Art

The impressionist movement in art, which has experienced continued regard in popular culture, was a misnomer. Artists such as Monet and Renoir did not see themselves as creating an impression of life but rather painting what they saw. Their works were radical because they took a significant detour from the mainstream way of painting idealized and idolized aspects of humanity and life. The art world and the public initially thought their creations vulgar, in part because they caused them to remember life, light and sometimes the dark part of the soul.

Similar to these painters, the visual arts team at Urban Grace is committed to seeing how God is working in our congregation and larger community, and expressing and/or communicating this as truthfully as we can. None of us consider ourselves masters, and few of us impressionist painters, but we seek to authentically share the diverse ways in which God has called us to create with Him. We also try to communicate aspects of His work or creation that cannot be expressed with words. We do this through weekly sanctuary set-up where we seek to integrate the rhythm of the Christian calendar and sermon series with visual forms of worship; through the Stations of the Cross project, Images of Jesus project, and other special projects.