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Welcome to The UpWords Podcast, where we discuss the intersection of Christian faith in the academy, church, and marketplace. In today's episode, we are delighted to welcome painter and author Bruce Herman and Mia Chung-Yee — concert pianist, music professor, and executive director of the Octet Collaborative at MIT.In this episode of the UpWords Podcast, hosts Daniel Johnson, Bruce Herman, and Mia Chung-Yee explore the profound connections between creativity, faith, and the arts. They discuss the legacy of composers like J.S. Bach and Mendelssohn, the personal journeys of the speakers in their artistic expressions, and the evolving role of music and art in spiritual and community life. The conversation emphasizes the importance of integrating art into worship and the discipline required in artistic practice, ultimately highlighting the shared human experience through creativity.The speakers explore the intersection of faith, art, and academia, emphasizing the importance of grounding transcendence in reality. They discuss the role of discipline in worship and art, the challenges faced within the modern academy, and the tension between artistic expression and academic expectations. The conversation highlights the need for a holistic approach to education that embraces both the arts and sciences, encouraging young artists to integrate their faith into their creative endeavors while remaining humble and committed to their craft.Host:Daniel JohnsonGuests:Bruce Herman: Painter, writer, and speakerMia Chung-Yee: Concert pianist, music professor, and executive director of the Octet Collaborative at MITGuest Backgrounds:Mia Chung-Yee:Internationally known concert pianistFounder and executive director of the Octet Collaborative, a Christian Study Center at MITWinner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition (1993)Recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant (1997)Educational background: Bachelor's degree from Harvard College, Master's degree from Yale University, PhD from the Juilliard SchoolFormer Professor of Music and Artist in Residence at Gordon College (1991-2011)Current Professor of Musical Studies at the Curtis Institute of MusicBruce Herman:Painter, writer, and speakerArt exhibited in over 150 national and international exhibitionsCollections include the Vatican Museum of Modern Religious Art in Rome and various museums in the United States and CanadaNearly four decades of teaching at Gordon College, founding chair of the Art DepartmentEducational background: BFA and MFA degrees from Boston University College of Fine ArtsKey Topics Discussed:The role of Christian faith in the arts and academiaThe intersection of faith and creativity in the marketplacePersonal journeys and career highlights of Bruce Herman and Mia Chung-YeeInsights into the Octet Collaborative and its mission at MITReflections on the impact of faith on artistic expression and professional developmentThe legacy of composers like J.S. Bach and MendelssohnThe evolving role of music and art in spiritual and community lifeThe importance of integrating art into worshipThe discipline required in artistic practiceThe challenges faced within the modern academyThe tension between artistic expression and academic expectationsThe need for a holistic approach to education that embraces both the arts and sciencesEncouraging young artists to integrate their faith into their creative endeavors while remaining humble and committed to their...
“Art is a form of prayer … a way to enter into relationship.”Artist and theologian Bruce Herman reflects on the sacred vocation of making, resisting consumerism, and the divine invitation to become co-creators. From Mark Rothko to Rainer Maria Rilke, to Andres Serrano's “Piss Christ” and T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets, he comments on the holy risk of artmaking and the sacred fire of creative origination.Together with Evan Rosa, Bruce Herman explores the divine vocation of art making as resistance to consumer culture and passive living. In this deeply poetic and wide-ranging conversation—and drawing from his book *Makers by Nature—*he invites us into a vision of art not as individual genius or commodity, but as service, dialogue, and co-creation rooted in love, not fear. They touch on ancient questions of human identity and desire, the creative implications of being made in the image of God, Buber's I and Thou, the scandal of the cross, Eliot's divine fire, Rothko's melancholy ecstasy, and how even making a loaf of bread can be a form of holy protest. A profound reflection on what it means to be human, and how we might change our lives—through beauty, vulnerability, and relational making.Episode Highlights“We are made by a Maker to be makers.”“ I think hope is being stolen from us Surreptitiously moment by moment hour by hour day by day.”“There is no them. There is only us.”“The work itself has a life of its own.”“Art that serves a community.”“You must change your life.” —Rilke, recited by Bruce Herman in reflection on the transformative power of art.“When we're not making something, we're not whole. We're not healthy.”“Making art is a form of prayer. It's a form of entering into relationship.”“Art is not for the artist—any more than it's for anyone else. The work stands apart. It has its own voice.”