The Artistic Vision

Mar 13 2025 17 ep. 35 mins 3
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Introducing The Artistic Vision hosted by Gary Ball and Alex Sosler! This podcast explores the correlation between faith and art--specifically, cultivating a sacramental imagination for creative practice. This season will feature guests ranging from practicing artists to scholars, and anywhere in between. Subscribe today to receive new episodes every week! 

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Ben Myers: ""Intermingling Matter & Emotion in Art"

Mar 13 2025 34 mins  
On this episode, Ben Myers joins Gary and Alex on The Artistic Vision podcast to talk about poetry, sentimental art, and the importance of local making. Benjamin Myers was the 2015-2016 Poet Laureate of the State of Oklahoma and is the author of four books of poetry, of one book on poetics, and of numerous articles, essays, and reviews. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and l

Scott Carnes: "Toward a Mystical Poetics"

Feb 28 2025 32 mins  
This week on The Artistic Vision Podcast, we have poet Scott Carins to talk about poetry, faith, and imagination. Scott Cairns is the author of ten books of poetry. His most recent book is Lacunae, published by Paraclete Press. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Paris Review, The New Republic, Poetry, and elsewhere, and has been anthologized in Best Spiritual Writing and

Claude Atcho: "The Prophetic and Profane"

Feb 19 2025 31 mins  
This week, pastor and author Claude Atcho joins the Artistic Vision to talk with Gary and Alex about the formative power of literature with a brief conversation on hip hop and Kendrick Lamar. Claude resides in Charlottesville, VA where he lives with his family and serves as a pastor of Church of the Resurrection. In addition to his preaching and pastoral work, Claude speaks and wri

Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt-"Being a Courageously Generous Art Critic"

Feb 07 2025 38 mins  
Have you ever wondered what you’re supposed to be looking at when you look at art? What are you supposed to do when you enter a gallery? Elissa Yukiko Weichbort joins the Artistic Vision Podcast today to help Christians look and think about art. Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt (PhD, Washington University in St. Louis) is associate professor of art and art history at Covenant College in

Taylor Worley: "Sacramental Eyes and Conceptual Art"

Jan 31 2025 44 mins  
Today, we have our friend Taylor Worley on the show to talk about weird contemporary art and how Christians can approach it. Taylor Worley is the Visiting Associate Professor of Art History at Wheaton College in Illinois. In 2021, he was awarded a grant from the Templeton Religion Trust for a project titled “Thinking About Thinking: Conceptual Art in the Contemplative Tradition.�

Erin Shaw: Articulation Through Images

Jan 22 2025 41 mins  
Today’s episode of The Artistic Vision features Erin Shaw who shares her artistic vision and the role of symbolism in her art. Erin Shaw is a painter of borderlands, the spaces between worlds. As a visual storyteller, the child of an Oklahoma farm, Shaw tills the rich soil of dichotomy through her masterful uses of color, iconography, and story. As a Chickasaw-Choctaw artist, she

"Word for Artists" 2024 Compilation

Jan 02 2025 25 mins  
Join Gary and Alex on the Artistic Vision for this special end of 2024 compilation. At the end of each episode we give our guests the last word by asking, "what would you say to Artists who call themselves Christian?" Their words of wisdom are a treasure every week, and we've compiled them all into one episode! Listen in to these artist theologians. The Artistic Vision Find the boo

Natalie Carnes: The Artistic Vision of Gregory of Nyssa

Dec 27 2024 34 mins  
In today’s conversation, Natalie Carnes joins "The Artistic Vision" to share about her calling as a constructive theologian, the theological vision of beauty from Gregory of Nyssa, and how the cross of Christ reinterprets beauty. Natalie Carnes Dr. Carnes trained at Harvard, University of Chicago, and Duke before coming to Baylor, where she is Professor of Theology in the Religio

Wesley Vander Lugt: Beauty is Oxygen

Dec 19 2024 30 mins  
Wes Vander Lugt graciously joins us on The Artistic Vision today. Full disclosure: this was the first interview we did, so you’ll see some real amateurs in action. We’re floundering; Dr. Vander Lugt is great. We talk about art, agriculture, his work at Gordon Conwell, and his new book, Beauty as Oxygen. Wesley Vander Lugt Wes currently works as the Acting Director of the Leight

Jessica Hooten-Wilson on the Artistic Vision of Flannery O'Connor

Dec 11 2024 37 mins  
Jessica Hooten Wilson joins Gary and Alex today on The Artistic Vision to talk about art, creativity, and especially one of our favorites: Flannery O’Connor. O’Connor’s literary theory is central to our understanding of the artistic vision, and Dr. Hooten Wilson sheds light on how that vision could be beneficial for you. Jessica Hooten Wilson is the Fletcher Jones Chair of Gr