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Installation view of entry to "The Seminary Celebrates"The Seminary Celebrates:
Recent Works by Students, Staff and Faculty

March 29 - May 14, 2004

It has been nearly six years since the last exhibition featuring works of students, staff and faculty of the Seminary. In the intervening years, we have showcased works by past and current Artists-in-Residence, as well as MTS graduates. Meanwhile, participation in the visual arts has become such an accepted part of our life together that sometimes it is difficult to find a corner of the studio in which to work.


Installation view of "Daily Prayer" a mixed media work by Billie AbrahamVisual art is always a negotiation between the artist’s original vision and the uncompromising reality of physical stuff. This celebration of the rich imagination, growing skill, and deep, theological reflection to be found in the Seminary community includes thirty-five works by twenty-five different individuals in the Gallery, and twelve additional works by emerita faculty member Carroll Saussy, in the Board Room. Both beginning and experienced artists have found ways to embody their ideas in stained glass, oils, watercolor, encaustic, fabric, wood, and other media. We are invited to find meaning and beauty in the work of their hands, the evidence of their journey.

Deborah Sokolove
 Curator, Dadian Gallery

"Daily Prayer" mixed media sculpture with handmade books, by Billie Abraham

Installation views of some works may be seen below.

installation view of "I'll Let You Know" and "Following", paintings by Jiha Moon, and "Daily Prayer", mixed media by Billie Abraham

left, "I'll Let You Know" and "Following", paintings by Jiha Moon; right, "Daily Prayer", mixed media by Billie Abraham

 installation view of "Window", "Blocks", and "Baby" by Meg Artly

"Window", "Blocks", and "Baby" by Meg Artly

 
"Study for Altarpiece"drawing by Sally Avignone; "Resurrection" quilt by Ellen B. Schamahorn

right, "Study for Altarpiece" drawing by Sally Avignone; left, "Resurrection" quilt by Ellen B. Schamahorn

 installation view of "Daily Prayer" by Billie Abraham and "Van Gogh in Washington" by Laura Wyke

left, "Daily Prayer" mixed media by Billie Abraham; right, "Van Gogh in Washington" painting by Laura Wyke
foreground, chasuble by Laurice F. Jones-Wilkes; background, "Fruit Boat" by Carroll Saussy

foreground, chasuble by Laurice F. Jones-Wilkes; background, "Fruit Boat" by Carroll Saussy
 

 foreground, "Risen" by Dennis Crolley; background, "Work 1: Page 1 and "Work 2: Page 2" by Lynn Taylor

foreground, "Risen" by Dennis Crolley; background, "Work 1: Page 1 and "Work 2: Page 2" by Lynn Taylor
"Untitled Stained Glass Study" by James A. Estes

"Untitled Stained Glass Study" by James A. Estes

 

 left, "Tree of Life" stained glass by Evelyne Bonhomme; right, "Ordination Stole" stained glass by Megan Lee Filston Johnson

left, "Tree of Life" stained glass by Evelyne Bonhomme; right, "Ordination Stole" stained glass by Megan Lee Filston Johnson
"Halfway Home" red oak and earthenware kneeler by Sean Patrick Drummond

"Halfway Home" red oak and earthenware kneeler by Sean Patrick Drummond
 

 left, "Shalom" mixed media by Heather Michele Baker; right, "Lighting the Way" and two untitled encaustic paintings by Nancy Green

left, "Shalom" mixed media by Heather Michele Baker; right, "Lighting the Way" and two untitled encaustic paintings by Nancy Green
left, "Untitled" stained glass by Tom Tipton; right, "Colorful Koi" watercolor by Carroll Saussy

left, "Untitled" stained glass by Tom Tipton; right, "Colorful Koi" watercolor by Carroll Saussy
 

left, "To Everything There is a Season" found object and encaustic by Sarah Sheppard; right, "New Variations on Old Patterns" quilt by Barbara Watts

send comments or questions about the gallery to the curator at:
dsokolove@wesleysem.edu

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