“We're not merely consumers—we're made by a Maker to be makers.”“The ultimate act of art is hospitality.”Topics and ThemesHuman beings are born to create and make meaningArt as theological dialogue and spiritual resistanceCreative practice as a form of love and worshipChristian art and culture in dialogue with contemporary issuesPassive consumption vs. active creationHow to engage with provocative art faithfullyThe role of beauty, mystery, and risk in the creative processArt that changes you spiritually, emotionally, and intellectuallyThe sacred vocation of the artist in a consumerist worldHow poetry and painting open up divine encounter, particularly in Rainer Maria Rilke's “Archaic Torso of Apollo”Four Quartets and spiritual longing in modern poetryHospitality, submission, and service as aesthetic posturesModern culture's sickness and art as medicineEncountering the cross through contemporary artistic imagination“Archaic Torso of Apollo”Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 –1926We cannot know his legendary head with eyes like ripening fruit. And yet his torso is still suffused with brilliance from inside, like a lamp, in which his gaze, now turned to low, gleams in all its power. Otherwise the curved breast could not dazzle you so, nor could a smile run through the placid hips and thighs to that dark center where procreation flared. Otherwise this stone would seem defaced beneath the translucent cascade of the shoulders and would not glisten like a wild beast's fur: would not, from all the borders of itself, burst like a star: for here there is no place that does not see you. You must change your life.About Bruce HermanBruce Herman is a painter, writer, educator, and speaker. His art has been shown in more than 150 exhibitions—nationally in many US cities, including New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Houston—and internationally in England, Japan, Hong Kong, Italy, Canada, and Israel. His artwork is featured in many public and private art collections including the Vatican Museum of Modern Religious Art in Rome; The Cincinnati Museum of Fine Arts print collection; The Grunewald Print Collection of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; DeCordova Museum in Boston; the Cape Ann Museum; and in many colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada.Herman taught at Gordon College for nearly four decades, and is the founding chair of the Art Department there. He held the Lothlórien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts for more than fifteen years, and continues to curate exhibitions and manage the College art collection there. Herman completed both BFA and MFA degrees at Boston University College of Fine Arts under American artists Philip Guston, James Weeks, David Aronson, Reed Kay, and Arthur Polonsky. He was named Boston University College of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumnus of the Year 2006.Herman's art may be found in dozens of journals, popular magazines, newspapers, and online art features. He and co-author Walter Hansen wrote the book Through Your Eyes, 2013, Grand Rapids, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, a thirty-year retrospective of Herman's art as seen through the eyes of his most dedicated collector.To learn more, explore A Video Portrait of the Artist and My Process – An Essay by Bruce Herman.Books by Bruce Herman*Makers by Nature: Letters from a Master Painter on Faith, Hope, and Art* (2025) *Ordinary Saints (*2018) *Through Your Eyes: The Art of Bruce Herman (2013) *QU4RTETS with Makoto Fujimura, Bruce Herman, Christopher Theofanidis, Jeremy Begbie (2012) A Broken Beauty (2006)Show NotesBruce Herman on Human Identity as MakersWe are created in the image of God—the ultimate “I Am”—and thus made to create.“We are made by a Maker to be makers.”To deny our creative impulse is to risk a deep form of spiritual unhealth.Making is not just for the “artist”—everyone is born with the capacity to make.Theological Themes and Philosophical FrameworksInfluences include Martin Buber's “I and Thou,” René Girard's scapegoating theory, and the image of God in Genesis.“We don't really exist for ourselves. We exist in the space between us.”The divine invitation is relational, not autonomous.Desire, imitation, and submission form the core of our relational anthropology.Art as Resistance to Consumerism“We begin to enter into illness when we become mere consumers.”Art Versus PropagandaCulture is sickened by passive consumption, entertainment addiction, and aesthetic commodification.Making a loaf of bread, carving wood, or crafting a cocktail are acts of cultural resistance.Desire“Anything is resistance… Anything is a protest against passive consumption.”Art as Dialogue and Submission“Making art is a form of prayer. It's a form of entering into relationship.”Submission—though culturally maligned—is a necessary posture in love and art.Engaging with art requires openness to transformation.“If you want to really receive what a poem is communicating, you have to submit to it.”The Transformative Power of Encountering ArtQuoting Rilke's Archaic Torso of Apollo: “You must change your life.”True art sees the viewer and invites them to become something more.Herman's own transformative moment came unexpectedly in front of a Rothko painting.