To sit in its shadow: Church, Art, and Layers of Meaning
To the left of the altar in Old Saint Pauls Episcopal Church (Edinburgh) sits a memorial chapel. In that chapel is perhaps one of…
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Review: Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
Review of Roger Scruton, Beauty: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), 186 pages. Beauty is a significant philosophical category for the study…
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Is art fundamental to human living? Birth as Performance Art
Back in March of this year, Transpositions hosted an extended book review of John Carey’s What Good are the Arts?. In the first chapter, Carey…
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What Would Jesus Tweet? A Response to #CNMAC11
Over the weekend, Anna and I had the opportunity to take part in the Christian New Media Awards and Conference. Transpositions was nominated and…
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Art Appreciation in the Church: Two Approaches
In a symposium considering ‘art appreciation’, it seems appropriate to consider its definition. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, ‘appreciation’ involves ‘[t]he action of…
Read MoreMaking a ‘Place’ in a Place: A Reflection on Culture-Making
This summer, I’ve returned to two places from my past. One was the place where my family has lived for nearly 20 years. The…
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Introducing Arts Education Week
Starting Monday, Transpositions will devote a week to the topic of art and education. We are pleased to include contributions from a variety of…
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The Digital Age and Arts Patronage: Part 2
In a previous post, I argued that one of the ways we can understand the digital age’s impact on arts patronage is in terms…
Read MoreThe Digital Age and Arts Patronage: Part 1
I state the obvious by saying that we are living in a world that is increasingly defined and shaped by the digital. Digital devices…
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