Art For All Saints' Day Feast

We are coming to the end of the Long Green Season, and the Feast of All Saints' offers a brief respite from the LGS prior to Advent. In my church for the Feast of All Saints' we read the names of those who died during the year with the sanctus bell rung following each name. It is hauntingly beautiful and reminds me that liturgy is, in and of itself, art. This year our Flower Guild is planning to use symbolic plants, such as rosemary for remembrance, to decorate the nave and provide a sprig to parishioners, as was the custom at funerals of old in the Church of England.

Does your parish have plans for incorporating art into its observance of All Saints'? Does your parish have particular customs to honor the saints? How might we enrich the observance with visual art?

Jan Neal

Are you known within your parish as an artist?

Many of you who read this are likely visual artists whose work involves their faith. We'd welcome your comments on whether you are known within your parish as an artist who creates religious/spiritual art. Here are some open-ended questions:

If you are known, how did it happen and how does it affect your life within the parish? If you are not known, would you like to be? What could ECVA do to help make this happen?

Thank you in advance for your comments.

Brie Dodson
Director of Communications
The Episcopal Church & Visual Arts