Winfield Bevins guest hosts this episode of the Artistic Vision. Alex and Gary give a post Helene update and discuss the role of art in the midst of suffering, and the sort of creativity that emerges from grief. Also, a new initiative will be announced that focuses on artists who have been affected by the storm.

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This week, our guest is Jennifer Allen Craft. We talk about the theological significance of place and the role of arts in shaping our places.

Jennifer Allen Craft (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is associate professor of humanities and theology at Point University in West Point, Georgia, where she teaches courses in theology, philosophy, and the arts.

Buy her book on Placemaking and the arts here: https://www.ivpress.com/placemaking-and-the-arts

(Dr. Craft also contributed to our book with a reflection on how artists can contribute to churches).

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Today on the The Artistic Vision podcast, we have Professor of Art History at Wheaton College, Matt Milliner. We talk about how he’s grown to appreciate modern art, a shift he labels, subverting the subversion. He also discusses the often forgotten art of the indigenous people and the neglected person of Mary, the Mother of Jesus.

Dr. Milliner holds an M.A. & Ph.D. in art history from Princeton University, and an M.Div from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is a six-time appointee to the Curatorial Advisory Board of the United States Senate, and has written for publications ranging from The New York Times to First Things. He was awarded a Commonwealth fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, and is author most recently of The Everlasting People: G.K. Chesterton and the First Nations and Mother of the Lamb: The Story of a Global Icon.

Check out his website with links to his books here: https://www.millinerd.com/p/books.html

Also, be sure to subscribe to his newsletter at Comment Magazine called Material Mysticism here: https://comment.org/columns/material-mysticism/?hsCtaTracking=853c71f6-6902-4e7d-9b1a-9c3f925d8e1a%7C2a13daac-4090-4b1f-a16e-3aa6fe94d580

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