With each series we do at The Gateway Church we try and have a local artist create a piece that represents their interpretation of the topic. For our Origins series, Anna Farrand created an incredible piece! You have to see it in person for the full affect, but you can get a glimpse with this photo.

Here is her explanation of the piece:

The theme of this piece came from the book of Numbers and the first census of the twelve tribes of Israel, paralleled with our lives today and the census of 2010.  The background is a collage of vintage maps that create the land of the twelve tribes where Israel is today. The top layer is an intricately cut-out map of downtown Des Moines. The goal was to create this almost graphic, blank, top layer that represents today’s google map society, contrasted with detailed 1960’s road maps representing where we came from.

Make sure to check out more of Anna’s stuff at her website, annafarrand.com.

~chris