cyrus-m-running &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/cyrus-m-running/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "cyrus-m-running" Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:06:36 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[David Hetland Is One of My Favorite Artists]]> http://pickandprintgallery.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/david-hetland-is-one-of-my-favorite-artists/ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:33:24 +0000 Kathy Grimm http://pickandprintgallery.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/david-hetland-is-one-of-my-favorite-artists/ David J. Hetland (1947-2006) was a nationally recognized artist from Fargo, ND, known particularly for his liturgical works in mosaic and stained glass. I think Hetland is best known for the murals that he designed for Concordia College’ annual Christmas concerts. Pictured above is the CD that is sold by the college that includes a little slide show of some of these murals. In 1965 Hetland began working on the Concordia Christmas Concert murals, taking over the role as designer in 1978. The Christmas Concert murals, 56-foot by 20-foot, were painted in each year by volunteers in paint-by-numbers fashion. More than 20,000 people would see the murals at Concordia’s Memorial Auditorium and Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. Hetland received a BENE award in Ministry & Liturgy magazine’s national 2003-04 Visual Arts Awards for his design for the 2001 Concordia Christmas Concert Mural. In 2000, he received the Concordia Alumni Achievement award, the highest honor bestowed on alumni, and in 1994 the college presented him with an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree. After dealing with life-threatening illnesses for the last eight years of his life, he died on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2006.

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