Rosie Huart

Dayton was the art scene Friday night as members of DVAC gathered for the 19th annual open member show titled Darkness.  The exhibition will be displayed from July 13-August 19, 2010.  One hundred seventy-two (172) pieces were entered and several artists were recipients of awards, namely, Mark Martel, Don Williams, Matthew Burgy, Kyleen Greene and Mike Elsass.

The View, a juried landscape exhibition, opening is Sunday, June 27, 2-4 PM.  "Canyon Call" and

"Earth Echoes" were accepted into the show.

Rosie

Canyon Call (Award of Excellence)

Earth Echoes

The Western Ohio Watercolor Society held its opening and award ceremony at Town & Country Fine Art Center Saturday, May 22, 2010.  The show will be at the gallery until June 5.

My piece titled Canyon Call was juried into the show.

Confirmed dates for 2011 Connecting Art & Spirit Retreat at Maria Stein.  The dates are May 13, 14 and 15, 2011.

Connecting Art & Spirit

an art workshop and retreat

Maria Stein Spiritual Center

Maria Stein, Ohio

April 30-May 2, 2010

The theme of grace was the weekend's creativity practice as we explored

the creative expression of grace through visual art.  Participants each had a blank

book in which to incorporate text and images.  The Book of Grace is a derivative

of the Book of Hours.  I directed the participants through meditation, reflection,

creative writing, painting and sharing.  It truly was a weekend filled with grace.

As a result, next year's connecting art and spirituality retreat is in the making.

Book of Hours

I made a copy of this book for each participant.  It is a

reminder of the hours in a day and a time to offer silent prayers. 

Permission was granted for printing by www.gratefulness.org. 

An example in the Book of Hours is Vigils:  The Night Watch—

before the day's noises begin, when it is still perfectly quiet.  "In the stillness

before my day begins, I open my heart to the gift of this hour; gratefully

I listen to the silence."

The prayers in the Book of Hours are:

Vigils: The Night Watch

Lauds: Coming of the Light

Prime:  A Deliberate Beginning

Terce:  The Joy of Living

Sext:  Commitment and Fervor

None:  The Shadows Lengthen

Vespers:  Lighting the Lamps

Compline:  Completing the Circle

Book of Grace

All participants on the retreat received a blank book. 

They each redesigned the cover and created

text and images pertaining to grace for their pages.

Sacred Path

book page

Definition of Grace

book page

Hour of Vespers

book page

book/page

A 2-day handmade paper workshop was held at Town & Country

Fine Art Center on Marcy 27-28, 2010.  Nine participants made

paper from cotton and flax.  Pulp painting, casting, layering

and embellishing played a major part in this fun filled weekend. 

“I believe art is foremost for the artist who creates it. You do it for your soul, and if the rest of the world gets something from it, that's a bonus.”  Marion Boddy-Evans

The above piece was selected for the cover of "Presence Journal," a publication for Spiritual Directors International.  It will be released September, 2010.  It is titled "An Unfinished Life."  It was a piece I did in memory of a friend who died while in his youth.  The poem I wrote and read at his eulogy.

To see beauty

And know that

Life abounds

In all majestic form.

For this I am grateful.