Past Exhibition: BEARING WITNESS: Stations of the Cross

Woodcuts by Margaret Adams Parker

A Solo Lenten Exhibit in Parish Hall and Online

February 22, 2023 – April 6, 2023

Bearing Witness: Exhibit Organization

This solo exhibition comprises the following sections, each of which corresponds to one of the sidebars to viewers’ right. The individual sections, noted below, and their corresponding sidebars are hyperlinked …

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Bearing Witness: Curator Statement

You are witnesses of these things . . . ~ Luke 24:48 The Arts & Faith Ministry at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church has been privileged to exhibit during the Lenten …

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Bearing Witness: Artist Talk

“Bearing Witness — Seeing As a Holy Act”Artist Talk byMargaret (Peggy) Adams Parker Sunday, February 26, 20234:00 p.m.St. Michael’s Parish Hall Description As we pray the “Stations of the Cross,” …

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Bearing Witness: Artist Statement

Almighty God, who hast given us the gift of sight, grant that we may see not only with the eyes of our head but with the eyes of our heart …

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Bearing Witness: Artworks

The 14 woodcut prints that comprise Margaret Adams Parker’s magnificent Stations of the Cross hang in St. Michael’s Parish Hall. Available to view throughout Lent, the framed woodcuts afford viewers …

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Bearing Witness: Stations Service

Pray through the Stations with these Readings and Prayers excerpted from: Margaret Adams Parker and Katherine Sonderegger, Praying the Stations of the Cross (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2019)

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Bearing Witness: Experiencing the Stations

As you take your journey through the exhibit, which traces Jesus’s own path from condemnation to burial in the tomb, let yourself be challenged to consider the questions that follow. …

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Bearing Witness: Artist Biography

Margaret Adams Parker is a sculptor and printmaker with an extensive exhibition record. Her commissions include the award-winning “Mary as Prophet” for Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA; “Reconciliation” for Duke …

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Bearing Witness: Resources

Service Devotional Those seeking a service devotional to accompany this exhibit are encouraged to obtain a copy of “Praying the Stations of the Cross: Finding Hope in a Weary Land” …

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