“The best part of my work is outside of my control.”Scandal, Offense, and the Cross in ArtAnalyzing Andres Serrano's Piss Christ as a sincere meditation on the commercialization of the cross.“Does the crucifixion still carry sacred weight—or has it been reduced to jewelry?”Art should provoke—but out of love, not self-aggrandizement or malice.“The cross is an offense. Paul says so. But it's the power of God for those being saved.”Beauty, Suffering, and Holy RiskEncounter with art can arise from personal or collective suffering.Bruce references Christian Wiman and Walker Percy as artists opened by pain.“Sometimes it takes catastrophe to open us up again.”Great art offers not escape, but transformation through vulnerability.The Fire and the Rose: T. S. Eliot's InfluenceFour Quartets shaped Herman's artistic and theological imagination.Eliot's poetry is contemplative, musical, liturgical, and steeped in paradox.“To be redeemed from fire by fire… when the fire and the rose are one.”The collaborative Quartets project with Makoto Fujimura and Chris Theofanidis honors Eliot's poetic vision.Living and Creating from Love, Not Fear“Make from love, not fear.”Fear-driven art (or politics) leads to manipulation and despair.Acts of love include cooking, serving, sharing, and creating for others.“The ultimate act of art is hospitality.”Media & Intellectual ReferencesMakers by Nature by Bruce HermanFour Quartets by T. S. EliotThe Archaic Torso of Apollo by Rainer Maria RilkeWassily Kandinsky, “On the Spiritual in Art”Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil PostmanThings Hidden Since the Foundation of the World by René GirardThe Art of the Commonplace by Wendell BerryAndres Serrano's Piss ChristMakoto Fujimura's Art and Collaboration
Bruce Herman is a painter, writer, speaker, and the author of Makers by Nature: Letters from a Master Painter on Faith, Hope, and Art. Bruce also taught studio art for nearly four decades at Gordon College and his art has been exhibited internationally and is in public and private collections worldwide.In our time together, Bruce reminds us that, being made in the image of the Creator God, we have all been created to create. He also awakens us to the miracles all around us, discussing how God's own being is revealed in the things He's made. As a master painter, Bruce's insights on beauty in the human face and figure, as well as in the world around us, are profound and distinct. I found this interview to be deeply inspiring; I hope it is for you as well. Buy Melissa L. Johnson's book, Soul-Deep Beauty: Fighting for Our True Worth in a World Demanding Flawless, here. Learn more about Impossible Beauty and join the community here.
Wikipedia founder and skeptic Larry Sanger shares his story of his intellectual journey that lead him to become a Jesus-follower. Master artist Bruce Herman, author of "Makers by Nature," talks about how we, as created in God's image, bear His nature to be creators of beauty, and to do so for the building up of others. Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here
Ken talks with Dr. Nathaniel Cogley about all the progress Donald Trump has made so far in his presidency, being careful with your Google Mail (GMail) account and watching for potential hacks with Kate Kuehn, plastic surgery with Dr. Bruce Herman, the Experience Hendrix Tour that is coming to Cincinnati on March 11th and Super Bowl commercials + company marketing with Scott Baradell.
Ken talks with Dr. Nathaniel Cogley about all the progress Donald Trump has made so far in his presidency, being careful with your Google Mail (GMail) account and watching for potential hacks with Kate Kuehn, plastic surgery with Dr. Bruce Herman, the Experience Hendrix Tour that is coming to Cincinnati on March 11th and Super Bowl commercials + company marketing with Scott Baradell.
Ken talks with Dr. Nathaniel Cogley about all the progress Donald Trump has made so far in his presidency, being careful with your Google Mail (GMail) account and watching for potential hacks with Kate Kuehn, plastic surgery with Dr. Bruce Herman, the Experience Hendrix Tour that is coming to Cincinnati on March 11th and Super Bowl commercials + company marketing with Scott Baradell.
Ken Broo talks about the Bengals resigning Tee Higgins with Bradley Locker. Max Hall discusses staying sober for the holidays. Chris Putnam talks about breaking the Kay Granger story. Dr. Bruce Herman talks staying healthy. Jenn Steyers talks dating.
Eddie and Rocky talk to Tanya O'Rourke, Dr. Bruce Herman, Deb, Dean Regas, and Alex Stone on a busy Tuesday afternoon on 700 WLW!
Eddie and Rocky talk to Tanya O'Rourke, Dr. Bruce Herman, Deb, Dean Regas, and Alex Stone on a busy Tuesday afternoon on 700 WLW!
Eddie and Rocky talk to Tanya O'Rourke, Dr. Bruce Herman, Deb, Dean Regas, and Alex Stone on a busy Tuesday afternoon on 700 WLW!
Eddie and Rocky talk with Tanya O'Rourke, Dr. Bruce Herman, take your phone calls, and more on 700 WLW!
Eddie and Rocky talk with Tanya O'Rourke, Dr. Bruce Herman, take your phone calls, and more on 700 WLW!
Eddie and Rocky talk with Tanya O'Rourke, Dr. Bruce Herman, take your phone calls, and more on 700 WLW!
The Saturday Extravaganza rolls into the final Saturday of August and the first Saturday of college football. Ken talks the Republican debate with Dan Snell, bullying in school with Dr. Vince Callahan, and Barbie botox with Dr. Bruce Herman.
