JourneyWorks

JourneyWorks is a ministry that lifts up the visual arts within our community. St. John’s provides a place for artists and artisans to display their work. We provide an inviting public setting for promoting the gifts and talents of all God’s people.

The Interfaith Woman’s Group Art

The Interfaith Women's Group Art

The Interfaith Woman’s Group Art


This group contains members from the St. Joseph and Kalamazoo area.  Its core members have been meeting for nearly nine years.  Its goal is to help one another through positive companionship, different insights and activities.

There are four artist from this group displaying their works in our JourneyWorks Galary: Lee Burdick ~ nature photography, Roxanne Barry ~ acrylic painting inspired by the National Museum of Mexican Art, Leslie Neuman ~ mixed media color field abstraction, and Christine Misner ~ various styles and mediums.


Nature Photography by Lee Burdick
 
Lee Burdick is an Artist from Kalamazoo Michigan who has been exploring nature since she was old enough to walk.  She has always been drawn to and very connected with the earth.  She took a Photography class in 1990 at KVCC and immediately got hooked with this form of expression.  The camera lens became a way to capture the beauty she sees in the natural world. She believes that simplicity, like we find in nature, is beautiful and holds much susbtance. She believes there is a natural flow and everything works in unison
to maintain the cycle of life. 
 
She still uses the first camera she ever bought in 1990, a used Canon SLR with two lenses. She uses very little equipment and does not manipulate what she sees. She feels this more effectively and respectfully honors the earth and it's gifts. She feels very humbled
to be a curious witness of nature and let's herself be naturally drawn to the scenes around her. With her work she hopes to capture and convey a small piece of the beauty she sees in the earth.
 
Lee was an Artist and Volunteer for five years for Diane's Way Expressive Arts Program
at Borgess Visiting Nurse and Hospice in Kalamazoo.  She helped design Memory Gardens for Hospice patients and their families and she taught art classes at The Expressive Arts Grief Camp for two years at Pretty Lake Adventure Centre.  Lee continues to take Art classes in Kalamazoo and she is currently starting her second line of cards with Photo transfers from her nature photography.

Christine Misner                                  Artist Biography

Christine Misner

 

Christine Misner graduated from WMU in 1997 with a BFA in fine art and a minor in Industrial Design Engineering.  She attended U of M and maintained a 4.0 average.  Christine also has an Art History Certificate from Cambridge University in England and attended Graduate Classes in Stavanger Norway.

 

Christine has been in many solo and group art shows, and her paintings and murals have won awards from Kalamazoo Area Show, the Muskegon Museum of Art and the International Exhibit in Norway.

 

She was an Art Teacher for the Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, and Lapper School Districts for 5 years.  She instructed classes at the Battle Creek Art Institute and an “Art Goes to School”.  This program took art history in fun ways to school systems in two counties.  Christine then moved to Lapeer and worked at Flint Institute of Art for 4 years, ran a sponsored program “Art on the Go” which took art therapy to retirement communities, nursing homes, hospitals, day cares and shelters, and taught at Mott College for 3 years.

 

She came back to Kalamazoo to work and volunteer with art therapy at Borgess Visiting Nurse Hospice program.  Christine later fell in love with Three Rivers and lives there now.

 

Christine is currently teaching private lessons, working on commission paintings and a mural, workshops, and art therapy sessions, aroundSt. Joseph and Kalamazoo Counties. 

 

Philosophy on Art

“Life is about learning for me, and my art resembles that.  I try new things, some times they work…and when they don’t, I learn even more.

The Gallery is located in St. John’s and is open Monday thru Thursday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays 9 a.m. to Noon and the last Saturday of each month from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. If you have questions or wish to show your artwork you may email St. John's at JourneyWorks


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