We stood in the Columbus Museum of Art, all of us a little damp from the downpour outside, and listed to Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American Art. We had come to the museum to view the Modern Dialect exhibit, which features paintings from the 1920s through the 1940s, paintings that offer a stirring critique of … Continue reading How Can Our Faith Communities Support Prophetic Voices?
Author: KPB Stevens
Stephen Colbert and Christ Pantocrator: A Week in a Second City Improv Intensive
I stood in Piper's Alley, in the hallway of the Second City Training Center in Chicago, and looked at a photo of Stephen Colbert. It was taken twenty years ago, when he was a student there. He looked very young. His hair was in a messy part, and there was something unruly about his jacket … Continue reading Stephen Colbert and Christ Pantocrator: A Week in a Second City Improv Intensive
Learning to Be a New Kind of Artist: A Week at the “Art as a Spiritual Connection” Summer Camp
We’re sitting in the sanctuary of All Saints Church, in a circle of dim light. It’s morning and we’ve finished doing yoga and put the mats away, and now Fabricia is talking. There is a theme for this first day, as there will be for most of the days of the camp - connection and … Continue reading Learning to Be a New Kind of Artist: A Week at the “Art as a Spiritual Connection” Summer Camp
Experiencing the Easter Story through Improvisation & Creativity
On Saturday, May 17th a group of youth & adults met at St. Philip Episcopal Church in Columbus to play improv games and make movies that would illustrate the Easter story through the eyes of Mary Magdalene. We called our retreat "Chocolate & Awe." I designed a series of cards so that we could all … Continue reading Experiencing the Easter Story through Improvisation & Creativity
Saint Andy Warhol
I always like to work on leftovers, doing the leftover things. Things that were discarded, that everybody knew were no good, I always thought had a great potential to be funny. It was like recycling work. I always thought there was a lot of humor in leftovers. When I see an old Esther Williams movie … Continue reading Saint Andy Warhol
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