Australia update

Well, really it's a copy of the updated support letter I'm sending out... basically, support raising has been really tough. I'm anxious to have my finances met and to be back in Freo...



I am still preparing for a one-year ministry internship in Perth, Australia. This internship will be with the MTW church planting team, my ministry will be focused on fine tuning and utilizing my artistic gifts in community outreach and church development. I am writing to up date you on my progress and once again seek your support.

To say that support raising has been a challenge is a gross understatement. Through this process, I am blessed to be quickly amassing a large prayer support team, however gaining financial support has been a much slower process. It has been about a year sense I was approved by MTW and began this journey. To date, just over 36% of my support has been given/pledged. I cannot leave for Perth until 100% of my financial support has been pledged. My remaining budget needs would be met by $2933 per month for the year I am in Perth.

While I’ve been waiting, God has seen fit to bless my art career here in Wichita. I have continued to paint and have successful shows, resulting in income that has made up 5% of the financial support I have thus far. Currently I am preparing for a show in mid September that will also be used as a fund-raiser for my internship. I am also working locally; living with my parents has enabled me to save a large portion of my income and has aloud me to significantly reduce my budget with MTW.

I would like to once again seek your support as I prepare for ministry in Australia. Please pray with and for me…That God will quickly provide the remaining finances, it is vital to the ministry in Perth that I am on the field by January 1, 2011. That I would be faithful in pursuing all opportunities for support. That God would continue to bless the work I am doing in this time of waiting, that it would not only prepare me to serve in Perth but be a part of my ministry. Pray for the MTW team already in Perth, that they would be encouraged, have the support that they need, and continue to be effective in building our church. Please prayerfully consider how you might be able to join my support team, if 100 people could pledge $30 a month I’d be on my way.

I finally did it...

I got a real, grown up, official (looking at least) website! It's still a work in progress.

I'll still use this blog... for some art, some life, some Australia up dates, and anything else that seem appropriate.... so, stay tuned.

Drawing

The statement is still a bit rough and the drawings still need development... but it is a start...


Having grown up within a transient family, moving often, feelings of displacement were common. In the midst of frequent relocation a consistent family life built an emotionally stable environment. “Home” for me became a mental and emotional construct made from a collection of object, a series of events and relationships. The understanding of home became as fluid and changing as the physical environment.

My drawings use visual pattern appropriated from traditionally domestic objects to reference hose, home as a location. These patterns are repeated and layered up to create an allegory for events that build up an understanding of place, of home. This process results in an organic form, undefined and malleable as the concept of home, floating in an empty field, transient and placeless as the individual.








PS- The big girl website is still in the works... stay tuned

FYI...

An "official" website is in the works! As soon as I have something together I'll post a link here. I will be keeping this blog for updates as I prepare for my internship in Perth and while I'm there.

~shannon

new studio... new work...

News

Sorry, I don't have any new work to post right now. I do have some news though...

August first I'll be heading to Perth, Australia for a short visit to plan and prepare for the internship I'll be starting next year. The internship will be with Berenice Rarig an will be for 11 months.

The day after I get home from Perth I will start teaching at Friend's University. I was offered and accepted 2 adjunct positions this afternoon. The first is an aesthetic/art appreciation course for non-art majors, the second is a intro photography class.

Hopefully, new work will be ready to post sooner, rather than later... more in progress stuff if nothing else.

Works in progress/Works on paper

(detail)