Engage Art | In the Know | June 13, 2022
In the weeks since our contest closed, we’ve been hard at work behind the scenes. Today, we are delighted to announce the entries that have earned the distinction of Semi-Finalist in the 2021-22 Engage Art Contest. Over the last month, our panel of expert jurors carefully reviewed each of the nearly 800 artworks accepted into the Engage Art Contest. Our jurors have a practical and academic understanding of how the arts can assist in the Christian life and how Christianity has been portrayed through the arts. They also have a deep understanding of the histories and current practices of the arts in secular culture. The artists in our Tribe showcase some major talent. We recognize the gifting and calling of all the artists who have participated. It’s always hard to make selections with such a creative Tribe. The distinction of Semi-Finalist is quite an honor! Only 45 Video artworks are advancing as Semi-Finalists, and less than 1 in 3 Visual Arts submissions have earned the Semi-Finalist distinction (only 190 out of 700!). The Semi-Finalists were selected for artistic merit. Well done to these artists! You can browse all the 2021-22 Semi-Finalists in the Semi-Finalist Collection in our Gallery. Our Semi-Finalists hail from all over the world. The countries most represented include: (Presented in alphabetical order—click any title to view!) “Coming Home” by Tessema Mekonen “Day in the life of a single mom during covid” by Brittany Monaghan “DeadLine” by Hansel Espinosa Santana “Entrevista con el enemigo” by Esteban Sisa “I Found God in New York City” by Mariah Barrera “Kingdoms on Air — the Battle: A Documentary” by Javaughn Lewis “My Minds Playing Tricks on Me” by Christopher James “Of Small Account” by Jonathan Rothermel “Speak Victory” by Korey Merritt “The Fall of Sundersons” by Jason Koch “The Family That Prays Together Stays Together” by Quincy Ward “Black Tears And Smiles” by Alexis Dean Jr. “Ekpere (Prayer)” by Andrew Chukwuka Egbuchiem “Give Ear” by Sheena Keesha Palmer “Good vs evil” by Robert Barrera “No Bed Of Roses” by Bj’orn Pierre “OLUWA IS” by Renee Joseph-Fortune “OVERCOME” by Kizzi-Marrie Alexander “Sisi ni Washindi” by Team Ushindi “Sunbeam / Ephesians:6:10” by Kelli Ryan “Sword of the Spirit” by Joshua Mckoy “Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” by Brian Mark “Bible” by Kristian De la Vega “Condor del mundo” by piedad lorena guerrero coka ‘“Heavenly Father?”’ by Britney Russell “‘In My Head’” by Precious Cornelius “Left Behind” by Ifechukwudeni Odigwe “Letter to the Editor” by Leah Glenn “Love your enemy” by Carla Veldhuis “Silent Flesh” by Danielo Lemmer “The Forecast” by Monica Harrison “Tug of War” by Isaiah Marshall “WORDS/Waiving Depression” by Jhenelle Lewis (Presented in alphabetical order—click any title to view!) “A Bunch of Roses” by Roxanne Dyer “A Light in the Dark” by Nathlyn Matthew “A string of desire, connection to hope” by Hee Jin Roh “A young lady’s adventures 2015” by Marga Pol “After the break up with civilization” by Soumya Sarkar “Al nakba” by Rawan Alhaj Younes “An armor of rocks” by Mateo Granillo “Angel, Armor of God” by Francine Duncan Answer the question by Samuele Marzi “Arm Yourself, My Lady” by Kim Cobb “Armor of God” by Kimberly JB Smith “Ascension” by Henrico Paul Greyling “Autoptic Portrait” by Thomas McSwane “Bad Mole” by Lulú Sánchez Puig “Be peace in the midst of afflictions” by Drelenay Prado Mafra “Beauty in All Things” by Mona Davis “Beyond other humans” by Susan Chou “Book of Hours – Spiritual Exercises” by Nicola Farina “Born Outside the Garden Gate” by Jody West “Bravehearts in Battle” by Dana Hanson “By this sign, you are victorious 1” by Annukka Laine “Cast your Face” by Frances Allen “cheer up boy ride time” by Efraim Lds “Christ My Rock” by Jacquie Herron “Cœur sincère” by Zaïnou El Abidine Ali Mohamed “Counting On It” by Kelly Larson “Daily Battles” by Emily Margaret “David’s Harp” by Rosemary Forster-Towne “Don’t let forgotten” by Marcin Idźkowski “Dressed in prayers” by Victor Felix “Eternal Perspective” by Lukus Edmison “Eternal Victory” by Brandon Maddox “Ever Praise” by Edward Alfred Lutaakome “Eyes of faith” by Zealous Idonaba “Faces of Depression” by Elise Aleman “Finding Meaning” by Jennifer Sowders “Forgiveness” by Chenel Joseph “Forward Travel, 2020” by EMark Gross “Four Friends” by Grace Garvey “From the Smithy of Soul” by Neeraj Gupta “Go through trials.” by Vitalii Popkov “Golden Lady” by Perry Glikmann “Good and Evil staring at each other” by Michel Devanakis “Hebróm” by Russbelt Guerra Carranza “Higher Place” by Ryan Gondarowski “His Word is Armor” by Kip Ayers “I Live With Readiness” by John Bergmeier “I will fear no evil” by Jacek Cisło “In His Service” by Leigh Kershner “Into the breach” by Reuben Horn “Invisible Cities” by Ivania Lasso ”Jacob’s Struggle with the Angel” by