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Denise Kufus Weyhrich is an artist, curator, and educator in Orange, California. She taught graphic design at California State University-Long Beach and Chapman University until her retirement in 2004. She and Cindi Zech Rhodes founded SEEDS Fine Art Exhibits to create conversations between artists and viewers.
The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship asked Weyhrich to install “Beacon” because the 2013 Symposium on Worship focused on the Sermon on the Mount. “Beacon” is a large, lighted installation of 99 salt shakers illuminated in a sea of rock salt, and it remained at Calvin College through January 2013.
Weyhrich gave the following interview in November 2012 while installing her work in the library lobby. Please do watch it—especially if you wonder whether there’s more to installation art than what you usually notice.
| Watch the 2013 Calvin Symposium on Worship service that explored biblical themes of salt and light. |
This chapel worship service was led by Wendell Kimbrough at Calvin University as part of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship’s “Dwelling in the Psalms” year.
Worship led by Calvin University Worship Apprentices and mentor Paul Ryan, with Psalm Talks by Amanda Benckhuysen, Jared E. Alcántara, and Cynthia Eriksson, and artistic responses by Dea Jenkins and Joel Schoon-Tanis.
Psalm Festival Worship led by Jared Alcántara; Vinroy D. Brown Jr.; Bellwether Arts; Karen Campbell; Calvin University’s Capella choir, directed by Mark Stover; Calvin University’s Gospel Choir, led by Nate Glasper; Celtic Psalms; and Rawn Harbor; with artwork by Joel Schoon-Tanis
This chapel worship service was led by Wendell Kimbrough at Calvin University as part of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship’s “Dwelling in the Psalms” year.
Worship led by Calvin University Worship Apprentices and mentor Paul Ryan, with Psalm Talks by Amanda Benckhuysen, Jared E. Alcántara, and Cynthia Eriksson, and artistic responses by Dea Jenkins and Joel Schoon-Tanis.
Psalm Festival Worship led by Jared Alcántara; Vinroy D. Brown Jr.; Bellwether Arts; Karen Campbell; Calvin University’s Capella choir, directed by Mark Stover; Calvin University’s Gospel Choir, led by Nate Glasper; Celtic Psalms; and Rawn Harbor; with artwork by Joel Schoon-Tanis
Morning Worship led by staff of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, with Psalm Talks by Terry M. Wildman and Darlene Wildman, Karen Campbell, and Rawn Harbor, and artistic responses by Dea Jenkins and Joel Schoon-Tanis.
