As the day concluded, one felt a significant shift in our understanding of the value of the arts had been generated, and a quiet confident determination to play our individual parts in our service to God had begun. On The Thursday night, Youth revealed their hidden talents for music in many forms. During four other periods in the week, Sarah Munro initiated the group sessions with music, meditation, readings and prayers for a project involving personal choice of Sacred Writings which were then used as a source for individual and group banners employing paint, collage and calligraphy. The remarkable dedication with diversity of techniques and expression produced a rich display for the main hall and foyer, admired by many. The Baha'i Academy for the Arts is a one week residential event, now in its ninth year, that welcomes experienced artists and aspiring artists and those who may consider themselves not artistic, of any age and ability or faith community.
All courses offer four hours tuition per day for six days.
Don will offer occasional tutorials to a small group of experienced artists who want to work independently for the week. Evening Presentations will include The UK premiere of the first full-length Baha'i movie, On the Wings of an Emperor, An evening showcasing the art of Otto Donald Rogers plus superb musical and theatrical presentations. This summer Panacea will be in Bristol, England, and the information is at the bottom of this letter with an email address for more information or to register. This may be two, one-week projects, although the second week will be somewhat different from the first week. There will be a lot of street demos, street teaching and public performances, and the training will cover many areas of teaching the Faith through the performing arts that we did not present last year in Ireland.