We look forward to hosting the Ordinary Saints art exhibition at PCPC — a temporary art gallery, featuring 20 portraits by painter Bruce Herman, on display from mid-March through mid-summer. The art is richly adorned by a collection of poems by poet, Malcolm Guite, and music by composer, J.A.C. Redford — both created in response to and conversation with the art.
All three creators will join us at PCPC on the weekend of March 26-27 for discussions and presentations (more details to come), concluding with a concert of the visual art, poetry, and music on March 27 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Ordinary Saints pushes against the modern, reductionist mindset to proclaim the full-orbed, Creation-to-Redemption Gospel. Colossians 1:15-20 says, “all things were created through Him and for Him.” God richly displays His handiwork in every part of the created order. The faces in Ordinary Saints (and the faces around us) convey the embodied glory of God — a tangible gift, a reflection of the Divine — something truly extraordinary.
Here, beauty is on lavish display. The church has often communicated an ignorance or ambivalence about beauty, aesthetics, and serious art forms. The Ordinary Saints project helps us participate in the recovery of the church’s historical role as purveyors of beauty through great art.
— J. Marty Cope
