I’m spending the winter here in the ash house on the edge of the crinkly sea. Darling I don’t usually say darling but I want you to have everything behind my eyes. In the darkness your dark flashlight points out the room’s troubles. I’ll never have the really important ideas: I see only by the […]
I heard it would happen. That feeling of uncomfortable gratitude that comes from fundraising for a cause that means something to you. It’s been a jam-packed month of finishing summer, planning for my new year of preschool, getting my own kids ready for their new year (middle school and 3rd grade – how did that happen?), […]
In grade school an English teacher taught me that a desert has only one ‘s’ and dessert has two because people want more than one dessert but no one wants the desert. My school teacher didn’t mean anything significant by this. It was only a joke to teach us grammar, but it’s interesting to note society’s natural […]
As we continue to raise funds and awareness for the upcoming 2015 I AM ART camps, we would like to introduce our team members. The first team member we will introduce is Kerrah Pyper, a recent graduate who has decided to take a leap of faith with Athentikos and CTM, contributing her skills and time to the fulfillment […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h2″ style=”false” color=”#393836″ size=”20″ font_weight=”inherit” font_style=”inhert” letter_spacing=”0″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”left”] REGISTER for I AM ART 2015 [/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″]Are you passionate about creativity? Do you paint, write, draw, dance, sculpt, sew, act, sing, perform … etc? Do you have creative media skills in video, audio, or photography? Are you interested in using […]
[mk_page_section bg_image=”https://athentikos.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/flight_rainbow_IMG_1678.jpg” attachment=”fixed” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” speed_factor=”-0.3″ min_height=”300″ full_width=”true” padding_top=”200″ padding_bottom=”200″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″ first_page=”false” last_page=”false”][vc_column][mk_title_box color=”#ffffff” size=”40″ line_height=”45″ font_weight=”bold” margin_bottom=”18″ font_family=”none”] After years of producing films in Guatemala, I saw the country through the eyes of my Guatemalan sons, during our 1st family trip to their birth country. [/mk_title_box][/vc_column][/mk_page_section][mk_page_section bg_image=”https://athentikos.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/micah_sun_plane.jpg” attachment=”fixed” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”300″ full_width=”true” padding_top=”200″ padding_bottom=”200″ […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_cxmMR2bTc”][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] Between November 10th and November 15th, I taught a creative writing and painting workshop at Athentikos’ I Am Art camp in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Several artists from the United States banded together, left the comfort of their homes and family, and journeyed into the heart of Zone 18, an area of Guatemala City riddled with […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] Embracing conflict amplifies authenticity. We spent six months developing the I Am Art curriculum and empowering our artists to leverage it in their art forms. Our goal was to empower these children to see themselves as beautiful art of the I AM, filled with purpose in God’s greater story. We knew […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] It’s difficult to sum up the contrast of feelings and experiences related to I Am Art. In my workshop, we studied mixed media self-portraits. We started the first day making color wheels called “color wheel of emotions” and talking about primary and secondary colors as an exercise to help them practice for […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] On Sunday, November 9, 2014 we drove from Antigua to Zone 18 and found hope for Guatemala. Driving from Antigua to Zone 18 is like driving from Brentwood to East Nashville. Antigua is a tourist town full of ancient history and beauty, while Zone 18 is a crowded slum with traffic, […]