I was in the San Francisco Bay Area in May and June to promote my book, Art & Sacred Sites: Connecting with Spirit of Place. I gave an artist talk a the de Saisset Museum of Art and at Open Ground Studios in Seaside. I will present it in Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico at ALAS Gallery on Tuesday July 29, 4-6pm. Then to Mississippi where I will give a talk at Fischer Galleries in Jackson on August 21, 5-7pm.
It is a thrill to have this book in print! It was idea for years, then once I made a decision to "go for it" - it was a year and a half of intense writing and curating work and photographs. Created in collaboration with book designer, Margery Cantor, this coffee table style book contains beautiful spreads in full color of my work, the sacred sites that inspired me and personal observations written especially for each chapter. Sites include Caves in the South of France, Newgrange in Ireland, Uluru in Australia, Stonehenge and more and covers almost 20 years of my work. Limited edition, hard-cover, 90 pages, 11″ x 13″, $55usd plus shipping.
“As my travels to sacred sites became spiritual journeys, each one bore a new wave of creativity in the studio.”
Available for purchase via my website: www.glenrogersart.com
From the Foreward by Diane Jonte-Pace, Ph.D.Professor of Religious Studies, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Santa Clara University
“In her work, and in this book, Glen Rogers invites us to accompany her on a pilgrimage to these ancient sites marked by human creativity. With Glen we encounter the immense numinosity of these powerful places; we experience with her their ability to stir us deeply, to inspire and transform, to quicken the creative spirit.”
From the chapter on Las Labradas, Mexico:
My first visit to Las Labradas, a
beach and petroglyph site north of my home in Mazatlán, Mexico, was in 1999,
shortly after I fell in love with this city. Someone had scribbled a map on the
back of a napkin, and a friend and I set out in her van. We drove down miles of bumpy dirt roads until
finally a friendly villager led us to our destination: a beautiful deserted
beach with huge black boulders scattered along the water’s edge, carved with
mystical shapes and symbols. With waves crashing and the silence of the tide
pools as a backdrop, one couldn’t help but feel the magic of this ancient site.
Visit Carl Heyward's blog for his take on the book:
Lisa Lankins of mazatlanmycity website reviewed the book and had this to say:
Art and Sacred Sites is a new book by artist, teacher and fellow Mazatlan resident, Glen Rogers. Glen has traveled the world connecting with the earth and the significance of the places she has visited. Through photographs, writing and art she invites us to feel this connection. Flipping through the pages, I find myself vibrating at a different level. Her work is rich yet basic, and reading it is meditative.
Janet Blaser, Publisher M! Magazine:
Sharing is something that we're compelled to do. It's in our nature, part of what defines us as human beings, and indeed, glorifies us as individuals.
It's in this spirit that Glen has given us this book, sharing the sacred places, symbols and connections she has discovered in her many years of traveling and creating art. As she has opened her heart, it seems the natural world has responded, sharing its ancient secrets and wisdom which she now passes on to us within the pages of this book.
With this book, Glen demonstrates how she has transformed her spiritual journey into art, gently stepping into the role of teacher as she shares the inspiration she's received. I, for one, am thrilled and grateful for this gift; I trust you will be, too.