The Saturday Extravaganza rolls into the final Saturday of August and the first Saturday of college football. Ken talks the Republican debate with Dan Snell, bullying in school with Dr. Vince Callahan, and Barbie botox with Dr. Bruce Herman.
Eddie and Rocky talk with Tanya O'Rourke about a brutal murder, discuss plastic surgery with Dr. Bruce Herman, and talk about the wishes for the end of your life on 700 WLW.
Eddie and Rocky talk with Tanya O'Rourke about a brutal murder, discuss plastic surgery with Dr. Bruce Herman, and talk about the wishes for the end of your life on 700 WLW.
Eddie and Rocky talk with Tom Synan, Julie Bauke, Dr. Bruce Herman, Alex Stone, and more on 700 WLW.
Eddie and Rocky talk with Tom Synan, Julie Bauke, Dr. Bruce Herman, Alex Stone, and more on 700 WLW.
Bruce Herman is a contemporary artist, writer, and speaker. His art has been shown in more than 150 exhibitions — nationally in many US cities, including New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Houston — and internationally in England, Japan, Hong Kong, Italy, Canada, and Israel. Bruce taught at Gordon College for nearly four decades, and is the founding chair of the Art Department there. He held the Lothlórien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts for more than fifteen years, and continues to curate exhibitions and manage the College art collection. In this episode Bruce talks with me about his current inspirations and the winding spiritual pilgrimage woven throughout his 51 years working as a master artist. Continuing our season theme of art and the urge for transcendence, Bruce shares his early experiences of psychedelics and the transformation that led him from Eastern mysticism to become a follower of Jesus. Join the Makers and Mystics Creative Collective. Get access to exclusive interviews, book clubs and online community hangouts.
Bloomdaddy welcomes cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Bruce Herman, to the show as well as Bloomdaddy Show workplace expert Joel Patterson. The gang also has your latest installment of Politics: Left, Right, Center
A world-renowned artist and great pedagogue, Bruce Herman speaks eloquently about what art is and what it means to him, notably at this time in his life: newly retired, and with a surprising loss of hearing.
Returning to our ongoing conversations with Christian artists, Bruce Herman and Bobby Gross discuss the insights of modern art on the nature of God and the human condition. Much of the conversation centers on the work of Philip Guston. Many of Guston's works, including those mentioned by Bruce and Bobby, can be viewed here. Bruce Herman is a painter, speaker, and curator whose art has been shown nationally and internationally in Italy, England, Japan, and Hong Kong. His work is in many public collections, including the Vatican Museums in Rome, Cincinnati Museum of Fine Arts, and the Hammer Museum in L.A. His art and writings have been published in print and online journals. He holds the Lothlórien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts at Gordon College. Bobby Gross is Vice President for Graduate and Faculty ministries at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Bobby is also the author of Living in the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God (IVP, 2009). Bruce was part of the book launch events at Upper House for God in the Modern Wing: Viewing Art with Eyes of Faith, Cameron J. Anderson and G. Walter Hansen, eds. (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2021). For video of Bruce's presentation at Upper House, see "Welcoming the Mysterious Stranger." As always we invite you to leave us a rating on your favorite podcast app or send us a comment at podcast@slbrownfoundation.org. Credits: music by Micah Behr, audio engineering by Andy Johnson, graphic design by Madeline Ramsey.
Join me, and co-host Dr. Kim Stowers, as we explore the joys and challenges of leadership in medical education. This is Part 2 of a two part episode with Dr. Bruce Herman, Residency Program Director and Vice Chair of the Education Enterprise in Pediatrics at the University of Utah. What has recruitment been like during Covid-19? What is the role of Vice Chair of Education? How does he fit personal wellness into his busy schedule?
Dr. Bruce Herman is the Residency Program Director and Vice Chair for the Education Enterprise in Pediatrics at the University of Utah. Join me, and co-host Dr. Kim Stowers, as we explore the joys and challenges of leadership in medical education. What was his first leadership role in med ed? What is a 'typical' day like as a Residency Program Director? What are the changes and innovations that he has implemented in these roles?
