Mega Churches exhibit and get it ready for traveling back to the artist.  Then we'll patch the holes in the wall and paint the patches.

PAINT & PREP - Wednesday, February 17 - Saturday, February 20.  9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. each day

We'll be painting all the background colors and beginning installation for the Prayer & Wisdom Exhibit.  We could easily use 4 people at a time working on this most of each of these days.  Email mwinters@sojournchurch.com with your availability if you can help.

HANG THE THING - Monday, February 22 - Wednesday, February 24. 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. each day

We'll be wrapping up the installation of the exhibit.  We'd like to have at least 2 assistants there at all times to help the 15 project directors hang things, run errands, etc .  Email mwinters@sojournchurch.com with the times you'd like to come help and we'll get you plugged in.

Sunday, February 21.  11:15 - 12:30

Room 310 at the 930

Come join us on Sunday Feb. 21st at 11:15 to make new art for Sojourn Visual Arts' upcoming exhibit "Prayer & Wisdom".  The "Wisdom" portion of the exhibit is open for any one of any age to participate.  Just show up and we'll have the materials and instructions all laid out for you!

If you can't make this time and place, you can still participate. Either pick up the information on the 930 gallery table or just email mwinters@sojournchurch.com and request the info to be mailed to you.  But act quick because the deadline to participate is Feb. 21.

For our upcoming exhibit 'Prayer & Wisdom: Reflections on Psalms and Proverbs' we really didn't know how to create a promotional image because even though the exhibit is only three weeks away, none of the artwork exists yet (!).  The exhibit is going to be pretty wild and most of it is installation art that needs to be built into the space once the Mega Churches exhibit comes down.

So, the image above is what Bradley Speaks and I came up with.  In Sojourn Visual Art's main studio, we just piled up a bunch of the junk we're working with, banged some nails in some plywood, and wrapped the extension cord through the nails to spell 'prayer & wisdom'.  Then we plugged one end of that extension cord into the wall and the other end into one of the strobe lights I use for photography.  Bradley held the light, I clicked the picture, and with a long exposure going, Bradley walked out of the frame, leaving his image sort of ghostly.

I love the metaphor that happened.  Without too much forethought on our parts, the light, metaphorically, became evidence that there is power in prayer and wisdom.  Yes, it's literally electrical power, but in my mind it comes to represent spiritual power which, of course, is the most powerful kind of power.

I don't know if people looking at this briefly will even recognize that the light is powered by the same cord that spells out the exhibit title, but I hope so.