Do you have questions?
Wish your journey as an artist was easier?
Curious what Jesus Christ might have to do with this?
This course is for you.
International Tap Dance artist and TED Fellow, Andrew Nemr, guides participants in a journey of discovery of spiritual formation and the profound impact art practices have on who we become.
As artists, we are always in the act of formation: crafting sentences, mixing colors, shaping sounds, cultivating audiences. Becoming the artist we want to be. But as we practice our disciplines, how are we being formed?
This course is an introduction to the ideas of spiritual formation in light of the propositions of life of Jesus Christ – additionally considering the unique interaction between art practices and who we are becoming as we create.
Sessions include discussions on spiritual formation and disciplines, artistic practices in both personal and communal, and draws from authors such as Dallas Willard and Makoto Fujimura.
Join with fellow artists we explore spiritual formation in light of artistic craft, community, and Jesus Christ.
Session One: Spiritual Formation Basics
Learn a framework for thinking about the inner parts of a person, how spiritual formation works, who gets one and what it is, and examples of spiritual disciplines.
Session Two: Spiritual Formation and Your Art Practice
Through interactive exercises discover how your own art practice has been a part of your spiritual formation.
Session Three: Spiritual Formation and Your Art Community
Consider how sharing your art – with responses from friend and family, engaging with the market, or working at scale – has formed you. Through interactive exercises discover how your own aspirations have been a part of your spiritual formation.
Session Four: Your Spiritual Formation and Jesus Christ
Discover ways of envisioning your art practice as a part of what God is doing with you. Engage your imagination through listening exercises to integrate your spiritual formation into your art practice.
