et cetera

(posted: July 31, 2007)

5 minutes is long enough to make you think. Looking forward to seeing more films from these young artists.

"Prick:5 minute video"
Description: One act can change everything.


Directed, produced, filmed, edited by Daniel Rigdon
Original Music by Mike Boudreaux

Cast: Mike Boudreaux ... Will, Mike Davis ... Kyle, Mat Decker ... The Prick

(posted: July 31, 2007)

djournal.com: Once wary of pop culture and high art, evangelicals seek greater role as 'creators of culture' By ERIC GORSKI

...Attitudes began to change in the 1960s and 1970s, when Christian theologian Francis Schaeffer and Dutch art historian Hans Rookmaaker challenged believers to emerge from their cocoons and engage the culture, including in the arts...

(posted: July 24, 2007)

artsandfaith.com: Arts and Faith discussions

(posted: July 24, 2007)

pacifictheatre.blogspot.com: Pacific Theatre, backstage notes from the artistic director

(posted: July 24, 2007)

pbs.org: Selections from Lady Bird's Diary on the assassination of President Kennedy

(posted: July 24, 2007)

independentchristianfilms.com: Film Competition San Antonio, Texas (Entry info)

(posted: July 24, 2007)

statesman.com: Hope Chapel minister asks big questions about art, faith

(posted: July 24, 2007)

antiquesandthearts.com: "Windows Of Heaven: Russian Ikons from the Collection of Daniel R. Bibb and the New Orleans Museum of Art" through August 26.

(posted: July 24, 2007)

antiquesandthearts.com: Albert Bierstadt, "Mountain Lake,” sold for $4,856,000. Norman Rockwell, "Home on Leave (Sailor in Hammock),” sold for $4,520,000.

(posted: July 24, 2007)

ABC News: Fields of Rice as Art

(posted: July 8, 2007)

In Austin, Texas (USA) the 8th Hope Arts Festival

(posted: June 25, 2007)

National Public Radio NPR Abigail Washburn: Chinese Lyrics, American Roots

Abigail Washburn never set out to be a songwriter or a recording artist. So when she found herself on stage in a smoke filled Beijing club playing her banjo and singing old time Appalachian mountain music in Chinese to a packed house, she was as surprised as anyone.

From the bio Abigail Washburn at www.abigailwashburn.com

"During my Freshman year at Colorado College, I joined a summer program trip to China," Washburn recalled. "It had a profound effect on me. I discovered a Chinese culture that was so deep and ancient; it changed my perspective on America." On her return to the States, Washburn began to explore American culture, a journey that led her back to her native country's traditional roots. When she heard Doc Watson playing "Shady Grove" on the banjo, something clicked and the connection that eventually led to Song of the Traveling Daughter was made. more