What Is Actually There

Tiresome ministry by an older Friend becomes something more.

Peterson Toscano

Quaker Works October 2022

This semiannual feature highlights the recent works of Quaker organizations in eight categories.

QuakerSpeak, October 2022

On Quaker Deathways

The Day After

"The morning after the storm / small clusters of maple leaves / scatter over the yard. It must / have been some wind. . ."

You Are the Light of the World

In community we can equip ourselves to be not only the Quakers the world needs but the Friends that the earth needs, too.

An Invitation to See Deeply

Introduction to our September issue.

No Words

I don’t think there’s a particular kind of Quaker artist. I have encountered some artists whose practice and work are…

Three paintings

Ocean of Infinite Light and Love, Transformation in Waiting, and Iris Sing My type of painting comes from tapping into…

The Absence of Art or the Art of Absence?

Is it even possible, in this era, to be Quakers if our minds are filled with alluring images?

Transcendence

These photos are from my self-portrait series Transcendence, which brings together gender diversity, spirituality, nature, mythology, and storytelling. Cai Quirk,…

The Art of Quaker Quilts

The world is hard on all quilts, but it is especially hard on quilts like the ones that have been passed down in my family.

Let Your Art Speak

I once asked a group of Quaker artists whether their art was different from non-Quaker art.

The Oakwood Triptych—Oakwood in the 1960s

The September 2021 celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of Oakwood Friends School’s relocation to its current site in Poughkeepsie,…

I Paint to Reclaim My Light

What is Quakerly about my art? Or would I consider my artwork Quaker art?

Transforming Weapons into Art

I became an artist when I began to perform acts of aesthetic fury to decry gun violence.

We Are Never Alone

About seven years ago I attended a Baltimore Yearly Meeting spiritual formation retreat where quite suddenly I realized that my “dabbling” in art needed to become more intentional.

Looking In, Hearing Out

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

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