Iconography refers to the meaning of symbols in art, and it’s one of the topics students in my art history classes find intriguing. To demonstrate how iconography works, we can take a look at three…
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3 Reasons Worship Leaders Need Formal Training
Do you believe you are called to be a worship leader? Are you currently leading worship in a church? Are you questioning if going to school to study church music is really necessary? A trend…
Four Considerations for Potential Art Majors
Choosing a major can be a daunting task, particularly if you are thinking about majoring in the arts. It can seem like you are deciding the whole of your future right here and now, and…
What Good is Art?
Why should art matter to a student majoring in nursing with the dream of helping cancer patients? Why should art be important to an engineering major hoping to better the world with a new invention? …
5 Tips for Majoring in Music
So you think you might want to major in music in college? These tips should help you succeed: Practice, Practice, Practice! Take piano/theory lessons! Make good grades! Research colleges and their audition requirements! Convince the…
Something Old, Something New
It’s the middle of July as I write this, and most of the UMHB community is not on campus. When you’re here year-round, you see the full cycle of seasons and this is a quiet…
Developing Creativity: What does it mean to be creative?
I’m not a very creative person. “My brain isn’t wired for creativity.” “I’m not an art major – I don’t know how to be creative.” I hear these words too often in my introductory ceramics…
Christianity and Contemporary Art
How do we begin to engage and find meaning in the often bewildering splashes of what many of us consider absurdly bizarre offerings by contemporary artists of all sorts AND to reflect on the place…