Filling Blank Spaces: "How-To" Work with Visual Artists in Your Church - Softcover

In the beginning, the earth was empty. Blank spaces were everywhere.

Filling Blank Spaces addresses a topic that usually gets blank stares in the church world. But Winters is a seasoned veteran of arts ministry and has developed a premier arts and culture movement in the United States, without elaborate budgets or celebrity cameos. Instead, this guide gives a “How-To” approach to understanding visual art as for and from the local church, steering clear of both low-brow kitsch and obscure couture.

If you are ready to start engaging a wider, and often under-reached, swath of your city, while awakening creative force within your local church, then this book is for you.

MICHAEL WINTERS is the Director of Arts and Culture at Sojourn Community Church – Midtown in Louisville, Kentucky where he lives with his wife Shanaka and son. He owns the Material Print Shop, is a graduate of the University of Louisville (BA in Fine Arts), and his photography has been on display at Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, Louisville Visual Art Association, Union University, Georgetown University, among other galleries.