Ivan Kanchev “Jesus Weeping At Lazarus’s Tomb” by Jerry Dienes “Kintsugi Strong” by Eva Crawford “Khwabeeda -The Ancient Drama” by Sujan Sarkar “LAST SUPPER XXI” by Piotr Franciszek Barszczowski “Leviathan’s Teeth #4” by Peter McCarthy “Life self-portrait” by Maria Pimenova “Light in the Darkness” by Katherine McGuire “Light in the Tunnel” by Ernest Agoba “Light of The World Stepped Down into Darkness” by Mary Harris “Lightning the darkness” by Dagim Alemayehu “Lily, Lily Light” by Jill Shuford “Lonely Circle” by Jibril Hammond “Matunuck’s Lonely Tree” by Keith Wahl “Metastones-Cold case files” by Uros Uscebrka “Mirroring yourself” by Bianca Nemes “Morning View” by Wieslawa Nowicka “Mother Nature” by Sandeep Kumar “Mother Nature” by Caio Ribeiro Rios “My monocrome diary” by Kumar Adesh ‘“Notre Dame de Paris” in fire’ by Laurent Leoncini “OLTRE (BEYOND)” by Giuseppe Petrone “On A Wing And A Prayer” by Natalie Dadamio “One of the four beasts” by Edgar Alan Valentin “Oración (prayer)” by William Bonilla “Our Battle” by Diana Fernanda Montañez Vera “Out of Depression” by Jordi Sark “Paper Armors Stronger than Steel” by Edwin Rojas “Prayer is Action” by Lucas Pegoraro de Mello e Silva “Prayers of a Mother” by Angel Atkinson “Put On The Whole Armor Of God” by Jim Baker “RESTORATION” by Betty Spackman “Reunion place” by Debarun Biswas “Rushing Through in God’s Earth” by Jemma L. St. Lawrence-Martin ‘“Sleep baby”’ by Uktam Isirgapov “Solomon’s call” by Nasser Marhb “Son of God” by Jon B. Paulsen “Songs in the Night (Lockdown series)” by Michelle Tomkins “Soul Journey” by Lhoussain Skhoun “Spirit of the earth no.1” by Duenchayphoochana Phooprasert “Spiritual Redemption” by Dahlia Osama “Spiritual Warfare or Remember the Light, a Portrait of Hope” by Franci Hepburn “Stand Against the Wiles: Alpha Omega” by Steve Prince “Stand Like a Tree” by Linda Rempel “Standing Firm, Proclaiming Peace” by Julia Washburn “Stormy Mind” by Mostafa Nodeh “Struggle” by Marta Wojnarowska-Olszewska “Terror Attack” by Alok Avinash ‘“Tethered’” by Michelle Vandyk “The Angelicals” by Timothy Sears “The Armor of God series” by Rosheen Romer “The art of prayer” by Micah Hohnberger “The Battles Won: Shield of Faith” by Kellianne Land ‘“The coming of a nimble strength’” by Cândida Castro “THE DISTRESSED SPACE CAPSULE: Where Superman’s Cape intersected Batman’s Chair.” by Gert Swart “The Exterminator” by Jonathan Millet “The Fires of My Heart” by Paul Winternitz “The Full Armor of God” by Brenda Stichter “The Garment of Praise & Worship Wear” by Nneka Edwards “The Holi Book” by Alexandre Choquette “The invisible force” by Stephen Ofori Amo “The Joaldunak & The Battle of Good vs Evil” by Ashley Suszczynski “The Joy Of Unity” by Olumide Egunlae “THE LAST THREAD WILL SUFFICE” by Kele Volpino “The Lord is My Strength” by Kim Daus-Edwards “The Power of the Soul” by Bela Balog “The rising ball of fire” by John Gomez “The river scene” by Jason Hendrickson “The Sharpest Axe” by Greg Lookerse “The shield is me!” by Aldo Muzzarelli “The Solders duty: none weak among us” by Everblessed Ajie “THE Telephone Booth” by Felix Korasare “The weight of my prayers for you” by Mariana Sperandio “the wheat, the tares, and the principalities . . .” by Matthew Konar “The Wings of Joy and Grace” by Pamela Chiasson “They Returned” by Ebrahim Alipoor “Together in Prayer” by Melani Pyke “Transform Mud Wall to Classroom” by Sourav Das “Two sisters” by Ricardo Araújo ‘“Unconditional Love”, “John 3:16”’ by Olena Brzhosniovska “Under the wings of an angel” by Bakhtiyar Urakov “Unseen Forces” by Zhea Zarecor “Untitled(Shield)” by Matthew Pendleton “VERUM PULCHRUM BONUM” by Jeffrey A. Gomez “War in Heaven” by Gary Haddan “Wars Within” by Claudia Starkey ‘“Weight”’ by Greta Stučinskytė “What Lurks in the Shadows” by Camille Koslo “When You Let Go” by Shelby Wandrey “Wilderness Wolves. And Angels” by Julia Atkinson “Wildflowers” by Olga Beketova “Wind from the Stars” by Peter Camp “Woman Clothed With The Sun” by Nicora Gangi “YESHUA DIVINE WARRIOR” by Brenda Rossouw ‘“Your Word is a Lamp to my Feet and a Light for my Path”’ by Ain Vares The juries will carefully review the Semi-Finalists for a second time, considering the artwork’s theme and impact alongside artistic merit. We hope to announce the Finalists in July. After you check out these amazing Semi-Finalists, take time to explore all the artwork accepted into the 2022 Contest. You can search the Gallery by genre, subject, or keyword. While you’re in the Gallery, give an Upvote to your favorite artworks. It’s a simple, yet powerful way to affirm and celebrate their creation. Thank you for celebrating the arts with us! Be sure to take some time today to Engage Culture, Engage Scripture, and Engage Art. Selecting Semi-Finalists
A Word of Affirmation
Video Arts Semi-Finalists
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