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Artists Junction International
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*Thank you to all of the new subscribers! Please visit a gathering and join the mailing list for experiencing the most out of AJI. Also, please take a look at the newsletter.

*The pictures from Snowflake Gala are posted on the website. There is a link on our homepage. [link]



Description:

Who are we?

We are a faith-integrated, nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring artists and the arts to the Kingdom of God.

Where are we located?

Our headquarters are in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Our History

We started as one small gathering of about a dozen artists back in July of 2002, meeting to encourage each other and find purpose for our lives and our talents.

Since then, we've grown to a local community of 60 artists in our own area, meeting in several groups across our county. We've held our own collective visual and performing arts "showcase" for the community and have learned to stay connected despite our wide variety of church and life backgrounds.

We incorporated as a nonprofit in the USA in November 2004 and desire to make what we have learned and experienced available to artists around the world seeking to come together, learn about God's Kingdom, and find their purpose and role in our world.

Contact Us!

Interested in starting an Artists' Junction in your town or city?

We'd love to hear from you and explore the possibilities!

aji@artistsjunction.org

(717) 295-2533

Artists' Junction International

PO Box 282

Lancaster PA 17608


Attn: Deb or Jan

Contact Info Email: aji@artistsjunction.org
Website: [link]
Office: Located on the second floor of the Mulberry Arts Studio in Lancaster, PA
Street: Mulberry St.
City: Lancaster, PA


Check out our website to see when and where our gatherings take place!

New people are always needed to keep the vision growing!


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Becoming involved:

Feel free to attend any and all of the gatherings!

If you would like to have your work submitted on this website, send us a note with a link to your deviation. We will credit you and refer the viewer back to your page. If you aren't a deviantart member, you can email us or join DA.

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This site no longer belongs to Nicole and Cameron. The ministry, BezalelStyle, has instead become Artists Junction Internatioal. Paul's Mystery Gallery is now an Artists Junction International ministry.




***Biography of Bezalel/B'tzalel/Betzalel***


This is taken directly from Wikipedia.
Original article: [link]


For the school of art, see Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.
In Exodus 31:1-6, Bezalel (Hebrew: בְּצַלְאֵל, also transcribed as Betzalel and most accurately as B'tzalel), is the chief architect of the Tabernacle.[1] Elsewhere in the Bible the name occurs only in the genealogical lists of the Book of Chronicles, but according to cuneiform inscriptions a variant form of the same, "Ẓil-Bêl," was borne by a king of Gaza who was a contemporary of Hezekiah and Manasseh. Apparently it means "in the shadow [protection] of El." Bezalel is described in the genealogical lists as the son of Uri (Exodus 31:1), the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah (I Chronicles 2:18, 19, 20, 50). He was said to be highly gifted as a workman, showing great skill and originality in engraving precious metals and stones and in wood-carving. He was also a master-workman, having many apprentices under him whom he instructed in the arts (Exodus 35:30-35). According to the narrative in Exodus, he was definitely called and endowed to direct the construction of the tent of meeting and its sacred furniture, and also to prepare the priests' garments and the oil and incense required for the service.

He was also in charge of the holy oils, incense and priestly vestments.[2]


In Rabbinical Literature
The rabbinical tradition relates that when God determined to appoint Bezalel architect of the desert Tabernacle, He asked Moses whether the choice were agreeable to him, and received the reply: "Lord, if he is acceptable to Thee, surely he must be so to me!" At God's command, however, the choice was referred to the people for approval and was endorsed by them. Moses thereupon commanded Bezalel to set about making the Tabernacle, the holy Ark, and the sacred utensils. It is to be noted, however, that Moses mentioned these in somewhat inverted order, putting the Tabernacle last (compare Exodus 25:10, 26:1 et seq., with Exodus 31:1-10). Bezalel sagely suggested to him that men usually build the house first and afterward provide the furnishings; but that, inasmuch as Moses had ordered the Tabernacle to be built last, there was probably some mistake and God's command must have run differently. Moses was so pleased with this acuteness that he complimented Bezalel by saying that, true to his name, he must have dwelt "in the very shadow of God" (Hebrew, "beẓel El"). Compare also Philo, "Leg. Alleg."

Bezalel possessed such great wisdom that he could combine those letters of the alphabet with which heaven and earth were created; this being the meaning of the statement (Exodus 31:3): "I have filled him . . . with wisdom and knowledge," which were the implements by means of which God created the world, as stated in Proverbs 3:19, 20 (Berakhot 55a). By virtue of his profound wisdom, Bezalel succeeded in erecting a sanctuary which seemed a fit abiding-place for God, who is so exalted in time and space (Exodus R. 34:1; Numbers R. 12:3; Midrash Teh. 91). The candlestick of the sanctuary was of so complicated a nature that Moses could not comprehend it, although God twice showed him a heavenly model; but when he described it to Bezalel, the latter understood immediately, and made it at once; whereupon Moses expressed his admiration for the quick wisdom of Bezalel, saying again that he must have been "in the shadow of God" (Hebrew, "beẓel El") when the heavenly models were shown him (Numbers R. 15:10; compare Exodus R. 1. 2; Berakhot l.c.). Bezalel is said to have been only thirteen years of age when he accomplished his great work (Sanhedrin 69b); he owed his wisdom to the merits of pious parents; his grandfather being Hur and his grandmother Miriam, he was thus a grand-nephew of Moses (Exodus R. 48:3, 4).


Modern-day
The tradition of craftsmanship was revived by Boris Schatz who founded the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem.


References
^ BEZALEL - Jewish Encyclopedia article
^ Beseleel - Catholic Encyclopedia article

This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.

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