We are is pleased to announce that this year’s Offerings, Fuller’s journal of literary and digital art, is now available on-line in digital format as a part of Arts Fest 2008. Although paper-based copies of the publication will also be available at a later date by request, we encourage you to take a moment to check out the literary and photographic stylings of your fellow students online!

We have a few reasons for deciding to begin publishing Offerings in this way:

• First, the format is “green.” That is, we are conserving resources such as paper and ink by publishing the book online.

• Second, it’s cost effective (a.k.a. free!)

• Third, we feel that having a digital copy available makes it easier to share the publication with a much larger community via email, blogs, Facebook, etc.

• Fourth, we believe that the Offerings’ presence and readership will be increased in that people are more likely to take the time to look through the publication as they are surfing the web than they are to go out of their way to pick up a hard copy on campus.

Thank you for taking the time to participate in the artistic aspect of community here at Fuller, and to share in the accomplishments of your friends and colleagues.

If you have any questions, please contact us at artsconcerns@gmail.com.

Hello and welcome to your 2008 arts fest week! This years theme is “From the Soil” but more on that later…

For now, here is a quick outline of events and happenings of this years fest. A few of these things are open and available daily, the rest are listed with where/when details

Daily:

• Community Canvas
  Garth, 10 AM to 2 PM
• Gallery Open
  Psych Lounge, 10 AM to 5 PM
• Offerings Literary Journal
  Available online!

Monday, April 28th

• Gallery Reception
  Psych Lounge, 6PM

Tuesday, April 29th:

• Conversations with William P. Young, author of “The Shack”
  Students 2 PM, Catalyst and Community 7:30 PM, Travis Auditorium

Thursday, May 1st

• FUSION: An exploration of art
  7:30 PM, Travis Auditorium

Friday, May 2nd:

• Katie Herzig w/ The Andrea Davis Band
  7PM, Travis Auditorium (buy tickets in the Garth this week!)

Many thanks to members of ACC and the Fuller community who have helped make these events possible! Here’s to a great artistic and celebratory week!

Submission for Arts Fest Gallery and Literary journal is approaching! It’s time to start pulling together your work to share with the fuller community! 

There are two opportunities for you starving artists out there to contribute and make yourselves known, for visual artists and writers. 

VISUAL ARTISTS: This year, we have designed two galleries, a Community gallery and a Juried gallery. You have the option to contribute to either, although selections for the Juried gallery will be limited. If you submit a piece of art for the Juried gallery and it is not selected, you will be able to contribute it to the Community gallery, if you so choose. All pieces are to be submitted at the Brehm Center on the Pasadena main campus. Upon submission, you will have to fill out a small release form that grants us permission to hang your work, as well as let us know which gallery you would like to hang it in. Both galleries officially open on April 28th, the Monday of Arts Fest. Please submit all work by April 18th. 

WRITERS: We are also collecting submissions for the Offerings, Fuller’s yearly publication of written and visual forms of art. If you have written pieces of poetry, fiction, prose, or if you have any visual art in digital format, or anything else you would like to submit, please send all work to the official Arts Concerns Committee email address:artsconcerns@gmail.comOnce pieces are collected, we will have a committee select pieces for this year’s Offerings. You’ll be able to pick up the Offerings during Arts Fest. Once a piece is select, we will send you a release form in order to grant us permission to publish your work. Please submit all work for the Offerings by April 11th.

The theme for this year’s Arts Fest is “From the soil,” drawing from the metaphor of the tree and connecting loosely to Fuller’s 60th anniversary celebration of looking to the past, present, and future. Feel free to contribute art that pertains to the theme, although it will not affect selection for the gallery or the Offerings.

So, for all you artist that are dying to be seen and appreciated, here’s your chance!

Things are starting anew for Arts Concerns this quarter. We’re going to try and have our first meeting this week, Friday, January 11th, at 4:30 PM in Payton 100.

