Bruce Herman said there is a reason American art dealers now look to Russian artists for new vitality. Living under repression has given Russian artists a sense of community and meaning, he said. Conversely, American artists suffer from the gradual erosion of meaning.

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For some, art and religion exist at polar extremes – never to meet. But at Washington’s Wesley Theological Seminary, seminarians are learning that the two are not mutually exclusive. Instead, they are learning that the creative process that becomes a painting or sculpture is not unlike the daily struggle of living by faith.

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