Christ the King Sunday
Thanksgiving
Festival of Lights
SWANSON,
John August
2000
Los
Angeles, California
United
States
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Notes: |
To purchase prints, cards, and
posters of John August Swanson's works, visit http://www.johnaugustswanson.com Serigraph 30 ¾” x 24” Artist’s Notes: It is a dark night
with a star-filled sky. Tiny lights are seen on the distant hillsides,
gradually becoming figures carrying candles as they come closer to the
foreground of the painting.Since 1967, the beginning of my work in art, I
began making sketches of marches and processions in many forms and contexts.
This image of the FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS began developing in the last four
years.I thought about liturgical processions I had seen. I remembered walking
with groups in candlelight for peace in Central America. The symbol of
candles shining in the dark night is powerful to me. Star-filled nights are
images that help give me a sense of the place we are in the universe.My
original thought was that this would be a procession of children from every
city and town. The children would bring light and peace to the world. They
would gather from many places, joining an unending procession towards peace
and nonviolence for all children of the world. JOHN AUGUST SWANSON makes his home
in Los Angeles, California, where he was born in 1938. He paints in oil,
watercolor, acrylic and mixed media, and is an independent printmaker of
limited edition serigraphs, lithographs and etchings. His art reflects the strong heritage
of storytelling he inherited from his Mexican mother and Swedish father. John
Swanson’s narrative is direct and easily understood. He addresses himself to
human values, cultural roots, and his quest for self-discovery through visual
images. These include Bible stories and social celebrations such as attending
the circus, the concert, and the opera. He also tells of everyday existence,
of city and country walks, of visits to the library, the train station or the
schoolroom. All his parables optimistically embrace life and one’s spiritual
transformation. John Swanson studied with Corita
Kent at Immaculate Heart College. His unique style is influenced by the
imagery of Islamic and medieval miniatures, Russian iconography, the color of
Latin American folk art, and the tradition of Mexican muralists. His art is in no way
"naïve." It is detailed, complex, and elaborate. Unlike many
contemporary artists, John Swanson works directly on all phases in producing
his original prints. His serigraphs (limited-edition screen prints) have from
40 to 89 colors printed, using transparent and opaque inks creating rich and
detailed imagery. For each color printed the artist must draw a stencil on
Mylar film. This stencil is transferred to the silk screen for printing the
color ink on the serigraph edition. The resulting serigraph is a matrix of
richly overlaid colors visually striking and technically masterful. Mr. Swanson’s art is represented in
the permanent collections of many museums, including three museums of the
Smithsonian Institution: The National Museum of American History, The
National Museum of American Art and The National Air and Space Museum. He is
also included in the print collections of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Harvard University’s Fogg Museum, the Tate Gallery and Victoria and Albert
Museum in London, and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. His painting THE
PROCESSION is one of relatively few works by contemporary artists to be
selected for the Vatican Museums’ Collection of Modern Religious Art. In
2008, an extensive collection of John August Swanson’s works were purchased
by Emory University’s Candler School of Theology to hang on the walls of
their new 76,349 square foot building. He was awarded The Dean’s Medal for
his art’s transformative effect on the campus. With over 55 works hung, this
is the largest open public display of the artwork of John August Swanson.
[from the artist's website] |
Most of us forget to take
time for wonder,
praise, and gratitude until
it is almost too late.
Gratitude is a many-colored
quality,
reaching in
all directions.
It goes out for small things
and for large;
it is a God-ward going.
~ Faith Baldwin
Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us.
Life is so endlessly delicious.
~
Ruth Reichl
Picture
from my window; there should be wonderful skiing this year!
Monday - Painted Toe Art Society
Some
of our Painted Toe Art Society members
More
members of PTS with Hassan, director of Foothills Art Center in Golden.
Hassan
gave us an update on the future of the building and other happenings.
Rotary
Dr.
Heather Ning Aberg, our speaker at Rotary.
Heather
is the Executive Director of Resilience 1220, a non-profit
organization
that provides free
counseling services to youth ages
12-20
in our mountain communities.
https://www.resilience1220.org
Sixth Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon for Seniors
Friday,
November 22, 2019
at
the Evergreen Elks Lodge
We
were not able to use the Lakehouse this year.
