Sometimes we wander until we can move forward
mind Over Things That Matter
There are pages on art, life, relationships and God.
There are some writings that merely pose questions regarding how to navigate conflict.
Heirlooms & Artifacts of Our Mother’s and Grandmother’s
The month of May was filled with fun at the Somerville Art Gallery
Here are some pictures of the event
Somerville Art Gallery
16746 US-64, 38068
Art Talk for Our Mothers
Story of this work:
In 2011, inspired by my travels to Israel and a mission trip to Guatemala, I launched a series titled Our Mothers. Being abroad showed me how much similar we all are as human beings. The simple beauty of the clotheslines I saw there sparked the memory tied to my grandmother, Virgie Marie Ross, who dried our laundry in the sun while my sister and I played hide-and-seek among the sheets.
Around that same time, after my grandmother passed away, I looked at the hand-embroidered linens and vintage family photos she had left behind in drawers. Many of the faces in those pictures were nameless to me, yet they felt vital. I wanted to find a way to merge these physical artifacts with the lives of the people in our family history. Since I was already teaching art students various transfer techniques, everything clicked: transfers became my medium for encapsulating moments into these relics, rescuing them from obscurity.
Jenna Fergus Art
On the ADVICE page there are articles written:
- to aid with relational tension
- there are some about inner turmoil
- there are bits for parents
- some for children growing out of their youth
- articles draw from my experiences as a wife
- some are gathered from parent fails
- some are from the delights of grandchildren.
3 pages explain the books I am writing:
Book #1 Art Isn’t What You Think; A 21st Century Perspective on Art. It is an overview of some complicated ideas about Art like:
Book #2 God Is Not An Artist and Other Disagreeable Ideas About Art. Explores the spiritual ideas about Art. From the beginning of collecting and making of objects to be Art humanity has a purpose in all of it.
Book #3 The Things I Love and the Things I Hate in This Museum. This little book gives the Art viewer questions to consider as they visit Art in galleries and museums. The viewer gets to mull over why things culturally represent them or not.
For information on Visual Art and The Gospel: Here
WHY I CAN’T DEFINE ART AND NEITHER CAN YOU
Art identifies our culture. Though we can have preferences of particular pieces, our taste does not designate an object as Art.
Community is the chief definer of the substance of Art.
Art is not about the individual. art is about the collective. Art is about Us!
Jenna Fergus
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
You have enlightened my perspective on art!
The aspect that all art is from God, whether the artist is a Believer or not, is an eye opener! His creation of ‘light’ was the initial source of color for any medium or substance used in creating art – wow! I will forever be reminded to speak truth, from His word, when it comes to discussing art. You noting Genesis 1 “let there be light”, which reveals color, is a reminder to seek the Lord‘s revelation when viewing art.
Thank you again Jenna!
by Cindi Montgomery
Mind over things that matter 