The Grünewald Guild was started near- ly 35 years ago to give artists of all levels the chance to create in a faith-inspired community outside the limitations of a classroom.
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the early spring rays of sunshine, and where ponderosa pines watch over verdant farm fields.
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Plain? Hardly. It’s a place so beautiful, so deafen-
ingly quiet, it makes you “stop, shut up and pay attention,” explained artist Richard Caemmerer, who did just that nearly 35 years ago when he and wife Liz bought an old com- munity hall to start the Grünewald Guild. Tey had spent time at nearby Holden Village, a Lutheran retreat center, and were inspired by the area. Plain? More like plain as in a
Art, faith collide at Grünewald Guild By Rachel Pritchett
ucked onto a high ledge of the sunny side of the Cascades in Washington is the Plain Valley, where horses venture outside of storm-worn barns to enjoy
blank canvas. Visitors come here to take part in that silent explosion when art collides with faith. Tey are artists-in-residence, teachers, students or just people on retreat to pray and worship while weaving, writing, painting, or making music, pottery or stained glass. Tey eat together and do mundane chores around the place to keep it going. In the process, spiritual trans-
formation, artistic growth and healing oſten splash across their life canvasses. (“Grünewald” refers
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