A couple of things are already on the agenda:
• Arts Fest!!! With the advent of the new quarter, we need a theme for this year’s Arts Fest. This has to be decided soon, so any ideas you may have, please send them my way, post haste!
• Postcard project: We have an idea on the table for a Postcard Confession project, much like the Postsecret project (postsecret.blogspot.com) Show up to talk about some of the things we might be able to do with this in the Fuller community.
• Also, we are currently talking about a different way to approach the campus as Arts Concerns. If you’ve ever wanted to contribute to the way Arts Concerns run things, this would be the meeting to attend.

 This Friday, our very own Kristin Myers is having an art showing at Coffee by the Books at 6pm. Swing by for some great art, some wonderful people, and good discussion.
Here is a link to the facebook event. Hope to see you there!   

The beloved Fuller tradition is back! Show off your comedic timing or just be entertained by your peers and faculty members at Fuller’s annual spoof/talent show!

Today is the last day to sign up if you want to participate in the show. E-mail Rob at rob_wheeler@cp.fuller.edu by Wednesday Nov. 7th at 5 pm (today!).

Otherwise, join us on Friday, November 9, 2007 from 7:00pm – 9:30pm in Travis Auditorium. It’s free, and be sure to stop by the after party in the Catalyst!

Arts Concerns is having a meeting this Friday, November 9th in Payton 100 at 1 PM. We’ll be talking about Advent Chapel, the Christmas Party, and some development in Arts Fest and opportunities around campus.

Also a sidenote: we are settling on this Friday biweekly meeting time, thought meeting notices will be emailed and posted here as well. If you are not receiving Arts Concerns emails, and you’d like to, please drop a line to artsconcerns@gmail.com.

Call for articles/art:

This upcoming issue of the SEMI is themed around politics. This seemed a fitting topic in lieu of the increasing attention around the presidential race, even though it’s still a year out. This issue has been switched from “Fuller’s Identity” which will run later in the winter. So it is relatively short notice.

Here’s what the editors looking for:

• Can you be a political Christian?
• Was Jesus political?
• If power corrupts, should we pursue it?
• Is the Gospel political, anti-political, or unconcerned (with politics)?
• Does a social justice gospel necessarily include political concerns?
• Why are politics such a divisive issue?
• Why should you, or should you not, vote?
• What is a Christian’s responsibility in our democratic society?
• Does civic duty influence Christian duty?
• Are there any relevant Biblical issues related to politics?
• Psychologically, why do people take political issues so personally?
• In a society where we often link our political identity with our religious identity, how can we do foreign missions?
• ART! Any photos or any visual media is always welcome! If it is pertinent to the topic that is even better!
• Music, film, book, restaurant reviews are always welcome.

DEADLINE: Friday, November 9.
Word Count: 600-900 words.

Editor Ben Cassil of the SEMI just put out a call for articles and art for the week 7 issue centered around Dating and Relationships.

They are looking for:

• A Male and Female perspective on dating in seminary.
• Articles by married people with advice on finding a good mate-what is important, what’s not, etc.
• Is Dating a good idea in Seminary?
• SOP–Psychological implications of dating?
• Who should you date?
• Are Paul’s views on marriage relevant now?
• Good ideas for (cheap?) dates.
• Is singleness a valid option?
• Why is there (or is there not) an anti-single bias in ministry jobs? What can be done about it?
• How to balance school and relationships.
• Can members of the opposite sex be effective friends?
• Is it better to be friends first before dating?
• Have our morals slipped regarding sex/physicality while dating? Why?
• Any other ideas you have regarding dating and relationships.
• ART! Feel free to submit any artwork you have, preferably that’s relevant to the topic, but not necessarily. Photos, paintings, sketches, digital imagery, it’s all welcome! Submit however much you want in as best resolution you can get. You never know
• REVIEWS!- Film, music, book, restaurant, etc.

Word count: 600-900 words. DEADLINE: Thurs, Oct 25th.

This Friday, October 19th, Coffee by the Books is opening their doors to all artists, great and small. If you’re an aspiring muscian, an aged, master craftsman, a passionate painter, or just a person with camera, you’re encouraged to come out at 6:30pm with all your supplies as we do some community art together. Don’t miss out!