Art | The Desert

January 28th, 2011 by Misty Lindsey

Juárez: From the children, For the community

This is the truth: unless you change and become like little children [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving], you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3 We are indescribably thrilled about the tailoring initiative that just began here in our Colonia Palo Chino. I have been undone by the extravagant excitement behind this project, the [...]

Posted in Art, hope, Life in JuárezTags: Art, Colonia Palo Chino, giving, hope

October 8th, 2010 by Misty Lindsey

Art Garbage wins our hearts

We are thrilled and honored that the Denver Seminary has asked us if they could keep the Beautifying the Barrio art exhibit up through the 27th of October (and of course, we said ‘yes!’) Thank you to all who have come out to support this effort, and if you have not yet had the chance, [...]

August 5th, 2010 by Misty Lindsey

Art for the Nations – Ciudad Juárez

I am thankful to be an artist; I am blessed because the act of creating causes me to be thankful. If, in the midst of poverty, even in the midst of plenty, you can take time to enjoy the process of creating something colorful or pretty – something that mimics the beauty of God’s creation [...]

July 30th, 2010 by mmlindsey

Beautifying the Barrio: The Denver Post

The Denver Post and Viva Colorado, the Post’s Spanish-language publication, recently published some articles about our art trip with Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. We are honored by Yesenia Robles’s time, energy and excellence in telling our story! If you haven’t had a chance to read the article or visit the Denver Seminary [...]

July 5th, 2010 by Jenah Johnson

Gallery Opening

July 1st marked the opening of the Beautifying The Barrio exhibit at Denver Seminary. Friends and visitors gathered to view the artwork, have Mexican refreshments, and toast to the gallery (with some Coca-Cola, served in real glass bottles!). It was a sweet time of celebrating the project, sharing the art, and making new connections with [...]

May 11th, 2010 by Matt Lindsey

Beautifying the Barrio: Beauty

Inspiration has surged into our lives this week, steady and strong like these unfaltering desert winds moving across the desert. It has been an outstanding week, a profound testament blazing in the face of fear and twisted perceptions, and the undeclared reality of Juarez has been revealed: That she is hungry, capable, and rising. We [...]

May 10th, 2010 by mmlindsey

Beautifying the Barrio: Life

It was breathtaking to behold, sobering to witness: the power of passionate lives bursting from the dust and sprinting towards life. It is something that cannot be tamed, the innermost part of our hearts being poured out into the streets of Juarez, morphing the buckets of dusty garbage into glimmering collages of beauty right before [...]

May 8th, 2010 by mmlindsey

Beautifying the Barrio: Color

Color splashed over the floors and walls dripping from every face. Joy, messy and untamed, bursting out in laughter and shimmering eyes wide and hopeful. Through painting and mosaic on reclaimed wood and stone, discarded plastic bottles and tar paper, we all created, side by side. The past two days have been saturated with sharing [...]

April 30th, 2010 by mmlindsey

Juarez Children’s Art Project – Beautifying the Barrio

Ciudad Juarez has been labeled a dying and lost city. So many have abandoned hope, discarding it like the plastic bags that dance in the spring wind. The undercurrent of cold-hearted violence and death has overwhelmed any good news that sprouts up in our city. Journalists and authors focus on the crime and ugliness, their [...]

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