Arts at Old First Presents: Stories of the Saints

Please note: While this event has already occurred, you are still able to view a recording of the discussion here.

Arts at Old First is pleased to welcome writer Carey Wallace to discuss and read from her new book STORIES OF THE SAINTS with Brooklyn-based artist and Old First elder Wayne Adams. 

Performing Miracles. Facing Wild Lions. Confronting Demons. Transforming the World. STORIES OF THE SAINTS, tells the bold and inspiring tales of adventure, grade and courage from Augustine to Mother Teresa, in a lushly illustrated survey of the lives of saints. 

“The saints included span centuries and cultures, including well-known figures… more obscure ones like Mary of Egypt and John Nepomucene, and those from non-Western cultures… Wallace presents them all with quiet confidence that the stories matter, and she convinces us that they do. Thornborrow’s illustrations combine traditional iconography with modern graphic art, effectively dramatizing each tale. Unusual, well-done.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Wallace’s prose is evocative and reverent. She opens with 2nd-century CE Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, and weaves chronologically to end with Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa). Each biographical sketch begins with the date, location where the saint lived or is known, emblem, patronage, and feast day, culminating in legends about the saints amplified by Thornborrow’s luminous ink illustrations… Wallace’s accounts of the lives of saints will appeal any Christian, particularly those who read graphic novels.”

—Publishers Weekly

“An accessible and dynamic compendium… the emphasis here is on humanity and faithful deeds, not grisly martyrdom.”

—The Wall Street Journal

More at https://www.workman.com/products/stories-of-the-saints 

Find and purchase from Old First’s neighbor Community Bookstore https://www.communitybookstore.net/ or any bookstore near you. 

Carey Wallace

CAREY WALLACE is the author of several books including STORIES OF THE SAINTS, THE BLIND CONTESSA’S NEW MACHINE, and THE GHOST IN THE GLASS HOUSE. Her work has appeared in Time, the Awl, The New Decameron, and Detroit’s Metro Times. She has spoken to students at Princeton, Yale, Juilliard, Pratt, Emory’s Candler School of Theology, and the Festival of Faith and Writing, and has taught at the Glen Workshop. She lives and works in Brooklyn with her poorly-behaved Appenzeller, Bandit.

Wayne Adams

WAYNE ADAMS is a Brooklyn-based artist who received his B.F.A. from Calvin College and M.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in 2000. Adams has exhibited throughout the Midwest, New York and Vienna, Austria. In addition to serving as Board President for Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA) from 2013 to 2019, Adams serves as Elder at Old First.