Photo by Susan Feindel
Image:"Ecclesiagenesis", The Art of Soul, Novalis, 2002, p.247.
"prayer", previously unpublished.
Artist and writer of Acadian descent, Regina Coupar holds a degree in Religious Studies and Fine Art from Mount Saint Vincent University and a Diploma in Theology and Ministry from the Atlantic School of Theology.Regina writes regularly for Making Waves: An Ecumenical Feminist Journal, has written a monthly column for The Chronicle Herald, authored four books, was past Chair of Visual Arts Nova Scotia, served on the boards of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Arts Advisory Council. Her work, visual and written, explores connections between creativity and spirituality.
Titles: The Art of Soul, An Artist’s Guide to Spirituality; Novalis, 2002; Light Among the Shadow Releasing Feminine Spirit, Gamaliel Publications, 1995; Echoes of the Remnant; Gamaliel Publications, 1993; The Spirit Sings, Reflections from an artist’s journal, Gamaliel Publications, 1992; The Seeker’s Heart, Blue Grama Publications Corp., forthcoming 2004. Anthologies: The Art of Worship; Nimbus, 2001; Words Out There: Women Poets in Atlantic Canada; Roseway Publishing, 1999; Spirit Mourn, Spirit Dance; United Church Publishing House, 1998; Was Thomas Merton a Free Man? (with Jacques Goulet and Clare Goulet); Grail: an Ecumenical Journal, Saint Paul University Press, 1997.Awards: Mount Saint Vincent Merit Scholarship.