2010, metrocards, mixed media, 60 x 200 in.
The mosaic tells a visual story with favorite Bible passages, Christian symbols and Bible stories. Like traditional stained-glass windows found in many churches, our artwork shares the hope, joy, faith, trust, peace, love and grace we have in our Savior. (These words are even hidden in the mosaic.)
Read More“Study for ‘Creation' is a color study [or a series of images interpreting Christian doctrines as seen through a Lutheran perspective,” says artist Charis Carmichael Braun, the People’s Choice Winner.
Read MoreMenand, Louis., and Sacks, Peter., ed. Peter Sacks: Paintings. exhibition catalogue; New York, Paul Rodgers/9W Gallery; New York, NY: Paul Rodgers/9W, 2010. Print. (design, typesetting)
A New Ulm native and photographer for The Journal, Braun volunteered to lead the effort to compile and design a 130-page book, an "active pursuit of one’s local history.”
Read More"When you place a marker somewhere, it solidifies and almost immortalizes what happened at that point," said Carmichael Braun. "What's in the book is just the gateway to the more exciting and the colorful stories that are sometimes forgotten and not mentioned."
Read MoreAn Illustrated Guide to Brown County's Sites of Historical Interest.
Read MoreAs I was working on the research, photography, and design for the book, "Marking Time: An Illustrated Guide to Brown County's Sites of Historical Interest, the local news (KEYC) interviewed me at one of Brown County's "ghost towns," Iberia, MN.
“History Lives on in Minnesota Ghost Towns/A Bit of Southern Minnesota History, Brown County" Narr. Vincent, Jason, Dion Cheney. KEYC TV News. FOX. 12 KEYC, Mankato. 17 November 2005. Television.
Bride Charis Carmichael pins a corsage on her groom, Andrew Braun, during Thursday afternoon's outdoor wedding ceremony on the porch of the Dayton House, Worthington.
Read MoreShe said her favorite works are a still-life she painted during her first year as a student at Bethany Lutheran College, a double-portrait of herself and her boyfriend and "the next one," referring to her future works because "it's going to be better than the ones I have now."
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