Justice and Peace...
In this exhibition, the third in our Baptismal Covenant series, we invite you as artists to respond to these lines from the covenant:
Will you strive for justice and peace among all people,
and respect the dignity of every human being?
I will, with God's help.
Though our call to justice and peace flows directly from Jesus' prime commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves, it is surely not unique to Episcopalians, or even to Christianity: a concern for justice and peace, and compassion which is the root of that concern, are common to all faith traditions. The Dalai Lama has written:
Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.
And yet, despite our common call to compassion, the indignities of war and injustice are experienced daily throughout the world without regard as to nation or faith.
How can we, as artists, echo and illuminate Jesus' call to love our neighbors as ourselves? What might we create to encourage a renewed commitment to justice and peace? How can we communicate and inspire a respect for the dignity of every human being? And can we portray the joined concepts of justice and peace in images that require not a single word of explanation?
Deadline for Entries is August 15, 2010
You can enter up to three entries to this call, but with NO written artist statement this time, they want the work to be able to explain what it is saying without words.
Check out the complete call and other info at the ECVA's website under Calls for Entries.
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