Welcome to the Home of Arts in the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey! We launched a diocesan chapter of the Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts (ECVA) in October 2004.

The ECVA is a national Episcopal organization that supports artists, individuals, congregations, and scholars in engaging the visual arts in the spiritual life of the church. It encourages visual artists in our church to use their creative gifts for the glory of God. It hopes individuals will explore the opportunities visual arts offer in their spiritual journeys. It urges parishes and cathedrals to incorporate visual arts in their programs. And it fosters conversations and research in the visual arts, theology, and culture.

Our next exhibit will be 'Social Work Works', which features paintings by Trenton native Lou Storey, in Synod Hall at Trinity Cathedral. It will run from September 13 through November 20, 2009.

Everyone is invited to a reception for the artist on Sunday, September 13 from 3pm to 5pm.

For more about the exhibit, click here.

Here are some of our exhibits and activites that took place in the last few years:

• The Art of Recovery featured works by artists of Cathlic Charities' Partners in Recovery program and the A-Team of the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK). The artworks were exhibited at Trinity Cathedral's Synod Hall from May to July 2006. See exhibit online here.
  
  
• We sponsored an exhibition, Overcoming Racism, exhibited initially at the Anti-racism Conference No More in My Church! in November 2005, then at the 222nd Convention, Cherry Hill, New Jersey and Trinity Cathedral in 2006. You can read about the exhibit and the artists and see the paintings here.
  
  
• We hosted a retrospective of the photographic works of William Earl Perry at Trinity Cathedral, from October 2005 until January 2006. You can visit that exhibit online here.
  
  
• In Spring 2005, we sponsored an exhibition — New Life — at Trinity Cathedral. You can read about it and see images here.
  
  
• Our New Jersey ECVA chapter began with a celebratory dinner and exhibit at Trinity Cathedral in Trenton in Autumn 2004, which featured the works of talented men and women who live in the diocese. You can read about that splendid occasion here.
  

We're delighted you've visited us online. We look forward to welcoming you as a member!

Yours in Christ,
Ruth Tietjen Councell
Chair, ECVA New Jersey

Updated 1 September 2009