Transcript Enter the 2007 ‘Art in Heaven’ Competition

This presentation invites to you make an art work
on one of our five themes.
The National Association of Teachers of RE will
give some prizes to the winners.
See more details on our web art gallery at
www.natre.org.uk
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‘Art in Heaven is an annual competition for
pupils in RE that gives you a chance to be
creative and imaginative. It is all about
spiritual ideas and your skills
There is a wonderful web art gallery. If you
enter this year, perhaps your picture will be
on the gallery next time. Have a look, and
choose some favourites of your own from
the gallery.
Teachers and pupils are warmly invited to
join in with their own ‘Art in Heaven’. The
closing date is 31st July 2008.
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Art in Heaven has five themes for 2008. Your
teacher will choose a theme with you for you
to enter. Have a look at some work from each
theme now.
The themes are:
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Mystery! On life’s big spiritual puzzles
Open Minded! About how we get a big vision
“Life is sacred” To do with the priceless gift of living
Justice for Everyone: looking for a fairer world
Who is God? Trying to express insights into the divine
MYSTERY
“This piece shows my soul. I have drawn my
soul using colour and shapes. The different
shapes represent different aspects of my
personality. The plants singing my youth
because they are small and have no flowers
because they haven't reached oldness yet
and have buds.”
John is 16
OPEN MINDED
“Based on the six main religions as subjects
(Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity,
Hinduism). All religions are the same but different so
I moulded all the symbols into 1 in the very middle.
Equality but also differences. I decided to make my
piece of work a design that you had to look into hard
to see things - just like religions. I think I have
achieved this look by scattering related pictures
around the six sections to create a collage effect. I
used a Sun at the side of my design, as a light that
everyone is aiming for, our goals in life. I created a
border including things to do with religions.
For each religions I chose two images:
Sikhism: Kirpan and Khanda – among the five Ks
and is sacred to Sikhs still today
Judaism: Menorah - At special times (Seder Meal),
Jews make sure they have one on display. Torah
Scroll - a way of teaching and includes special Laws.
Christianity Angel - spiritual beings that some
people believe are messengers from God. Crown of
thorns – worn by Jesus when he was crucified.
Hinduism Lotus - A water Lily that Hindus believe
are a sign of Purity. Fire - used a lot in Hindu worship
of Siva, symbolising controlled destruction
Buddhism Yin-Yan - This is the Chinese Buddhists
symbol for peace
Islam Globe - I used this to show that Islam was a
world spread religion. Star and Moon - This was the
main sign of Islam, as I mentioned earlier I used this
as a sign of individuality.
Fiona, girl, age 12
Two worlds in two trees
Eliot, Age 9
“This picture is all about good
and bad using bright and
stormy colours for the trees
and sky to show things that
are dead or alive. To make the
image I used paint. I am
proud of my work because I
put a lot of effort into it.
The main point of the image is
to show that there is a good
and bad way of living. I have
thought a lot about a Fairer
World and would like to say
that I feel sad for the poor
they should be helped a lot
more.”
Yellow Jesus
Alanta, Age 6
“My picture is about
Jesus dying on the
cross. He looks very
sad, but later he was
happy. When I am
sad, I think of Jesus.
It is based on a
painting by Paul
Gauguin called the
yellow Christ, that's
why it is yellow.”
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“This picture and
poem is a prayer for
the unborn child from
the mother. It uses
the theme of ‘life is
Sacred, but from a
spiritual point of view
rather than a religious
argument.”
Daisy is 14
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Who is God? What do you think? Is God a
person like us, or completely different? What
image will express your ideas? Atheists and
agnostics may say ‘God is nobody’ or ‘God is
a person no one knows’ Different religions
say some things similar and some different
about God’s identity. What do you have to say
about this, and how will you express it
artistically?
Look at the next four pictures to see how
some others have done it.
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Jumping up to God
By Ethan, Age 6
“Up in heaven there
is God. All of these
are planets and
God made them. I
am jumping up to
give God a flower
from the hill. God
looks just like me.”
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Where's God When You
Need Him?
By Hannah, Age 12
When you ask a strong
believer in God why are all
these people suffering in
the world they would
probably say "they're being
tested by God to make
them a better person". I
disagree. I'm agnostic. Why
are people being tested to
death when they probably
don't deserve it?
The white/yellow circle
around the boy's head is
where I believe God should
be (hence the Godly
colours) looking over this
poor, hungry, suffering,
dying boy's shoulder caring
for him.
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Who is God?
By Rebecca, Age 14
“Fish have no certain
knowledge of what is outside
the pond. In the same way, we
humans cannot literally find
God. We have to be content
that he is watching us and
protecting us, like the man on
the side of my pond.
The stone falling into the pond
can be interpreted as all the
bad things that fall
unexpectedly into life, but
could also stand for something
heavenly, falling from the
realms of God like a miracle.
The Earth asks Where is God?
Who is he? Because we cannot
leave the fishpond alive, we
cannot find God unless he
reaches down to us, as I
believe he did with Jesus
Christ. We must find God
through the things he does on
earth.”
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You have seen a lot of examples of the
brilliant entries to the Art in Heaven
competition.
Now think over your own idea, beliefs and
skills
Plan to make a super entry of your own, to
send in before the end of the summer term
Write a note about how good it is – you can
use the prompts we suggest.
All the best!
www.natre.org.uk/spiritedarts Don’t forget you can see hundreds of interesting entries
and other winners on the web gallery