"Jesus is the great kintsugi master." "Something that's broken is already more valuable than when it's whole." "The imagination creates, through the fractures, a river of gold, a mountain of gold." Makoto Fujimura joins Miroslav Volf to discuss Art & Faith: A Theology of Making. Fujimura is a painter who practices the Japanese art of nihonga, or slow art. His abstract expressionist pieces are composed of fine minerals he grinds himself and paints onto several dozens of layers, which take time and close attention both to make and to appreciate.Mako and Miroslav discuss the theology and spirituality that inspires Mako's work, the creative act of God mirrored in the practice of art, the unique ways of seeing and being that artists offer the world, which is, in Mako's words "dangerously close to life and death." They reflect on the meaning of Christ's humanity and his wounds, the gratuity of God in both creation from nothing and the artistic response in the celebration of everything.Show NotesMakoto Fujimura's Art & Faith: A Theology of MakingIlluminated Bible by Makoto FujimuraMary, Martha, & LazarusGenesis Creation NarrativeArt follows in the footsteps of the creatorThe reasons for God's creationWhy would an all-sufficient God create anything?God as "a grand artist with no ego and no need to create."Communicating about art and theology outside the boundaries of the institutional churchReconciliation between art and faithGod's gratuitous creation doesn't need a utilitarian purposeCreating vs makingIn artistic creation, something new does seem to emerge"God is the only artist"The scandal of God's incarnation: In becoming incarnate, God's utter independence is flipped to utter dependence.Psalmist's cry to GodHow art breaks the ordinaryThe artist's way of seeing and beingSeeing as survivalSeeing with the eyes of your heart"Artists stay dangerously close to death and life"Getting beyond the rational way of seeingLetting the senses become part of our prayerWilliam James on conversion: everything becomes new for the convertedSeeing with a new frame of beautyFaith and the authenticity of seeing with the eyes of an artistEmily Dickenson on the "tender pioneer" of JesusHartmut Rosa on resonance—in modernity, the world becomes dead for us, and fails to speak with us, but we need a sense of resonanceKandinsky and Rothko—artists' intuitive sense of resonance that has escaped the church in the wake of mid-century destructionMary's wedding nard oil and the gratuitous cost of artThe non-utilitarian nature of artUsing precious materials in artTear jarsMiroslav's mother regularly weeping and crying: "I wonder why God gave us tears? Only humans are the animals who cry."Helmut Plessner's Laughing and Crying: Weeping as relinquishing self-possession and merging the self with the flesh (as opposed to reason/ratio or technique/techne)N.T. Wright—the greatest miracle is that Jesus chose to stay human.Jesus's remaining woundsCo-mingling our tears with Christ's tearsKintsugi and Japanese Slow ArtAccentuating the fracture"The imagination creates, through the fractures, a river of gold, a mountain of gold."This is the best example of new creation."What would happen to our scars? That's a question with no answer."Through his wounds, our wounds would look differentJesus is the great kintsugi master, leading a path of gold along the fractures of lifeThe permanence of scarsIs it possible to be in the good and be truly joyous?"God is not the source of beauty. God is beauty."Fundamental "new newness": So new that it evades understandingGoodness, truth, and beautyGod loved the world so much, it wasn't enough to merely admire it—he had to join it.What is a life worthy of our humanity?Fujimura's practice of art as an attempt to answer that question."Our lives as the artwork of God, especially as a collaborative community in the Body of Christ."About Makoto FujimuraMakoto Fujimura is a leading contemporary artist whose process driven, refractive “slow art” has been described by David Brooks of New York Times as “a small rebellion against the quickening of time”. Robert Kushner, in the mid 90's, written on Fujimura's art in Art in America this way: “The idea of forging a new kind of art, about hope, healing, redemption, refuge, while maintaining visual sophistication and intellectual integrity is a growing movement, one which finds Makoto Fujimura's work at the vanguard.”Fujimura's art has been featured widely in galleries and museums around the world, and is collected by notable collections including The Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, The Huntington Library as well as Tikotin Museum in Israel. His art is represented by Artrue International in Asia and has been exhibited at various venues including Dillon Gallery, Waterfall Mansion, Morpeth Contemporary, Sato Museum in Tokyo, Tokyo University of Fine Arts Museum, Bentley Gallery in Phoenix, Gallery Exit and Oxford House at Taikoo Place in Hong Kong, Vienna's Belvedere Museum, Shusaku Endo Museum in Nagasaki and Jundt Museum at Gonzaga University. He is one of the first artists to paint live on stage at New York City's legendary Carnegie Hall as part of an ongoing collaboration with composer and percussionist, Susie Ibarra. Their collaborative album "Walking on Water" is released by Innova Records. As well as being a leading contemporary painter, Fujimura is also an arts advocate, writer, and speaker who is recognized worldwide as a cultural influencer. A Presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts from 2003-2009, Fujimura served as an international advocate for the arts, speaking with decision