Sandy Ceas on Pursuing Beauty through Faith

The recording of today’s episode has an interesting backstory. Among many things, I am a piano technician. On the day of this recording I was tuning in southeastern Pennsylvania in Bucks County. I found the perfect, quiet rural road to pull over and record this conversation. It was idyllic. There was a farm house nearby - looked to be from the colonial era. Well - Gustav Hoyer and I began the conversation with our guest and a truck pulled up beside me. A white pickup with a man who asked, “Everything ok? I work here and got a call saying that there was a car parked on the side of the road.”Now keep in mind that this is a public road and I am safely off to the side. I assured the driver that I was fine and was just recording a podcast. At this point it is occurring to me that this farm house might be the home of someone very famous. I had seen pictures of this house in the paper recently and it was beginning to click that this could indeed be Bradley Cooper’s home. Then about 10 minutes later, the same driver came by and asked me to take off - that since I had a clear line of sight to the house and that this was private property I needed to leave. I assured him that I was recording a podcast on my phone and that if I could have about 5 minutes more I would indeed leave and apologized for any trouble I may have caused. It was an adventure, friends. And then - I called my sister who is a realtor. She said that it also could have been a home purchased by Taylor Swift in that location…The lengths and bounds that we go to on Beauty through Faith are immeasurable but we will continue to attempt to bring you great content to encourage you to seek and pursue beauty through faith!Welcome to Beauty through Faith; the podcast of the Kalos Arts Foundation. I’m Benjamin Harding. Today’s episode is a conversation with the founder of the Christos Collective, Sandy Ceas. Sandy is a brilliant artist who has had many different kinds of career paths from fashion design to educator at Colorado State University to founding the Christos Collective to being an internationally recognized artist with her work featured globally. The Christos Collective is a wonderful organization whose mission is to: To cultivate artists of Christian faith to embrace their vocation as ambassadors of the Holy Spirit, and impact culture through their art and art practice. You find out more information about Sandy and the Christos Collective via https://christoscollective.orgIn this episode of Beauty Through Faith, Benjamin Harding, Sandy Ceas, and Gustav Hoyer explore the intricate relationship between beauty, art, and Christian faith. Sandy discusses the challenges and responsibilities of artists in conveying truth and goodness through their work, emphasizing the importance of beauty as a tool for spiritual engagement. The conversation delves into the role of art in the church, the need for quiet contemplation in a noisy world, and the stewardship of beauty in both secular and sacred contexts. Sandy shares her journey from fashion design to fine art, highlighting the transformative power of art in communicating God’s message. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beautythroughfaith.substack.com/subscribe