Background
Kapikian, Catherine Andrews was born on October 18, 1939 in Cleveland. Daughter of John Robert and Anne Alva (Cosgrove) Andrews.
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Many congregations today are examining the role the arts play in creating sacred space and in inviting people into the presence of God for encounter and engagement. They are realizing that the work of the artist and the work of the church are inexorably bound. Both seek a response, a transformation of thought in those who come to see and enter to hear. When art and art-making become embedded in the religious community, work side-by-side, look at each other face-to-face, and listen to each other, each helps the other do its work. Art in Service of the Sacred encourages congregations to take seriously the role of visual art in worship and in the broader life of the church. This rich resource explores the dynamics between art, artist, and the church. It proclaims the power of art when used as art, reclaims the presence of religious symbols in worship, asserts the importance of the aesthetic dimensions of ecclesial space, and recovers the role of visual art to engage our senses and imaginations as we seek to encounter God in our lives. The DVD included in this book shows scores of photographs of the author’s art: before and after photographs of spaces that have been transformed, vestments and paraments, and temporary liturgical art for conferences and retreat settings. There are also images depicting the transformation of a narthex, fellowship hall, balcony, and church hallway. Several images give insight into the author’s creative process, from the original imaginings to the completed project.
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Kapikian, Catherine Andrews was born on October 18, 1939 in Cleveland. Daughter of John Robert and Anne Alva (Cosgrove) Andrews.
Student, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1957—1959. Bachelor, University Maryland, College Park, 1963. Message Telecommunications Service summa cum laude, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, 1979.
General illustrator National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1959—1961. Artist-in-residence Wesley Theological Seminary, since 1979, member faculty, since 1980, founder, director Center Arts and Religion, 1984—2001, director Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion, 2001—2008, distinguished artist-in-residence, since 2009. Designer, fabricator liturgical tapestries, banners, paraments and vestments.
Member commission on worship and the arts National Council Churches, 1991-1997. Member committee Washington National Cathedral's Fabric and Fine Arts, 2006.
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Member fabric and fine arts committee Washington National Cathedral, since 2006. Board directors Episcopal Church Visual Arts, 2002—2006. Member Arts and Religion Forum of Washington Theological Consortium (founder, member steering committee), Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (board director 1983-1985, 87-90), Schuyler Institute Worship and the Arts (board director 1987-1990).
Married Albert Zaven Kapikian, February 27, 1960. Children: Albert, Thomas, Gregory.