makers and advising governmental policies on the arts. His book “Refractions” (NavPress) and “Culture Care” (IVPress) reflects many of his thesis on arts advocacy written during that time. His books have won numerous awards including the Aldersgate Prize for “Silence and Beauty” (IVPress). In 2014, the American Academy of Religion named Fujimura as its 2014 “Religion and the Arts” award recipient. This award is presented annually to professional artists who have made significant contributions to the relationship of art and religion, both for the academy and a broader public. Previous recipients of the award include Meredith Monk, Holland Cotter, Gary Snyder, Betye & Alison Saar and Bill Viola. Fujimura's highly anticipated book "Art+Faith: A Theology of Making" (Yale Press, with foreword by N.T. Wright, 2021) has been described by poet Christian Wiman as "a real tonic for our atomized time".Fujimura founded the International Arts Movement in 1992, now IAMCultureCare, which over sees Fujimura Institute. In 2011 the Fujimura Institute was established and launched the Four Qu4rtets, a collaboration between Fujimura, painter Bruce Herman, Duke theologian/pianist Jeremy Begbie, and Yale composer Christopher Theofanidis, based on T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets. The exhibition has travelled to Baylor, Duke, and Yale Universities, Cambridge University, Hiroshima City University and other institutions around the globe.Bucknell University honored him with the Outstanding Alumni Award in 2012.Fujimura is a recipient of four Doctor of Arts Honorary Degrees; from Belhaven University in 2011, Biola University in 2012, Cairn University in 2014 and Roanoke College, in February 2015. His Commencement addresses has received notable attention, being selected by NPR as one of the “Best Commencement Addresses Ever”. His recent 2019 Commencement Address at Judson University, was called “Kintsugi Generation”, laying out his cultural vision for the next generation.Production NotesThis podcast featured artist Makoto Fujimura and theologian Miroslav VolfEdited and Produced by Evan RosaHosted by Evan RosaProduction Assistance by Martin Chan & Nathan JowersA Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/aboutSupport For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give
Today we have with us Bruce Herman, a painter and writer whose art has been exhibited internationally across the US and in Canada, as well as in Israel, Italy, England, Hong Kong, and Japan. Herman taught from 1984 to Spring of 2020 at Gordon College, where he currently holds the Lothlórien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts and curates exhibitions for the art gallery. https://www.bruceherman.com Collaborations (from most recent to older):1. 2018—present "Ordinary Saints" - with Malcom Guite and J.A.C. Redfordhttps://ordinary-saints.com 2. 2011–2013 “QU4RTETS" - with Makoto Fujimura, Christopher Theofanidis, and Jeremy Begbiehttps://iamculturecare.com/projects/qu4rtets 3. 2005–2007 "A Broken Beauty" - with Canadian curator David Goa, and L.A. curator Gordon Fuglie along with fifteen other artists (including Vancouver artists Erica Grimm, David Robinson, and Toronto's Stephen DeStaebler)https://lagunaartmuseum.org/exhibitions/a-broken-beauty-figuration-narrative-and-the-transcendent-in-north-american-art/ 4. Scott Album Challenge: https://spark.adobe.com/page/5LmHwgmDWnIzp/Support the show (https://www.twu.ca/donate-now)
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Artist Bruce Herman on Ordinary Saints: The Dangerous Space Between Icon and Portrait (The Art of Paradox Part 2) “Essentially poetry, art, music, break open the world again for us that had gotten closed by our false certainties.” In the last Betwixt Episode, Artist Bruce Herman told the story about the house-fire in which he lost 25 years of artwork. Bruce described it as a “eu-catastrophe” - the good catastrophe that brought freedom amidst great loss. In Part 2 of this robust conversation with Bruce Herman, I wanted to learn more about his work as an artist. What are the new possibilities and narratives he has been exploring? What role does art play in the life of the Church? I am particularly interested in his latest series called Ordinary Saints which explores the fraught space between the icon and the portrait. A space Bruce has described as “entering into no-man’s land, between the sacred traditions on the one hand and the traditions of portraiture, and of art-song and poetry.” “Playing God is the great temptation for all of us. Especially artists . . . My imagination had been colonized by my desire for reputation.” Links: Get acquainted with Bruce Herman’s art by visiting www.bruceherman.com See what Malcolm Guite is creating by visiting https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com Listen to J.A.C. Redford’s Music at www.jacredford.com Watch Malcolm Guite and Steve Bell Perform “Your Poetry is Jamming My Machine” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkYjB_ZcXW0 Music and Poetry: Stories About the World that Once Was Performed by Chris Zabriskie CC license www.freemusicarchive.com Aspirato performed by Kai Engel CC license www.freemusicarchive.com “Your Poetry is Jamming My Machine” by Malcolm Guite. Performed with Steve Bell Turn Not Thy Face Away from Thy Servant by Russian Liturgical Chant CC license www.Archive.org Summoning Beauty Music by JAC Redford for Ordinary Saints. (Used with Permission) Portrait of the Artist. (Used with Permission) Poetry by Malcolm Guite, music by JAC Redford for Ordinary Saints. Performed live at Laity Lodge.
