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Preaching and the Arts - Catherine Kapikian
Preaching and the Arts
Interview by Laura Wyke with Catherine Kapikian
The day after she graduated from Wesley in 1979 with a Master's degree in Theological Studies, Catherine Kapikian "marched into the dean's office" and proposed the establishment of an artist-in-residence at the seminary. J. Phillip Wogaman, then dean, and President Jack Knight responded to her thesis that without the arts, "theological education was truncated," by assigning a modest space under the chapel as a studio. They also appointed her to teach a two-credit course in the visual arts. And it was then, says Catherine, "that I was surprised to realize that I had a ministry in the arts on my hands." More than 20 years later, Catherine is still at Wesley, now as the director of the Henry Luce III Center for Arts and Religion.