The
Elks Lodge actually seats more people!
We
served more than 160 community members.
Kris
Fisher, organizer of the event, serving gravy.
It
was a cold and snowy day.
Judee
used to work at the Seniors’ Resource Center and helped with our Memories
in
the Making. It was fun to see her again and she sends her best wishes to
Jackie McFarland!
Eric
Gill and their daughter, Tate, were two of the 40+ volunteers
who
got to eat leftovers.
O Thou who hast given us so much,
mercifully grant us one thing more … a grateful heart.
~
George Herbert
November 24, 2019 Reign
of Christ Sunday Year C (Proper 29)
Previous OPQs may be found at:
When
they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there
with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus said,
"Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." And
they cast lots to divide his clothing. And the people stood by, watching; but
the leaders scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself
if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!" The soldiers also mocked
him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying, "If you are the
King of the Jews, save yourself!" There was also an inscription over him,
"This is the King of the Jews." One of the criminals who were hanged
there kept deriding him and saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save
yourself and us!" But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear
God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed have
been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but
this man has done nothing wrong." Then he said, "Jesus, remember me
when you come into your kingdom." He replied, "Truly I tell you,
today you will be with me in Paradise."
Luke 23:33-43
Agnus
Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with
the permission of www.agnusday.org
The Four Freedoms Series
by Norman Rockwell
Norman
Rockwell's Freedom of Speech appeared on the pages of The
Saturday Evening Post on
February 20, 1943.
Norman Rockwell's Freedom to Worship was published on the
pages of The Saturday Evening Post on February 27, 1943.
Norman
Rockwell's Freedom from Want appeared on the pages of The
Saturday Evening Post on March 6, 1943.
Norman Rockwell's Freedom from Fear appeared on the pages of
The Saturday Evening Post on March 13, 1943.
http://www.best-norman-rockwell-art.com/four-freedoms.html
Jeremiah
23:1-6 with Luke 1:68-79 or
Jeremiah
23:1-6 with Psalm 46
Colossians 1:11-20
Luke
23:33-43
Jeremiah
23:1-6
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my
pasture! says the Lord. Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,
concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered
my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I
will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord. Then I myself will
gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them,
and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and
multiply. I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they
shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the
Lord.
The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up
for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and
shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be
saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be
called: "The Lord is our righteousness."
with
Luke
1:68-79
"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them.
He has raised up a mighty savior for us
in the house of his servant David,
as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all
who hate us.
Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors,
and has remembered his holy covenant,
the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham,
to grant us that we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies,
might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness
before him all our days.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
to give knowledge of salvation to his people
by the forgiveness of their sins.
By the tender mercy of our God,
the dawn from on high will break upon us,
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace."
or
Psalm
46
God is our refuge
and strength,
a very present help
in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear,
though the earth should change,
though the mountains shake
in the heart of the sea;
though its waters roar
and foam,
though the mountains tremble
with its tumult.
There is a river
whose streams make glad
the city of God,
the holy habitation
of the Most High.
God is in the midst
of the city;
it shall not be moved;
God will help it
when the morning dawns.
The nations are in an uproar,
the kingdoms totter;
God's voice resounds
and the earth melts.
The God of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Come, behold the works of God;
see what desolations
God has brought on the earth.
God makes wars cease
to the end of the earth;
God breaks the bow,
and shatters the spear;
God burns the shields
with fire.
"Be still, and know that I am God!
I am exalted among the nations,
I am exalted in the earth."
The God of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Colossians
1:11-20
May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his
glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while
joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the
inheritance of the saints in the light. He has rescued us from the power of
darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we
have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all
creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things
visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all
things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all
things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the
church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come
to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was
pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all
things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his
cross.
Luke
23:33-43
When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they
crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are
doing." And they cast lots to divide his clothing. And the people stood
by, watching; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others;
let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!" The
soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying,
"If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" There was also an
inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews." One of the
criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, "Are you not
the Messiah? Save yourself and us!" But the other rebuked him, saying,
"Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of
condemnation? And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what
we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong." Then he
said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." He replied,
"Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."