A great paradox of the Christian life is to stand at the edge of loss and to somehow gain freedom. In this episode, artist Bruce Herman shares his paradoxical story of embracing freedom amidst great loss. “A bunch of people have asked me over the years, what was it like to have your house hit by three bolts of lightning, burn down and destroy 25 years of your work as an artist? That must have been devastating! My honest answer is, ‘No, it really wasn’t. It was a eucatastrophe. It’s the good chaos or the good catastrophe.’ Right after the fire. That same afternoon evening, my wife and I went dancing.” We either believe that God is going to take care of us or we don’t. Bruce Herman is an artist, essayist, speaker, professor. He is the Lothlórien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts at Gordon College where he founded the Art Department 35 years ago. Herman’s art has been exhibited around the world. His paintings have been housed in world renown museums like the Vatican Museum of Modern Religious Art and the Cincinnati Museum of Fine Arts. Visit Bruce Herman at www.bruceherman.com Thank you to these musical artist for the use of their songs: www.DexterBritain.com: Lifted www.Kai-Engel.com: Cendres; Run www.jasonharrod.com www.brianfunck.com Lion Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EaUy0PUBkQ Thanks to www.freesound.org contributors: ExplosionBombBlastAmbient2.wav by Zimbot JM_FX_Fireball 01.wav by Julien Matthey Electric Shock.wav by GlenCurtisAdams ELECTRIC_ZAP_001.wav by JoelAudio Smoke detector alarm, close perspective.wav
On Episode 6, I'll recount a conversation from a hotel shuttle that took place just before I arrived at Bruce Herman, Malcolm Guite, and JAC Redford's "Ordinary Saints" exhibit at Laity Lodge, and we'll hear Malcolm Guite share a snippet of poetry to close. The post S1:E6 – An Abandoned Piano appeared first on Matthew Clark.
Today on the program, and into the next episode, Michael is speaking with Mako Fujimura, visual artist, author, thought leader, and cultural-shaper who was recently appointed Director of The Brehm Center at Fuller Seminary. His paintings have been exhibited around the world and he is one of the first artists to paint live on stage at New York City’s legendary Carnegie Hall. A popular speaker, he has lectured at numerous conferences, universities and museums, including the Aspen Institute, Yale and Princeton Universities, Sato Museum and the Phoenix Art Museum. Fujimura founded the International Arts Movement in 1992, a non-profit whose “Encounter” conferences have featured cultural catalysts such as Dr. Elaine Scarry, Dennis Donoghue, Billy Collins, Dana Gioia, Calvin DeWitt and Miroslav Volf. Fujimura’s second book, Refractions: A Journey of Faith, Art and Culture, is a collection of essays bringing together people of all backgrounds in a conversation and meditation on culture, art, and humanity. In celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible, Crossway Publishing commissioned and published The Four Holy Gospels, featuring Fujimura’s illuminations of the sacred texts. In 2011 the Fujimura Institute was established and launched the Four Qu4rtets, a collaboration between Fujimura, painter Bruce Herman, Duke theologian/pianist Jeremy Begbie, and Yale composer Christopher Theofanidis, based on T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. The exhibition will travel to Baylor, Duke, and Yale Universities, Gordon College and other institutions around the globe.
Bruce Herman | Professor of Art | Gordon College
Bruce Herman | Professor of Art | Gordon College
Bruce Herman | Professor of Art | Gordon College
Hello Everyone, Welcome to our 5th episode of Leigh!@Lunch. This week we will have Matt Bianco back with us interviewing artist Bruce Herman followed by Leigh's interview with Norman Geisler.Bruce Herman is currently Lothlorien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts at Gordon College. He completed both undergraduate and graduate fine arts degrees at Boston University School for the Arts. He studied under Philip Guston, James Weeks, David Aronson, Reed Kay, and Arthur Polonsky. His Work has been shown internationally, including in England, Italy, Canada, and Israel.His art is featured in many public and private collections including the Vatican Museum of Modern Religious Art in Rome; The Cincinnati Museum of Fine Arts; Decorova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts; and the Hammer Museum, Grunwald Print Collection, Los Angeles.Norman Geisler has authored/coauthored over 80 books and hundreds of articles. He has taught theology, philosophy, and apologetics on the college or graduate level for over 50 years. He has served as a professor at some of the finest Seminaries in the United States, including Trinity Evangelical Seminary, Dallas Seminary, and Southern Evangelical Seminary. He now lends his talents to Veritas Evangelical Seminary in Murrieta, California, as the Distinguished Professor of Apologetics.Please register on BlogTalkR
