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Episode: Steve Prince: Proclaiming Hope as a Black Artist
We talked with artist Steve Prince, the artist we are celebrating during Black History Month, asking him about what got him started in art, how his artistic process works now, why he does what he does, and his experience as a Black artist.
Steve is a mixed media artist, master printmaker, lecturer, educator, and art evangelist. He has worked with churches of various denominations across the nation spreading a message of hope and renewal philosophically rooted in the cathartic nature of the Jazz Funerary tradition of New Orleans. To Steve, art media is like languages to a linguist as he adeptly tethers between two-dimensional and three-dimensional artistic practices while working with virtually every age bracket and multiple ethnicities.
Steve is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and he currently resides in Williamsburg, Virginia. He is the Director of Engagement and Distinguished Artist in Residence at the Muscarelle Museum at William and Mary. Steve received his BFA from Xavier University of Louisiana and his MFA in Printmaking and Sculpture from Michigan State University.
We have licensed four of Steve’s social justice artworks to feature on C4SO’s social media during Black History Month. We will also provide questions and prompts for you to do Visio Divina, or “sacred seeing,” an ancient form of Christian prayer in which we allow our hearts and imaginations to enter into the image to see what God might have to say to us.
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This Black History Month, C4SO has licensed four of artist Steve A. Prince’s social justice artworks to feature. We will post one artwork each Sunday, with questions and prompts for you to do Visio Divina, or “sacred seeing,” an ancient form of Christian prayer in which we allow our hearts and imaginations to enter into the image to see what God might have to say to us. Click here for Visio Divina Week 1.
C4SO is also celebrating Black History Month with a contemplation and discussion group led by the Revs. Teesha Hadra and Kimberly Deckel. Throughout February, they will highlight several works of poetry by black poets from various eras. They will also explore the photography of Gordon Parks. Each week, look for a selected poem and photograph on C4SO’s social media, along with prompts for you to use as you contemplate these works. The poems and photos will be compiled here.
Register now for a Zoom discussion on Monday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. CT, where Teesha, Kimberly and participants will discuss each of the poems and photographs they have selected and explore their thoughts and reactions.
Our Cycle of Prayer Spotlight ministry this week is Cornerstone Church in Tulsa, OK, led by the Rev. Jon Odom.
