VineArts Gallery Entry Packet • Vineyard Boise Church • Fall/winter 2016-17 Exhibit
Borrow-A-Frame: We have lots of frames! If you can’t afford to buy a frame for your
artwork for an exhibit, come to Open Studio ahead of the deadline and we’ll try to pair
you with a loaner frame you can borrow. Hint: It’s easier to frame if your artwork is a
standard size (such as 8x10, 11x14, 14x18, 16x20, or18x24 inches, etc).
Gallery Grunt Team: If you’d like to help install these exhibits, we’d welcome your help!
We have a team of 6 to 10 people who dedicate a few hours three times a year to hang
artwork in the gallery. Installations are always on a Saturday from 10:00 to 3:00. We love
and appreciate our grunts! For more info, contact [email protected].
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Limit 3 art entries per person. Save the date, invite your friends!
Everyone is invited to the OPENING RECEPTION Sunday Nov. 6,
after 2nd service. Enjoy music and refreshments while meeting the artists!
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Media: 2-D and 3-D including photography, painting, charcoal, pencil,
sculpture, mosaics, writing, poetry, metalworks, DVD/video, fabric art, graphic
design, collage, stained glass, creative writing, and poetry.
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Everyone is welcome to submit artworks for this exhibit, regardless of
age, artistic experience, or whether you attend any church.
NOTE: All artwork needs an accompanying artist statement to be typed directly online
at vineartsboise.org. Go to “Exhibits” > “Type Your Artist Statement”.
Deadline to type your statement online is Nov 2 at 11:59pm.
Artwork dropped off with NO accompanying statement submitted online will not be accepted.
ART SUBMISSION DATES: Oct 30, 31, Nov 1, 2. Drop off artwork in the
“Art Nook” at the Vineyard. (If you’ll be out of town, have a friend bring it in for you.)
Sunday, Oct 30 • 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Monday, Oct 31 • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday, Nov 1 • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday, Nov 2 • 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
(This is the LAST DAY to submit artwork and to type your statement online.)
Thursday evening, Nov 3 : Notifications of acceptance via e-mail
Saturday, Nov 5 : Installation (gallery team and volunteers; join us!)
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Sunday, Nov 6: Reception after 2nd service, 12:30 - 1:15.
This exhibit is scheduled to last approximately 3 months.
To ensure a cohesive gallery, your artwork and statement should have to do with
a short story in the form of a parable, or artwork that relates to one.
Ask the Holy Spirit to show you His heart through His presence and His Word.
Create visual art, writing, poetry, etc. in response to Him. May God bless you as you create!
What if my artwork doesn’t fit this theme?
…Then it might not be accepted into this particular show. If it doesn’t fit, just wait for a
different VineArts exhibit.
Note: We’d really love to get this clear envelope back at the same time you turn in your Release Form.
If you’ve decided not to submit art for “Parable,” please
return this entire packet to church so that someone else can use it.
A parable is a simple story that illustrates truth through comparison.
Jesus told stories in the Gospels using the common culture, norms,
and situations of the times in order to teach some listeners and
confound others. In Mark 4:30, he asks, “With what shall we liken
the kingdom of God, and with what comparison [parabolē] shall we
compare [parabollō] it?” We could translate this, “with what parable
shall we compare it?” A parable is a side-by-side comparison of
reality with a story. Jesus’ parables are similes. He says something is
like something else, just as when he says, “I send you out as sheep
in the midst of wolves: be therefore wise as serpents, and harmless
as doves.” The art of storytelling and simile invites revelation and
connects at the heart-and-gut, well beyond the intellect alone. The
word parable comes from Greek parabolē, Latin meaning ‘discourse,
allegory, comparison.’ Respond to the stories of Christ through
visual and/or written methods; meditate on the parables and see
the imagery and simile God creates in you!
From www.swapmeetdave.com:
Explore one of the parables Jesus told, through
whatever media you’d like! (creative writing,
drawing, photography, 3-dimensional art, etc.)
or you can even create a modern-day parable!
Please note: All artist statements must now be
typed ONLINE at vineartsboise.org.
We no longer accept artwork that is dropped off
without having a corresponding statement that has
been typed online.
Don’t have a working computer? Ask a friend to type it for you, or
use the library, come to the church office during the week, etc.
“The chronological order of the parables that I have used comes
from the very excellent NIV Narrated Bible in Chronological Order
(hardcover) and Daily Bible in Chronological Order (paperback) by
Dr. F. LaGard Smith of Pepperdine University, published by Harvest
House. The chronology is quite a lesson by itself. You can see
that the first group of parables focuses on the fact that there’s a
new story being told, that it’s not to be hidden, and it serves as a
foundation for what’s coming next. We then have the very important
Parables #12 (sower and four types of soil) and #13 (weeds among
good plants). This is followed by a group of “Kingdom of Heaven”
parables (growing seed, yeast, valuable pearl, etc.). Now that the
foundation has been built, Jesus gets into the behavior parables—
how he would have you act as a Christian in different situations as
a disciple, worker, or tenant. He then moves into using your talents
well, remaining watchful, and finally into judgement. Basically it’s
the progression of a Christian life.”
For the list of parables in the order Jesus told them, see the
accompanying insert.