Visual Arts in Worship

What role do the Visual Arts play in a Worship service?
Does placing an artist on the platform to 'paint as they are moved during worship' a valid way to include the visual arts?
What about painting random lines and shapes, then when it's turned upside down Jesus' face appears?
What about displaying finished works of art, whether they are banners, paintings or quilts in the sanctuary?
I am currently reading a book called For the Beauty of the Church, which is a collection of essays by various authors on different aspects of art in the Church. One essay written by John D. Witvliet, asks whether art displayed for worship should be created in a community, a collaboration?
Where and How do the Visual Arts fit?

Fun with Repetition

 From the single photo of the stripped risers came these two digital images. Seeing as I already liked the repetition going on within the original photo, I decided to rereat the repeats and see what happened. With a bit of rotating they all fit together nicely. I like that they have become abstract works, almost completey removed from what was actually going on.

Latest ideas

At work there has been a lot of activity happening related to building upkeep. All the walls are getting a bright, fresh coat of paint along with a few other upgrades. One room I walked into and discovered this intriguing structure. They were in the process of dismantling raised tiers in this room, converting it back into a multipurpose room. While I thought the existing shapes and repetitions were already interesting, I think that they have potential to be played with and transformed!

Vancouver Art Gallery

We went to see the show Grand Hotel this weekend. It was interesting to learn about the history and developement of what we have come to know as a hotel. There were models of a variety of iconic hotels, as well as a comparative wall of the scales of these hotels. It was also interesting to discover some of the movements that came out of the meetings of different artists and writers that lived or lunched in these hotels.
Also displayed was furniture designed different hotels and purposes. I would recommend going to see this show.