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VERO BEACH Florida Egg Tempera Painting, Iconography
Description - An opportunity to paint an icon in the traditional technique with a contemporary message.
Feb 24th to 28th, 2020
The Center for Spiritual Care in Vero Beach, Florida provides the individual and small groups an…
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God is not “A” being but BEi-ng itself.
My experience with the organized Church is a challenge and a testing ground, not always validating and not always encouraging but it has a valued place in my heart. I try to focus mostly on the way it exposes the great divinity in all of us.
Franciscan Mysticism: I Am That Which I Am Seeking.
Icon painting has taught me, God is not “A” being but BEi-ng itself. Icon Painting has influenced how I seek myself in all things and that…
Added by mary jane miller on July 12, 2019 at 2:30pm — No Comments
Old Wine Skins burst with New Wine
When Jesus was walking around the Mediterranean landscape the social conditions were not all that different than today. Societies struggled with changing family and gender roles, sexual controversy, local resistance to unprecedented political power; tyranny and prejudice were rampant. Christianity was a budding cult, unifying varied beliefs and behaviors under one theology of shared love. Christians learned Old Wine Skins burst…
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Voices of Women In Iconography
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Egg Tempera Workshop St Peters Episcopal Church, Lewes Delaware
MARCH 2nd to 6th
The town is a lovely harbor to stroll and enjoy time for a byzantine style icon painting workshop. Lewes is a beautiful and peaceful setting for insights, teaching, studying and meditating. The…
Added by mary jane miller on June 25, 2019 at 5:16pm — No Comments
May is the Month of Mary
Mary Icons
There are three classic prototypes of Mary Icons Icons, their collective messages point towards a new contemporary kind of trinity. Perhaps the concept of Mary is still undeveloped, as our society has changed her message is still provocative and meaningful. It has been through contemplating her image, and painting icons of her that I have…
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Stations of the Cross by Mary Jane Miller
Added by mary jane miller on February 22, 2019 at 8:46am — No Comments
Women's image and voice in the Church
Traditionally there have been too few images of women in icons, too few Orthodox women iconographers, and too few Catholic women who teach, or are recognized as female mystics. In light of this historical absence of women in the traditional Byzantine era, there is room today for change and new expression.
Page from the book,…
Added by mary jane miller on January 5, 2019 at 5:30pm — No Comments
Coloring books
Coloring books on the market.
This is great resource for your church or school is this book filled with spiritual imagery offering contemporary ideas with an old world feel for the divine. The 26 historical images…
Added by mary jane miller on January 4, 2019 at 4:00pm — No Comments
Iconograohy Workshop Lewes Delaware
February 4th to 8th, 2019 with Mary Jane Miller
Saint Peter's Episcopal Church
St Peters Episcopal Church is on the ocean. The town is a lovely harbor to stroll and enjoy —a beautiful and peaceful setting for insights, teaching,…
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ECVA on Line show This Fragile Earth
Three works were selected for an online show with Episcopal Council for the Visual Arts, Curated byKathy Thaden, called This Fragile Earth. The variety of works submitted for the 2018 ECVA Fall Exhibition "This Fragile Earth" is a wonderful reminder of the richness and varied talents of ECVA member artists. It was inspiring for me to look through the entries…
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Undiscovered Women in the Christian Tradition
Added by mary jane miller on September 25, 2018 at 9:00am — 1 Comment
Contemporary Iconography,
Someone came in my studio a while ago and exclaimed, “it is rare for me to see artwork that I want to own. I usually find myself saying…I could do that! I don’t have artwork on my walls because I like looking at clean and empty space. The walls of my house…
Added by mary jane miller on September 16, 2018 at 9:20am — No Comments
WORKSHOP July 15 to 20
Mary Jane Miller is a skilled and generous teacher. The artist who is proficient in oils or acrylics will find the experience of working in the medium of egg tempera to be new and exciting,…
Added by mary jane miller on May 15, 2018 at 3:50pm — No Comments
Art and Image on Amazon
Women in the Catholic Church worldwide continue to seek a more meaningful role in the society and the formation of spiritual life. Despite evidence to indicate that Jesus strongly promoted the dignity and equality of women and that early Christians gave leadership roles to women, the influence of prevailing cultural norms has historically caused the role of Women in the Church to be diminished.…
Added by mary jane miller on May 15, 2018 at 3:34pm — No Comments
The Dialogue, Peace Between Us
“THE DIALOGUE” has been cleaned and dusted,
and shipped to Houston, Texas
We invited anyone to sign their name on the back as global residents…
Added by mary jane miller on March 10, 2018 at 1:39pm — 1 Comment
Lecture in San Miguel Allende
Mary Jane Miller is fast becoming a voice for exploring new attitudes. Miller has been inspired for the past 25 years by the question, “What, besides spiritual awe, does religion tell us about the our human condition and our desire for the divine? Can we still receive guidance from the a worn out Christ story through interpreting ancient images and text in a new light? The answers she finds led to a new faith and hope for new contemporary images based on that…
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Our new world
Interesting; the micro reflects the macro. Suburbs of most cities are organized for communication and networking. Are we coming to realize its potential inherent in both?... We are all a breath and click away from one another, ENJOY the CHAOS ?
Added by mary jane miller on January 31, 2018 at 9:37am — No Comments
Meditation of the day
Reminder and look at this before it changes. We have found a place for "The Dialogue" to be installed for the coming year, Open to the public in the Turkish Muslim Center for Interfaith, Houston Texas .…
Added by mary jane miller on January 21, 2018 at 1:47pm — No Comments
Womens Voices, New book IN LIGHT of WOMEN
Women's Voices and their images have been lacking in Christian theology for 2,000 years. The multitude of Christian art has typically included Mary, Mother of Jesus whose…
Added by mary jane miller on January 12, 2018 at 2:00pm — No Comments
Mend the Hole in the Cosmos
Begin a New Year
Magnificent coastlines which have no buildings, and pristine mountain slopes standing naked but for some weathered trees are both visual comfort zones of peace and rest. The fields grow wheat and oats, the sheep and cattle graze on a thick bed of moist green grass. At first…
Added by mary jane miller on December 25, 2017 at 1:00pm — No Comments
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