Visual Art - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/visual-art/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:57:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 How to Turn Your Grief into Creativity https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-turn-your-grief-into-creativity/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-turn-your-grief-into-creativity/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=51115 If you’ve ever grieved over a major loss in life, you know how profoundly painful it can be – so is there a way to creatively transform that pain into...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-turn-your-grief-into-creativity/feed/ 9 Barabbas: A Unique Baha’i Artist Paints the Big Bang https://bahaiteachings.org/barabbas-a-unique-bahai-artist-paints-the-big-bang/ https://bahaiteachings.org/barabbas-a-unique-bahai-artist-paints-the-big-bang/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86861 How does an artist depict the human spirit’s journey? The Austrian Baha’i artist Claus Mayrhofer, who adopted the artist’s name Barabbas, attempted to do just that throughout his career. Barabbas...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/barabbas-a-unique-bahai-artist-paints-the-big-bang/feed/ 0 Why We Need Artists to Perfect Civilization https://bahaiteachings.org/why-we-need-artists-to-perfect-civilization/ https://bahaiteachings.org/why-we-need-artists-to-perfect-civilization/#comments Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86602 Why We Need Artists to Perfect CivilizationI’m an artist, so I want to briefly share my understanding of how art has and will increasingly have a powerful role in the world-changing process of the Baha’i revelation.  ...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/why-we-need-artists-to-perfect-civilization/feed/ 2 How Artist Oletha DeVane Honors Our African Ancestors https://bahaiteachings.org/how-artist-oletha-devane-honors-our-african-ancestors/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-artist-oletha-devane-honors-our-african-ancestors/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=83619 Artist Oletha DeVane next to the memorial she designed for the enslaved and freed“My life’s goal as an artist is to unlock the secrets to the oldest stories and create new ones,” wrote Oletha DeVane, a Baha’i multidisciplinary artist. RELATED: How One Playwright...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-artist-oletha-devane-honors-our-african-ancestors/feed/ 0 Artist Masud Olufani Honors the First African American Baha’i https://bahaiteachings.org/artist-masud-olufani-honors-first-african-american-bahai/ https://bahaiteachings.org/artist-masud-olufani-honors-first-african-american-bahai/#respond Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=83336 “I’m inspired by his ability to see the truth, his willingness to enter into a space where he knew he was going to be the only one, and the courage...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/artist-masud-olufani-honors-first-african-american-bahai/feed/ 0 Exploring a Baha’i and Native American Cultural Perspective on Art https://bahaiteachings.org/exploring-bahai-native-american-cultural-perspective-art/ https://bahaiteachings.org/exploring-bahai-native-american-cultural-perspective-art/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=65812 If you’ve ever been to the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City, then you’ve probably seen the work of Ina McNeil. She’s an award-winning Hunkpapa Lakota...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/exploring-bahai-native-american-cultural-perspective-art/feed/ 0 How to Build a Sustainable, Intergenerational Business Model https://bahaiteachings.org/sustainable-business/ https://bahaiteachings.org/sustainable-business/#respond Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:00:07 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77165 As an owner of a crafts business, over a period of 30 years I’ve trained more than 20 aspiring furniture makers. Ten have since established their own workshop enterprises. Why...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/sustainable-business/feed/ 0 Building a Craft Business as if People Mattered https://bahaiteachings.org/building-a-craft-business-as-if-people-mattered/ https://bahaiteachings.org/building-a-craft-business-as-if-people-mattered/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2022 13:00:06 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=76891 A new kind of business model has been slowly, imperceptibly growing during the last hundred years – one based on passion, creativity, lifelong learning, and spiritual values. That new, more...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/building-a-craft-business-as-if-people-mattered/feed/ 3 Out of the Woods: Designing a Sustainable Crafts Practice https://bahaiteachings.org/out-of-the-woods-designing-a-sustainable-crafts-practice/ https://bahaiteachings.org/out-of-the-woods-designing-a-sustainable-crafts-practice/#respond Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:00:18 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75358 The hard lesson – that the Earth is a sacred trust and we are its custodians – is being slowly and painfully recognized by all humanity.  The damage we have...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/out-of-the-woods-designing-a-sustainable-crafts-practice/feed/ 0 Craftsmanship as Spiritual Practice https://bahaiteachings.org/craftsmanship-as-spiritual-practice/ https://bahaiteachings.org/craftsmanship-as-spiritual-practice/#respond Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:00:30 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74757 Many considered craftspeople anachronisms in the 1970s, but over the last 40 years I’ve trained more than 20 people, who have now established their own workshops and are training others. ...

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