CURRENT SHOW: Rend, Turn, Follow

Our spring show, Rend, Turn, Follow runs from March 8, 2026 - May 31, 2026, and features work by John Bergmeier, Sandra Jean Ceas, Olivia Fields, Kati Gaschler, Paul Gaschler, Katherine Gastler, Craig Hawkins, Bruce Herman, John Hendrix, Kelly Kruse, Meena Matocha, Kenya Mitchell, April Parviz, Margaret Adams Parker, and Sarah L. Sears. The show is available for viewing by appointment Tuesday-Saturday, 11-5pm. If you would like to make an appointment to see the show, contact Megan Kenyon at hclcstl@gmail.com

We will have an Art + Liturgy night and reception on April 29th. You can learn more here.

“Rend your heart
and not your garments.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity.” Joel 2:13

In Joel 2, the prophet uses a powerful word picture to describe the act of repentance. It starts with rending, literally tearing something in half. In this case, the prophet urges the people to rend their hearts and not their garments; to not just play-at repentance and grief over sin but to truly do the hard work.

Repenting, turning away, requires us to go hard into honesty and humility, to lay aside our pride. Most churches talk about repentance, even include it in their liturgies or order of worship, yet we witness every year Christians leaders and laity who struggle to get beyond an apology to truly repent. And, if we’re honest with ourselves, we probably see the same tendency in ourselves, to want to self protect, to minimize or dodge responsibility…to rend our garments but leave our hearts intact.

Because the Bible uses this particular word picture and many others like it to describe repentance we begin to see and not just hear the truth. Rending our heart with the intensity and strength one would engage in to tear our clothes helps us visualize what we need to do to honestly repent from the wrongs we engage in.

In viewing the work presented here in the gallery, we encourage you to meditate on how our faith, the stories we tell, the images we use, and the postures and liturgies we inhabit shape us as Christians to practice repentance and turn to follow the way of Jesus.

Rend, Turn, Follow is curated by M. Kenyon

Work in the Exhibition

Comfort in the Midst of Sin, John Bergmeier (Copy)

My Cry For Mercy, John Bergmeier (Copy)

Hamartia - When I Fall In Love, John Bergmeier (Copy)

Hamartia - The Shadow of Your Smile, John Bergmeier (Copy)

Hamartia - Bronchus, John Bergmeier (Copy)

Hamartia - Gold Bird, John Bergmeier (Copy)

When Adam Fell, John Bergmeier (Copy)

Beauty for Ashes, Sandra Jean Ceas (Copy)

Take and Drink, Olivia Fields (Copy)

This is What it Looks Like, Kati Gaschler (Copy)

Rend, Paul Gaschler (Copy)

Recto/Verso, Katherine Gastler (Copy)

Travelenka - Ruzha, Katherine Gastler (Copy)

Travlenka-The Same Gift, Katherine Gastler (Copy)

153 Fish, Katherine Gastler (Copy)

Fire and Millstone, Craig Hawkins (Copy)

It Is Well, John Hendrix (Copy)

Christ in the House of His Oppressors, Bruce Herman (Copy)

My Soul Waits, Kelly Kruse (Copy)

All Hearts are Open, Meena Matocha (Copy)

Keep Me Nearer, Kenya Mitchell (Copy)

Fragments of Metanoia, Margaret Adams Parker (Copy)

Sulin, April Parviz (Copy)

He Makes My Sorrowing Spirit Sing, April Parviz (Copy)

Hemispheres, Sarah L. Sears (Copy)

Rend, Turn, Follow Exhibition Catalog

In the Gallery

Take and Drink, Olivia Fields (Copy)

When Adam Fell, John Bergmeier (Copy)

Gestures, Kati Gaschler (Copy)

Beauty for Ashes, Sandra Ceas (Copy)

Fragments of Metanoia, Margaret Adams Parker (Copy)

Keep Me Nearer, Kenya Mitchell (Copy)

Travlenka - The Same Gift, Katherine Gastler (Copy)

Travlenka - Ruzha (Copy)

Psyanka - 153 Fish, Katherine Gastler (Copy)

Recto/Verso, Katherine Gastler (Copy)

Christ in the House of His Oppressors, Bruce Herman (Copy)

Hamartia - When I Fall In Love, John Bergmeier (Copy)

Hamartia - Bronchus, John Bergmeier (Copy)

Hamartia - Shadow of Your Smile, John Bergmeier (Copy)

Hamartia - Golden Bird (Copy)

Fire and Millstone, Craig Hawkins (Copy)

All Hearts Are Open, Meena Matocha (Copy)

Comfort in the Midst of Sin, John Bergmeier (Copy)

My Cry for Mercy, John Bergmeier (Copy)

He Makes My Sorrowing Spirit Sing, April Parviz (Copy)

Hemispheres, Sarah L Sears (Copy)

Sulin, April Parviz (Copy)

It is Well, John Hendrix (Copy)

Install, Opening, and Art + Liturgy Event Photos courtesy of Kati Q. Gaschler and M. Kenyon