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NEW YORK: Priest's sculptures responding to the horrors of war
[Episcopal News Service] The War Series, by artist the Rev. Thomas Faulkner, an installation of sculptures responding to the horrors of war, particularly the ongoing war in Iraq, is on display at Union Theological Seminary in New York City until May 16.Placed in public spaces throughout the seminary's campus (Broadway and 121st Street in Manhattan), Faulkner's work confronts the challenging issues of violence, torture, and the legacy of suffering from continuing conflicts, according to a Union news release.
Faulkner has maintained a dual vocation as a priest and sculptor since his ordination in 1974. Prior to ordination he directed the youth program for St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in the South Bronx; co-founded and directed Sanctuary, a crisis counseling and drug-education program in Boston; and participated in Operation Crossroads Africa in the Central African Republic.
As a priest, he directed the Diocese of New York's Peace and Disarmament Program in the 1980s, and has served on the boards of Bauen Art Camp and the Episcopal Church and Visual Arts. Faulkner currently serves as vicar of Christ Church in Sparkill, New York.
As a sculptor, Faulkner has done installations throughout the United States. His Stations of the Cross project was most recently installed at the Church of Our Saviour, San Gabriel, California. His work has been reviewed in major art periodicals, newspapers and on radio. Faulkner lives in New York City with his wife, the Rev. Brenda Husson, rector of St. James Church, and their young son.
More information about Faulkner and a preview some of his sculptures is available here.