Where are all the Catholic Artists?

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The media is saturated with Atheist and liberal ideas. Why is it that an entire industry is filled with such anti Catholic ideas? I know there are Catholic artists out there. I’m one of them. I’ve even met a few myself. However, why are we so divided? Where are all the other Catholic Artists? Shouldn’t we be building each other up? Supporting each other. Offering Critique, advice, and promoting one another.

Its easy to do networking in the industry, but if you want to do Catholic media, who do you go to? No one will want to join your project unless they too are of like mind. I’m very frustrated about this.

I even started a Facebook Group called “Catholic Artists”
facebook.com/groups/1623430874649701/

Its so small right now, because like I said earlier. We are so divided! We need to stick together! If you are an artist, please join this group, and encourage all your other catholic artist friends to join as well.

Or if there is a bigger group, please let me know. Artists play such an important role in influencing the culture, we are doing ourselves a disservice by being on our own little islands in such a liberal/athiestic industry.

The reason why Religious media is usually cheesy, or of low quality, is because its hard to find a team of skilled people who share the vision. I don’t claim to be the best in my field (3d graphics and animation) but we need to support one another.

If this post is against the rules, please forgive me. I just can’t find very many Catholic Artists, and am doing all I can to bring us together. I know we’re out there!
 
What do you mean by “artists”? I make paintings and drawings.
 
Bryan77 said:
The media is saturated with Atheist and liberal ideas. Why is it that an entire industry is filled with such anti Catholic ideas? I know there are Catholic artists out there. I’m one of them. I’ve even met a few myself. However, why are we so divided? Where are all the other Catholic Artists? Shouldn’t we be building each other up? Supporting each other. Offering Critique, advice, and promoting one another.

Its easy to do networking in the industry, but if you want to do Catholic media, who do you go to? No one will want to join your project unless they too are of like mind. I’m very frustrated about this.

I even started a Facebook Group called “Catholic Artists”
facebook.com/groups/1623430874649701/

Its so small right now, because like I said earlier. We are so divided! We need to stick together! If you are an artist, please join this group, and encourage all your other catholic artist friends to join as well.

Or if there is a bigger group, please let me know. Artists play such an important role in influencing the culture, we are doing ourselves a disservice by being on our own little islands in such a liberal/athiestic industry.

The reason why Religious media is usually cheesy, or of low quality, is because its hard to find a team of skilled people who share the vision. I don’t claim to be the best in my field (3d graphics and animation) but we need to support one another.

If this post is against the rules, please forgive me. I just can’t find very many Catholic Artists, and am doing all I can to bring us together. I know we’re out there!
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google as many Catholic forums as you can. If permitted, use those sites to get the word out. google “catholic artists”

Problem 2: Learning how to draw is not quick or easy. I’ve worked with a lot of artists. What you need to learn takes time. Computers cannot give you the skill, you have to practice all the time. There are non-photographic anatomy books out there. You need to learn lighting and perspective.

If I was teaching drawing today, I would tell all my students to put away their laptops, hand them a pencil and piece of paper and tell them to draw something, and take it from there.

Contact the following for advice:

jpcatholic.com/academics/academics.php

And

catholicwritersguild.org/

docs.google.com/forms/d/10R0…N2M0E6MQ#gid=0

thesacredarts.org/architecture.html

catholicartists.co.uk/

facebook.com/CatholicArt…1oDZRJbGKO9PpL

Ed
 
jmcrae said:
What do you mean by “artists”? I make paintings and drawings.
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That is perfect!

I’m using the word “art” very loosely. I actually decided to change the group name to "Catholic Creatives)

@edwest2
Thanks for the suggestion! I never thought to contact Catholic Schools with art departments. Great idea! Some of the other links you posted seem to not be working.

Thanks for the reminder about how important traditional is. Although I do mostly 3D modeling and animation, going back to basics is something I definitely need to get better at!

@minion
Yeah, I work a part time non industry job myself at the moment. Trying to get better, and meet more people.
 
More ideas. As far as I know, these don’t exist. We need a place where we can gather.

Catholic Artists Network - Whatever medium you work in, please consider joining the Network. A listing service.

Catholic Artists Webring. Another central listing service.

Most of the freelance artists my company works with also work a day job.

Internet magazine ideas:

Contemporary Catholic Arts - all media presented.

Catholic Artists magazine - all media presented.

There are short run book printers out there who will print a dozen copies of your book, save the files, and print more as needed.

Stated goals: To give our culture real alternatives to the secular arts. To avoid offending God but acknowledging Him and praising him through our work. No profanity. No graphic immorality. But characters that serve as role models. True icons. True heroes.

What is lacking in the Christian arts is a sense of what man can be and strive toward: good, wholesome, upright. We need role models that reflect this in our art, books, movies, paintings, comics, etc.

The spirit of truth needs to shine through.

vocationnetwork.org/articles/show/231-more-about-the-artists

Music (always get a lawyer before signing a contract)

ncregister.com/site/article/time_is_right_for_catholic_music_with_pop_appeal/

catholicpublishers.org/

Keep looking.

Ed
 
A good question about what happened, considering there was a time when most popular artists in America were Catholic, which is a book in itself.

I will just throw out there, that I think there are plenty of very good main stream artists that we should encourage that have morals and themes Catholics can get behind, and that this is far more important.
 
claymcdermott said:
A good question about what happened, considering there was a time when most popular artists in America were Catholic, which is a book in itself.

I will just throw out there, that I think there are plenty of very good main stream artists that we should encourage that have morals and themes Catholics can get behind, and that this is far more important.
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Mainstream artists are often highly paid. That said, it would be worth contacting them and ‘opening a door’ so to speak. The same can be said for freelancers whose inspiration, in too many cases, is following secular trends. We need to open a door for them too.

Ed
 
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