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Subject Index to Articles on this Site

Queries and Questions
History of Friends' relation to the arts
Spirituality
Witness and outreach
Education
The corporate dimension
People
By medium
Visual art
Music
Performing arts
Practical arts
Literary arts: Index to poetry and other belletristic writing on this site
Index of Authors on this Site
Types & Shadows archive by issue

Questions and Queries

Questions for Artists by the Arts Sharing Group of State College Monthly Meeting

History of Friends' Relation to the Arts

A Friendly Conference on Art by Arthur Edwin Bye
Clerk's journal: A Quaker Art Pilgrimage by Chuck Fager
In Search of Quaker Esthetics by Chuck Fager
Through Whittier-colored Glasses; or, Art is like Broccoli by Chuck Fager
On Humphrey Smith's 1658 tract "To the Musicioners": by Douglas Gwyn
A Quaker Influence on Modern English Literature: Caroline Stephen and her niece, Virginia Woolf by Alison Lewis
Counterpoint: The Arts in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice by Esther Mürer
Counterpoint: One Hundred Years Ago by Esther Mürer
Counterpoint: Why "Types & Shadows"? by Esther Mürer
Common traits of Quaker art by Gary Sandman
Beyond Uneasy Tolerance: The saga of Friends Relation to the Arts in 100 Quotations
Some Quaker Writers and Artists of the Past: A Brief List

Spirituality

What is the Function of Art in Religious Education? by Dorothea Blom
The Present Teacher by Pacho Lane
The Screwdisk E-Mail Excerpts from an online correspondence transcribed by Skip Mendler
Fiction and Spiritual Truth by John Miller, Earlham School of Religion
Counterpoint: Artists' Questions, Quaker Questions by Esther Mürer
Counterpoint: A Ministry of Uselessness by Esther Mürer
Counterpoint: Quaker Art and the Feminine Principle by Esther Mürer
Counterpoint: Reflections on Anger by Esther Mürer
Counterpoint: The Spoilsport by Esther Mürer
Extracts on the Arts from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice (1997)
Too Much Simplicity by George Sanders
What Stops Me? by Skip Schiel
What is Quaker Art? a worship-sharing by our Western Sister, transcribed by Marybeth Webster

Witness and Outreach

Blessed with More Life by Susan L. Chast
The Laramie Project: Letter from an actress by Grace Gonglewski
Keeping a Culture of Hope Alive by Steve Gulick
Fritz Eichenberg: Witness to the Twentieth Century by Terry Hammond
A Chapbook for Charity by John A. Kriebel
Counterpoint: Art and Friends' Testimonies by Esther Mürer
Counterpoint: Art and the Lamb's War by Esther Mürer
Counterpoint: The Spoilsport by Esther Mürer
How to End War by Skip Schiel
"Therefore choose life": A CALL TO ARTS Poems, images, reflections in the wake of Ninth Month 11, 2001

Education

What is the Function of Art in Religious Education? by Dorothea Blom
Let the Little Bird Sing by Jennifer Elam
Fiction and Spiritual Truth by John Miller, Earlham School of Religion
One Meeting's Inner-City Art Ministry interviews with Minnie Jane, John Grauer and Joyce Halley
Creating a Quaker Arts Camp by Rebekah Rice

The Corporate Dimension

The Making of Worship in Song by Joan Broadfield
The Making of a Quaker Art Gallery by Chuck Fager
Poetry by Committee? Try Renga! by Shelley Krause
Counterpoint: Art and Quaker Process by Esther Mürer
Counterpoint: Notes of a Longtime Gamester by Esther Mürer
An Arts Sharing Group by Jill Powers
Creating a Quaker Arts Camp by Rebekah Rice
The Truth Will Out! report on the formation of a Western Sister FQA, by Marybeth Webster
Chats? Board Meetings Online? The FQA Board at work

People

Discovering Hidden Beauty by Jean K. Carman with Bev Polzin, Australia YM secretary
Jan de Hartog—A Captain on the Ocean of Light and Love by Ann Sieber (TBOF)
Fritz Eichenberg: Witness to the Twentieth Century by Terry Hammond
“Virtual Morality”: A Quaker in Cyberspace an interview with Ebon Fisher
New Quaker Novel Blends History and Science Fiction, Chuck Fager interviews David Morse, author of The Iron Bridge
“Portraying the Inherent Vitality of Nature”: an interview with Ben Norris
Counterpoint: In Memoriam: Winifred Rawlins by Esther Mürer
An Appreciation of Elizabeth Gray Vining by Chuck Fager
The Healing Art An interview with Marybeth Webster
In Memoriam: Mary Loomis Wilson by Esther Mürer
Quaker Artists by Gary Sandman
Some Quaker Writers and Artists of the Past: A Brief List

By Medium

Visual Arts

Homage to Cézanne by Jens Bjørneboe, translated by Esther Greenleaf Mürer
What is the Function of Art in Religious Education? by Dorothea Blom
Let the Little Bird Sing by Jennifer Elam
Clerk's journal: A Quaker Art Pilgrimage by Chuck Fager
The Making of a Quaker Art Gallery by Chuck Fager
Fritz Eichenberg: Witness to the Twentieth Century by Terry Hammond
One Meeting's Inner-City Art Ministry based on interviews with Minnie Jane, John Grauer and Joyce Halley
In Memoriam: Mary Loomis Wilson by Esther Mürer
“Portraying the Inherent Vitality of Nature”: an interview with Ben Norris
Too Much Simplicity by George Sanders
What Stops Me? by Skip Schiel
Naked Truths: An interview with Patricia Stewart
The Healing Art An interview with Marybeth Webster

Music

Springsville: An appreciation of the music of Miles Davis and Gil Evans by Roger Aldridge
The Making of Worship in Song by Joan Broadfield
Music and the Inner Light by Raymond Dodd
On On Humphrey Smith's 1658 tract "To the Musicioners": by Douglas Gwyn

Performing arts

Blessed with More Life :a Quaker directs Angels in America by Susan L. Chast
“Virtual Morality”: A Quaker in Cyberspace an interview with Ebon Fisher
The Laramie Project: Letter from an actress by Grace Gonglewski
Keeping a Culture of Hope Alive by Steve Gulick
The Present Teacher by Pacho Lane
The Tryal of William Penn and William MeadePerformances by the Friends Theater Group, reviewed by Andrew Mills

Practical arts

Discovering Hidden Beauty by Jean K. Carman with. Bev Polzin
New Quaker Novel Blends History and Science Fiction Chuck Fager interviews David Morse, author of The Iron Bridge

Literary arts

An Appreciation of Elizabeth Gray Vining by Chuck Fager
A Word About The Best of Friends by Chuck Fager
Poetry by Committee? Try Renga! by Shelley Krause
A Chapbook for Charity by John A. Kriebel
A Quaker Influence on Modern English Literature: Caroline Stephen and her niece, Virginia Woolf by Alison Lewis
Fiction and Spiritual Truth by John Miller, Earlham School of Religion
New Quaker Novel Blends History and Science Fiction, Chuck Fager interviews David Morse, author of The Iron Bridge
Counterpoint: In Memoriam: Winifred Rawlins by Esther Mürer
Counterpoint: Notes of a Longtime Gamester by Esther Mürer
Counterpoint: One Hundred Years Ago by Esther Mürer
Myths & Stories, Lies & Truth Review of Norman Talbot's 1999 James Backhouse Lecture, with excerpt

Index to Belletristic Writing on this Site

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