Quaker Arts

September 2022

Features

Looking In, Hearing Out

I view each painting as a window formed from the gestural strokes embodied in the practice of deepening awareness amidst… Pamela Williams
Features

Beautiful Humans

I began a 100-day project in 2021 that has now stretched to more than 400 days of drawing or painting… Sue Scott
Features

Simple Theatricality

In my first years as a Quaker, my theater life stood in uncomfortable tension side-by-side with my faith. Stuart E.W. Smith
Features

Honoring Movement

Robert Valiente-Neighbours is a Quaker artist fascinated with the tensions of movement and stillness. Robert Valiente-Neighbours
Features

The Leading of Hope

“Truth seems really important to you.” These words, spoken by my graduate school professor, have stuck with me. Todd Drake
Online Features

It’s Not a Luxury

The author spent time with several Quaker artists, asking them about their art and spiritual practice during the pandemic. Johanna Jackson
Online Features

Art Journaling with Spiritual Community

It was the acute phase of the early pandemic, and many of us were longing for connection, community, and a… LJ Boswell
Online Features

Art Is Praying with My Whole Body

My journeys as a lifelong Quaker, artist, and gender-diverse person are inextricably linked. ​​Cai Quirk
Online Features

On Being a Quaker Filmmaker

Creativity is love is joy is God. In any human’s life, there are myriad opportunities for us to experience bounteous,… Martin Krafft
Poetry

Black and White

"every morning I slip robes onto outstretched arms..." Cai Quirk
Poetry

Fall Made

"I smear my skin / with schisms of the songs I heard at night, / tales of a God who… Matt Rosen
Forum

Forum, September 2022

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