You are invited to the Tuesday Night Lights talk series: Faith and Art: A Conversation on Beauty and the Sacred. Each Tuesday evening, we’ll welcome a different artist or art expert from within our congregation to explore the meaningful intersection between art and spiritual life as they share their stories and lead a conversation. Come for some evenings or join us for them all, and step into a space where stories, questions, and shared reflections can awaken our sense of wonder, stir our hearts with beauty, and renew our hope in a broken world.
Questions? Contact Pastor Earl at PastorEarl@uumc.org.
About Ginger Geyer
Austin artist Ginger Henry Geyer is known for her quixotic porcelains, detailed hand built sculptures that explore art history, vintage culture and theology. These are often accompanied by poignant and humorous stories on her website. Recently she has developed a related body of work in collage murals made from children’s books and wallpaper, exploring a lifelong interest in words connected to imagery. Ginger grew up in Arkansas and has been an Austin resident since 1988. She earned BFA and MFA degrees from SMU and a Masters in Pastoral Ministry at the Seminary of the Southwest. She has taught there and was Artist-in-Residence in 2022-2023. Her previous careers have been in art museum planning and collections management, and in art programming for a retreat center. She has an extensive record of exhibitions, publications, and speaking engagements.
A Q&A with Ginger Geyer
What would you like to share with us in your talk?
Art has been my driving interest since childhood when I wrote sappy poems in my treehouse, went to UMC Sunday School, coveted my aunt’s art history book, and ruined both bedspread and carpet with oil paints.
My education was in painting and museum studies at SMU, and my formative career was in art museums, where I marinated in Western European art. For over 30 years I honed in on porcelain sculpture which allowed me to play with the intersections of art, religion and humor. Lately I’ve used the more direct medium of collage to explore theological and political conundrums. Art making and storytelling connect all of these interests and always prompts deeper curiosity that fuels my fire. I’ll be sharing images from recent work in the UUMC studio and trying to integrate new ideas from recent travels.