Hello Everyone, Welcome to our 5th episode of Leigh!@Lunch. This week we will have Matt Bianco back with us interviewing artist Bruce Herman followed by Leigh's interview with Norman Geisler.Bruce Herman is currently Lothlorien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts at Gordon College. He completed both undergraduate and graduate fine arts degrees at Boston University School for the Arts. He studied under Philip Guston, James Weeks, David Aronson, Reed Kay, and Arthur Polonsky. His Work has been shown internationally, including in England, Italy, Canada, and Israel.His art is featured in many public and private collections including the Vatican Museum of Modern Religious Art in Rome; The Cincinnati Museum of Fine Arts; Decorova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts; and the Hammer Museum, Grunwald Print Collection, Los Angeles.Norman Geisler has authored/coauthored over 80 books and hundreds of articles. He has taught theology, philosophy, and apologetics on the college or graduate level for over 50 years. He has served as a professor at some of the finest Seminaries in the United States, including Trinity Evangelical Seminary, Dallas Seminary, and Southern Evangelical Seminary. He now lends his talents to Veritas Evangelical Seminary in Murrieta, California, as the Distinguished Professor of Apologetics.Please register on BlogTalkR
Three scholars with specialities in diverse but overlapping disciplines meet to discuss T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets" in light of modernism, theological hermeneutics, and the work of painters Makoto Fujimura and Bruce Herman. Herman and Fujimura give responses to the lectures, followed by audience Q&A, with Dr. Ellen Davis of Duke Divinity School moderating. (Note: Due to a technical lapse during Dean Hays's lecture, part of the lecture was lost. The recording has been edited at this point.) Speakers include: Michael Valdez-Moses, Duke English Department Gennifer Weisenfeld, Duke Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies Richard Hays, Dean of Duke Divinity School
G. Walter Hansen joined the Fuller faculty in 1995 as associate professor of New Testament and director of the Global Research Institute, which provides fellowships for scholars from the Two-Thirds World. At Fuller, Hansen's courses include exegetical studies, Interpretation of the Bible, New Testament Ethics, and Second Temple Judaism. He has had several books and articles published on selected subjects of Pauline scholarship. Most recently Hansen authored The Letter to the Philippians (2009) in the Pillar New Testament Commentary series and co-authored “Sacra Coversazione” (2009) with Bruce Herman in the journal Image. He was pastor of The Chapel in Cleveland, Ohio for eight years and a teacher for six years at Trinity Theological College in Singapore. He serves as a trustee for Westmont College, Santa Barbara Rescue Mission, and Rivendell Stewards’ Trust.
G. Walter Hansen joined the Fuller faculty in 1995 as associate professor of New Testament and director of the Global Research Institute, which provides fellowships for scholars from the Two-Thirds World. At Fuller, Hansen's courses include exegetical studies, Interpretation of the Bible, New Testament Ethics, and Second Temple Judaism. He has had several books and articles published on selected subjects of Pauline scholarship. Most recently Hansen authored The Letter to the Philippians (2009) in the Pillar New Testament Commentary series and co-authored “Sacra Coversazione” (2009) with Bruce Herman in the journal Image. He was pastor of The Chapel in Cleveland, Ohio for eight years and a teacher for six years at Trinity Theological College in Singapore. He serves as a trustee for Westmont College, Santa Barbara Rescue Mission, and Rivendell Stewards’ Trust.
G. Walter Hansen joined the Fuller faculty in 1995 as associate professor of New Testament and director of the Global Research Institute, which provides fellowships for scholars from the Two-Thirds World. At Fuller, Hansen's courses include exegetical studies, Interpretation of the Bible, New Testament Ethics, and Second Temple Judaism. He has had several books and articles published on selected subjects of Pauline scholarship. Most recently Hansen authored The Letter to the Philippians (2009) in the Pillar New Testament Commentary series and co-authored “Sacra Coversazione” (2009) with Bruce Herman in the journal Image. He was pastor of The Chapel in Cleveland, Ohio for eight years and a teacher for six years at Trinity Theological College in Singapore. He serves as a trustee for Westmont College, Santa Barbara Rescue Mission, and Rivendell Stewards’ Trust.
G. Walter Hansen discusses the spiritual journey of the famous artist Rembrandt by looking at his art. Dr. Hansen joined the Fuller faculty in 1995 as associate professor of New Testament and Director of Global Research Institute. He has several books and articles published on selected subjects of Pauline scholarship. Most recently Hansen authored The Letter to the Philippians (2009) in the Pillar New Testament Commentary series and co-authored “Sacra Coversazione” (2009) with Bruce Herman in the journal Image. He was pastor of The Chapel in Cleveland, Ohio for eight years and a teacher for six years at Trinity Theological College in Singapore. He serves as a trustee for Westmont College, Santa Barbara Rescue Mission, and Rivendell Stewards’ Trust.
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