Visual and communication arts

SALT photojournalist documents MCC and partner projects in Burkina Faso, while teaching photography skills to locals

by Brenna Cowardin

In ninth grade, a bird’s nest changed the course of James Souder’s life. While playing around with his family’s simple point-and-shoot camera, Souder snapped a photo of a nest in
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With ‘7×7 Laments,’ artist explores revelations of sexual abuse within the church, evokes discord with ‘rays of hope’

by Walt Wiltschek

When Jerry Holsopple entered his sabbatical at Wesley Theological Seminary’s Luce Center for Art and Religion last year, he wasn’t sure where it would take him. It ended up being
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Photography class photos helped efforts to block Atlantic Coast Pipeline on sensitive sections of national forestland

by Bonnie Price Lofton

Striking photos taken by an Eastern Mennonite University professor and his students of a rarely seen, endangered salamander supported citizen lobbying that may have influenced a U.S. Forest Service decision
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EMU’s Center for Interfaith Engagement presents free film series featuring social justice leaders from around the world

by Lauren Jefferson

The Center for Interfaith Engagement (CIE) at Eastern Mennonite University presents the film series “Across Cultures: Profiles in Courage and Resilience,” featuring 12 films of various genres, including fiction and
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Alumna’s ‘Creation’ series of six vibrant, colorful paintings hangs in renovated Suter Science Center

by Randi B. Hagi

Alumna Katherine Burling’s six-piece “Creation” painting series was stashed carefully in storage while Suter Science Center renovations were completed. In the ensuing months, much has changed in Burling’s life. She’s
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‘This generation’s cigarette’: media and religion professors team up to analyze selfie culture

by Kara Painter

Cell-phones are this generation’s cigarette. That was one analysis provided by Jerry Holsopple and Linford Stutzman to students participating in an October Living and Learning Forum at Eastern Mennonite University.
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‘Searching for Zion’ author visits campus to kick off 2015-16 Common Read focus on race, identity and culture

by Lauren Jefferson

Of all the possible suggestions that came to Common Read committee chair Tara Kishbaugh from the Eastern Mennonite University community, one topic bubbled to the surface. “Race,” said Kishbaugh, a
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