Archive for April 18th, 2008
Art for art’s sake
It wasn’t first time I had viewed “Beauty of the Spirit,” the exhibition of paintings by artists and illustrator Kadir Nelson at the Center Art Gallery. I had gone to see the show soon after it opened. It was, however, the first time I had bought a book there and had it autographed by the [...]
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deliberation, care, artistry
The approach that Nigerian author and Jesuit priest Uwem Akpan takes to his short stories, of which I have read none, was revelatory. Susan Felch, a Calvin professor of English, told her own story about Akpan’s presence at the Festival of Faith and Writing: “About a year ago, I was thumbing through the New [...]
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Tags: Festival of Faith and Writing, Shelly LeMahieu Dunn, Susan felch, Uwen Akpan
Nelson Makes His Paintings Sing
When creating a painting, the goal of artist Kadir Nelson is to make his paintings “sing.” Nelson relayed that thought to a large audience in attendance at his presentation at Calvin’s Festival of Faith and Writing Friday afternoon.
So how does Nelson make his paintings sing? The answer is simple: By going the extra mile with [...]
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Tags: Calvin College, Center Art Gallery, Kadir Nelson, Negro League Baseball
Book Rec’s from the Stars
At the “Literary Fiction: A Place for Faith?” panel this morning, the discussants offered these book recommendations:
Ingrid Hill: Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro; Saturday, Ian McEwan
Beena Kamlani: Wolf Totem, Jiang Rong
Jana Reiss: After This, Alice McDermott; The Ladies’ Auxillary, Tova Mirvis
Vinita Hampton Wright: A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini; Birds Without Wings, Louis de [...]
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Painting vs. Line Art
One thing that I found interesting about the Graphalogia session with Kevin Huizenga and Jon Muth was how different their chosen media are. Many there may not have realized it because of the lack of images shown to the audience, but Kevin works in the style of more traditional cartoonists using line art while Jon’s artwork is [...]
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Tags: art, comic book, Graphalogia, graphic novel, Jon Muth, Kevin Huizenga
