Summer under the green roof 2013
The good people at Regent College in Vancouver have asked me if I would post some info regarding their spring/summer school course offerings in the area of Christianity and the […]
Author Archives: brettdavidpotter
These Songs of Freedom
I had the privilege yesterday of attending a performance/lecture by Jeremy Begbie, hosted by Wycliffe College in the hallowed environs of Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Begbie […]
Beyond Creativity
A great event if you will be in Durham, NC on March 5: James K.A. Smith, a man equally at home discussing Derrida and St. Augustine, pop culture and Reformed […]
Makeshift
Phil Irish, whom I wrote about here, was kind enough to send me this video which follows the installation of his Makeshift gallery show in Cambridge. It is intriguing to […]
Art history matters
At the risk of sounding like the president of the Matthew Milliner fan club, I think his piece on John Ruskin and “visual ecumenism” in the latest issue of SEEN […]
Snow
The endless stretch of white snow outside the window looks like nothing so much as a giant blank page. It’s exactly what this new year feels like… a clean canvas, […]
Art and religion in the Big Apple
A few bits of relevant writing I found interesting this week: Firstly, from hyperallergic, a fascinating interview with artist AA Bronson regarding the Institute for Art, Religion and Social Justice […]
Stan Brakhage and the Art of Vision
The good folks at Transpositions (St. Andrew’s) have published another piece of mine as part of their Christianity and Film Symposium, this time on one of my favourite “experimental” filmmakers; […]
New books on theology and the arts
Here are a few books about theological aesthetics coming out in the next little while that I am looking forward to. Maybe if I list them here some kind book […]
A Heap of Broken Images
It has turned out to be a busy summer. From a bit of vacationing, to digging into the world of phenomenology in preparation for two giant comprehensive exams (the dreaded […]
