FRED DE SAM LAZARO, guest anchor: For much of modern times, it seems, artists have parked their spirituality outside the studio, outside the gallery. Our next story takes us to a retreat in Santa Fe, New Mexico, intended to bring back what one organizer calls “the intimate relationship between art and faith.”
Judy Valente has our report.
JUDY VALENTE: Santa Fé: a city whose spiritual heritage dates back to the Native Americans and Spanish missionaries; a place of stunning natural beauty — home to more than 250 artists’ galleries; a city where the spiritual and artistic come together easily.
Each summer, hundreds of artists from across the country journey here to St. John’s College, in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, for what’s called the Glen Workshop — a weeklong gathering sponsored by the literary journal “Image.”