Tournament of Artists 2019:1
Vote for your favorite artists! We are starting back the Tournament of Artists. Twice a month, Faith on View readers get to vote for their favorite artists. Enjoy! You can see the records for the entire tournament HERE. Round 2019:1 brings 14 artists, 7 matches, to you for your votes. Vote for you favorites. This is a great […]
Visio Divina in the Classroom
It is not uncommon for professors at Christian colleges and universities to begin class with prayer. I, however, attended public schools through high school. I attended public colleges until I transferred to a private secular art school in New York where I finished my bachelors and received two masters degrees. My point is that when […]
Tournament of Artists 2018:4
Vote for your favorite artists! Twice a month, Faith on View readers get to vote for their favorite artists. This is the last round of the year. Enjoy! You can see the records for the entire tournament HERE. Last round’s winners (round 2018:3) were: Caravaggio, Marc Chagall, Fra Filippo Lippi, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Willem de Kooning, Myron, and Roy Lichtenstein Round 2018:4 brings 14 artists, 7 matches, to you […]
Tournament of Artists 2018:3
Vote for your favorite artists! Twice a month, Faith on View readers get to vote for their favorite artists. This is the first round since the website suffered the Trojan attack so we are looking forward to getting it going again. You can see the records for the entire tournament HERE. Last round’s winners (round 2018:2) were: Barbara Hepworth, Richard Serra, Georgia […]
Tournament of Artists 2018:2
Vote for your favorite artists! Twice a month, Faith on View readers get to vote for their favorite artists. You can see the records for the entire tournament HERE. I’m always amazed that some of my favorite artists just aren’t doing well in the tournament so far. Last round’s winners (round 2018:1) were: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Fernand Léger, Giorgio Vasari, Audrey Flack, Christo […]
Cruz Reynoso’s View from the Bench: Drawings in the Context of Chicano Art
I’ve had the unique experience this year of my personal life and my academic life intersecting. My father is Cruz Reynoso who is a noted civil rights activist and was the first Latino on the California Supreme Court. But before he became a lawyer, he wanted to be an artist. He spent the last couple of […]
Tournament of Artists 2018:1
The Tournament of Artists started a couple of years ago. Last year, we reworked the structure but weren’t able to really get it going until now. While I love art and art history, I also know that many people find art history kind of dull. This is a fun way to introduce people to famous […]
Art, Justice, & the Border
It has taken me all of one day to get off my publishing schedule here on Faith on View. I should have known that would happen. Once I start writing again, more ideas come to me and sometimes those ideas come with some urgency. So I guess, I should say that Faith on View will publish […]
California Fires: Finding Beauty in the Animal Evacuations
Something Unexpected There were two weeks in October that didn’t go as I expected. On Monday, October 9th, my wife was following the developing Northern California fires online when she saw that they were woefully shorthanded at the large animal evacuation site near us. We decided to spend a few hours the next morning volunteering. […]
Tournament of Artists 2017:1
We have reworked the Tournament of Artists format so that it is responsive to mobile and can be more easily read on your phone.Round 2017:1 of the Tournament of Artists has fourteen artists facing off for your votes! In each match-up, vote for your favorite. You can also click the images to find out more about […]