Spiritual Tools for Artists has a new format with a series of seven topics. We are calling it Rendering the Ground: An Art and Spiritual Direction Series. and will begin with the theme of coming to the table.

In this 7 session series, we are now on the second topic and will be continuing to explore a diverse set of artistic themes, movements, and objects. Painting, carving, furniture, buildings, and more. We hope to provide you with art appreciation and spiritual direction in a kind and open-hearted group setting.

In a grounded and listening spirit, we will explore images about each month’s genre or theme, and move to a single image for a short, focused visual meditation time. We then gather together what we have learned and look at the practical next steps. Our engagement with the art and one another opens us to movements of the Spirit in our more-whole being.

Take one session or the remaining 6 for a meditative pause in your day.  Topics are:

Painting Hospitality: Meals and Table Fellowship

Modern Arts and Crafts: Beautiful Utility

American Folk Art: Simplicity Reveals

Wood Carvings: Green Men and Wild Women

Houses, Inside and Out

Caves, Cathedrals and Barns

“Where the Wild Things Are”: Animals in Art

We meet ‘online’ with a “hybrid” in person option on the second Thursdays