working together
part of what the VineArts Ministry does is make ourselves available to do art projects for the various ministries at Boise Vineyard Christian Fellowship. this time the project was so huge that we opened it up to not only the artists who are a part of VineArts, but also to anyone who wanted to join in and help out. 
the building that the children's ministry is located in was in need of an "extreme makeover". so the head of the ministry partnered with our VineArts director and came up with an amazing artistic concept...to paint the hallways that surround the gymnasium with vividly colorful and fun scenes from our world.
these scenes include the desert, the ocean, the mountains, the jungle, space, etc....and are filled with water, foliage, animals, and other things that would be found in each of the scenes (all things that children would enjoy looking at). each scene morphs into the next...and some even continue through doors and up onto ceilings. 
this is the week for the project to be completed...so over a 100 people have been contributing their time and efforts to work together to get the job done (yes, you read that right...over a 100 people!). our director has made it easy for everyone no matter what their skill level in painting is. first the pictures were traced onto the walls with chalk in simplified shapes and then a numbering system was created to paint by number (match the number on the wall in the shape with the number of paint in the paint cans at the paint table, pick up a cup with that paint in it, grab a brush, and go to work)...this way lots of people can work together side by side with as little instruction as possible and the job gets done quickly and easily. 
today i helped do some detail work...like these pink water roses in a cross section of a lake. it's a really cool experience to work on such a large scale project as this. it's a reminder that if we all work together we can accomplish big things much easier than if one person or a few people were to try and take it on. and it ends up being way more fun too!
part of what the VineArts Ministry does is make ourselves available to do art projects for the various ministries at Boise Vineyard Christian Fellowship. this time the project was so huge that we opened it up to not only the artists who are a part of VineArts, but also to anyone who wanted to join in and help out. 
the building that the children's ministry is located in was in need of an "extreme makeover". so the head of the ministry partnered with our VineArts director and came up with an amazing artistic concept...to paint the hallways that surround the gymnasium with vividly colorful and fun scenes from our world.
these scenes include the desert, the ocean, the mountains, the jungle, space, etc....and are filled with water, foliage, animals, and other things that would be found in each of the scenes (all things that children would enjoy looking at). each scene morphs into the next...and some even continue through doors and up onto ceilings. 
this is the week for the project to be completed...so over a 100 people have been contributing their time and efforts to work together to get the job done (yes, you read that right...over a 100 people!). our director has made it easy for everyone no matter what their skill level in painting is. first the pictures were traced onto the walls with chalk in simplified shapes and then a numbering system was created to paint by number (match the number on the wall in the shape with the number of paint in the paint cans at the paint table, pick up a cup with that paint in it, grab a brush, and go to work)...this way lots of people can work together side by side with as little instruction as possible and the job gets done quickly and easily. 
today i helped do some detail work...like these pink water roses in a cross section of a lake. it's a really cool experience to work on such a large scale project as this. it's a reminder that if we all work together we can accomplish big things much easier than if one person or a few people were to try and take it on. and it ends up being way more fun too!
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