Life Force Arts Center sponsors the 2nd Annual Chicago Festival of Spiritual Art from May 28 - September 6. Media and Mediums: Artists Who Channel will be presented as the Second Annual Chicago Festival of Spiritual Art at Life Force Arts Center Gallery, 3148 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, from May 28 through September 6, 2010. This year’s festival is a summer-long exploration of the many ways contemporary artists understand their art as conduits for some greater energy than their personal energy or self. The festival includes visual and tactile art exhibits, performances, workshops, panel discussions, and other events to showcase the varied ways that artists, their art, and the spiritual dimension interact. Gallery hours are by appointment. For more information, contact 773-327-7224 or
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. Joan Forest Mage, Executive Director of Life Force Arts Center, says of the theme of this year’s festival: “Media and Mediums is a play on words. ‘Media’ refers to different forms of artistic expression such as painting, sculpture, music, dance, and theater. But a ‘Medium’ is not only the material used to produce a work of art; it is also a person who channels spirits. As a shamanic practitioner myself, as well as a performing artist, I am fascinated by the ways that different ‘mediums’ (people who channel) engage various media (materials, techniques and forms of art) and use these to express themselves, and at a deeper level, to give voice to beings or energies existing in the spiritual realm. “Some artists might define channeling simply as allowing the life energy to flow through their art, without identifying the energy as a separate spiritual entity. Nevertheless, all these artists feel that they are a conduit for some greater energy than their personal energy or normal sense of self.
This show reflects the basic approach of Life Force Arts Center: we do not follow a particular religious or spiritual belief. Rather, we provide a forum for artists who have various beliefs, traditions and approaches to the spiritual in life.” Various events are planned throughout the summer; including:
- S. J. Tucker, singer-songwriter in concert Friday, June 4, 8 PM
- Channeled singing by Louise Cloutier on Friday, June 25, 8 PM
- "Joan Forest Mage: Forty Years of Dance - Shamanic Dance" on Thursday, July 1, 2010.
Artist-Mediums participating in Media and Mediums: Artists Who Channel include: - Steven Blaine Adams
- Fred Casselman
- Louise Cloutier
- Mark Edwards
- Deborah Eidson
- Ron Jenkins
- Joan Forest Mage
- Sharyl Noday
- Beverly Stephan
- S. J. Tucker
Life Force Arts Center is Chicago’s space for spiritually based visual, literary, and performing art. The Center presents dance, theater, music, performance art, authors, and visual artists who work in many spiritual traditions. Life Force Arts Center defines spiritual art as: - art that flows from spiritual practice
- art that strives to connect the audience with Spirit
- art that creates spiritual healing, transformation or awakening
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