FRIDAY MAY 9, 2008

6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Gallery Opening Reception / Free
8:00 p.m. Liberation Prophecy with Casey Driessen & The Colorfools / $5

SATURDAY MAY 10, 2008

2:00 - 3:15 p.m. Films
- Rotating Mirror by Gregory King
This flowing cycle of short films compels the viewer to question the experience of time, urban living, contrasts of environment, and the mysteries of life through the particular language of film and montage. It places the mundane within the context of the infinite, so that one may experience a unique angle of beauty within both. Score by Rachel’s.
- Chronological Order by James R. Southard
- Peace by Ed Marcelle
- Commercial Break by Andrew Michael
- Crime of Passion by Phillip LeCompte & Shaughn Tillman
- The Runaway by Kimiko Muwanguzi

3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Lecture by Harold Best “What Creative People can Learn from Creation�
In this lecture Harold Best presents a Christian philosophy of beauty and its relationship to the natural world. Question and answer session to follow.

8:30 p.m. Jeremy Enigk (of Sunny Day Real Estate and The Fire Theft) in concert. Luke Asher opens / $15
Buy tickets in advance at the930.org or ear-x-tacy.

The films and lecture portions of the event are free.

What is “Cultivate Beauty� All about?
The Cultivate Beauty Art & Film Festival is part of an annual celebration started by Sojourn Community Church known as Kill Your TV / Cultivate Beauty Month. This is a month when members of Sojourn and the surrounding community are challenged to make space for beauty in their lives by turning off their TVs and engaging with something else – like a relationship, a creative task or a walk in the park. The idea is to put energy into cultivating something beautiful, something that lasts, something more satisfying than the shallow instant-gratification that fills most of our days. The Art & Film Festival serves as part of the month-long celebration, taking the opportunity to celebrate works of beauty that are emerging in the community around us.

Many have asked why a church cares about beauty and more specifically, why a church would celebrate works by people who don’t share their spiritual beliefs. The answer is actually quite simple. Christian belief begins with the idea that God is a creative Being who made everything in the universe. The story of history is one of God making things and restoring things. He made humanity in His image, as creative creatures that follow His pattern, making and re-making things. Because of this belief, we believe that Christians should be the first to celebrate works of creativity and beauty because we believe them to be reflective of the Creator’s own nature. We don’t believe that this creative gift was given to Christians only – instead, God gives all kinds of people this gift and means for all of it to be celebrated and shared.

It is our hope that the 930 Art Center and the Cultivate Beauty Art & Film Festival can provide a space where people can come together from various backgrounds and worldviews to find common ground, community, and gain a vision for a more beautiful world.