Margaret Adams Parker
Artist
Creating Beauty & Meaning for Sacred Spaces
Margaret Adams Parker creates sculpture, paintings, prints, and etched glass for churches and religious institutions across the country. She brings to her work as a liturgical artist a passion for the transforming power of the visual arts in sacred spaces, her deep knowledge of the long and varied history of sacred art, and her joy in collaborative conversation with her clients.
APPROACH
Margaret Adams Parker creates sculpture, paintings, prints & etched glass for clients across the US. Also a seminary instructor, she teaches about the power of the visual arts in the sanctuary. These two callings deepen & enrich each other.
PHILOSOPHY
Parker understands each commission as a collaborative conversation with her client. She brings her expertise and her years of experience to help bring to fruition each client's vision.
TRADITIONS SERVED
Parker is open to serving all traditions. Her primary experience has been with Episcopal, Catholic, and Methodist churches and institutions.
EDUCATION
BA, Wellesley College (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa)
MFA, Painting, The American University (Wolpoff Prize, Glassman Award)
Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship
Faith & Form Honor Award (for sculpture)
Coolidge Fellow at the Association for Religion and Intellectual Life
Artist in Residence, Center for Art & Religion, Wesley Seminary, Washington DC
Fellow, Calvin College Summer Seminars Fellow, Calvin College
Senior Lecturer, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria VA
See www.margaretadamsparker.com for a full resume.
SERVICES
Sculpture, painting, prints, and etched glass for sacred spaces. Work proceeds in three stages: consultation and sketches, full-scale fabrication, then delivery and supervision of installation.
SPECIALIZATION
Etched Glass
Woodcut
