manger art

Work of art seeks to affect global change on an organic, interpersonal, local and tangible level, putting faces on poverty and stories to injustice as we make the intangible tangible and the seemingly insurmountable within reach.

We desire to engage a generation emerging into adulthood in communal stewardship of time, talent, and finance by encouraging a life that engages global issues and values the beauty and voice of art.

At Manger Art, our yearly art show and main event, we celebrate the incarnation by taking our prayers for the two-thirds world and stepping, ourselves, into incarnation. Our hope is that on the day of the art show, one could truly say and see, “Jesus Christ is born today.”

One year after desperation at the evil empire drove me to creativity and action, I am still moved by this calling. Here is maybe where I have enough faith in a loving God of grace to call myself Christian – that somehow, God chose me to head up this beautiful organization!

We met today to discuss the up-coming show.

Humbly, I need to seek your prayer and meditation on several issues:
Finding time enough to do everything.
Finding funds enough to make everything happen.
For more than 30 people to come this year - we're actually hoping for 250-300 each night for two nights.
For quality art to be either donated or loaned.
For those who come to truly value art and the two-thirds world enough to give and spend generously.
For enough capable volunteers

Here's the big one - we are debating renting a larger venue. This would be a huge leap of faith, and I'm faith poor these days. Please pray for wisdom and the perfect balance of prudence and courage - and ultimately for the grace to cover any imbalance of the two.

Humbly, I also need to seek help:
We need art/artists, street reps, church reps, supplies donated, musicians to play, poetry for a manger art book of poems, a discounted or free venue, music to sell, music to put on our "manger art" cd, tons of volunteers, and YOU THERE ON THE NIGHT!

Please, if you are in the Seattle area or if you know people in the Seattle area who might come, tell them to KEEP DECEMBER 2ND/3RD OPEN!!!!!!!!

Note: We need art to sell and art just to display. We are not auctioning this time. Instead we will have prices on the art that artists are willing to either donate or share the proceeds - ie, you might want $60 for a work and think it could sell for $80 - we could sell it for the $80 and $20 would go toward buying a farm for a family in the 2/3rd world.

Thank you and may Jesus Christ be born today in you and in those around you and in the blue sky and changing leaves!