This extraordinary mosaic is a celebration of faith in Christ within the diversity of their community. The process for the creation of the artwork was designed to offer an opportunity for everyone to participate.
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MetroCards Reborn as Art
There are two thousand lucky New York City MetroCards upcycled as zoetropes, impressionist cityscapes, shunga-stylized erotica panels and nail-polished pug portraits at the Single Fare 2: Please Swipe Again exhibit, and we stopped by the Sloan Fine
Big Things Are Made of Small Packages...
Charis Carmichael Braun, another repeat Single Fare rider, gives a glimpse of an amazing project she was involved in with her Church. She also is
2010, metrocards, mixed media, 60 x 200 in.
The Fellowship Mosaic
The mosaic tells a visual story with favorite Bible passages, Christian symbols and Bible stories. Like traditional stained-glass windows found in many churches, our artwork shares the hope, joy, faith, trust, peace, love and grace we have in our Savior. (These words are even hidden in the mosaic.)
Read MorePeople's Choice Award
“Study for ‘Creation' is a color study [or a series of images interpreting Christian doctrines as seen through a Lutheran perspective,” says artist Charis Carmichael Braun, the People’s Choice Winner.
Read MorePeter Sacks: Paintings
Menand, Louis., and Sacks, Peter., ed. Peter Sacks: Paintings. exhibition catalogue; New York, Paul Rodgers/9W Gallery; New York, NY: Paul Rodgers/9W, 2010. Print. (design, typesetting)
New Ulm book showcases 120 historic sites
A New Ulm native and photographer for The Journal, Braun volunteered to lead the effort to compile and design a 130-page book, an "active pursuit of one’s local history.”
Read MoreNew Book Aims to Bring Brown County History Alive
"When you place a marker somewhere, it solidifies and almost immortalizes what happened at that point," said Carmichael Braun. "What's in the book is just the gateway to the more exciting and the colorful stories that are sometimes forgotten and not mentioned."
Read MoreMarking Time
An Illustrated Guide to Brown County's Sites of Historical Interest.
Read MoreHistorical Wedding
Bride Charis Carmichael pins a corsage on her groom, Andrew Braun, during Thursday afternoon's outdoor wedding ceremony on the porch of the Dayton House, Worthington.
Read MoreCarmichael's Art at Local Gallery
She said her favorite works are a still-life she painted during her first year as a student at Bethany Lutheran College, a double-portrait of herself and her boyfriend and "the next one," referring to her future works because "it's going to be better than the ones I have now."
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