Van Gogh: Art & Spirituality on June 19 & 20

4:00 pm Friday June 19, 2015 — 4:00 pm Saturday June 20, 2015

Spend some time at Richmond Hill with a remarkable teacher and scholar, Dr. Cliff Edwards, as he shines a light into the deep spiritual side of the brilliant, complicated, and misunderstood artist, Vincent Van Gogh. Edwards also lets us know that Van Gogh, the artist was a “philosopher of life, unorthodox theologian, and determined seeker of a global spirituality.”  This retreat will offer a new perspective and a broader examination of the intense passion and grace we see in Van Gogh’s paintings and perhaps a better understanding of the chaos in his life.

Cliff Edwards has PH.D in biblical studies and world religions from Northwestern University.  He is the author of three books on Van Gogh with a fourth book coming in the spring.  They are: VAN GOGH and GOD, A Creative Spiritual Quest; THE SHOES OF VAN GOGH; and MYSTERY OF THE NIGHT CAFÉ, Hidden key to the Spirituality of Van Gogh.

Henri Nouwen wrote the foreword to Edward’s first book and said, “VAN GOGH and GOD is the book I have been eagerly awaiting. After all these decades of Van Gogh studies, finally someone opens up for us Vincent’s deepest quest and convincingly shows that the art of the ‘sorrowful, yet always rejoicing’ Dutch painter is of deep theological and spiritual significance.”

Dr. Edwards is a Professor of Religion at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Limited spaces: 20. Suggested donation $90.

To register: Contact Deborah Cannady at 804-783-7903