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FIELD NOTES
An Orein Arts Journal
Welcome to FIELD NOTES, the Orein Arts journal. It is a companion to & expansion of our email newsletter. You can also follow the journal on Substack. Together we will try to gather the bits of creative and spiritual wool that catch on the fences of our mission, along with a few practical threads besides.
Spring 2026 • Katie Vogel
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Assisi to Elmira
Spacious Repetition and Art
One afternoon, I noticed someone had left a miraculous medal in the folds of the Virgin’s dress. My primary intention for going to the crypt had been to take advantage of the low light...READ MORE >
Winter 2026 • Megan Suttman
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now and the not-yet
(a found poem)
During my Residency this past August I thought often of the 12th century Franciscian, Dun Scotus’ concept of Haecciety or this-ness... This found poem was created in response.READ MORE >
Winter 2025 • Matthew Lomanno
How do we articulate what art is as both a rational activity and as one that requires an artifact to exist separately from the mind of the artist? Reading Thomas Aquinas can aid us...
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From Mind to Matter
How do we articulate what art is as both a rational activity and as one that requires an artifact to exist separately from the mind of the artist? Reading Thomas Aquinas can aid us...
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Winter 2025 • Laura Pittenger
The warmth of recognition. That's what we felt on a frigid night, gathered by candlelight in St. Paul's church for the Orein Arts Benefit...
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The Warmth of Recognition
The warmth of recognition. That's what we felt on a frigid night, gathered by candlelight in St. Paul's church for the Orein Arts Benefit...
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Fall 2025 • Emma Brown Baker
I present a clown exercise to them that Christopher Bayes calls “The Greatest Trick in the World”, wherein your clown demonstrates a trick that is actually quite hard for them to do...
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Clown, Heal Thyself
I present a clown exercise to them that Christopher Bayes calls “The Greatest Trick in the World”, wherein your clown demonstrates a trick that is actually quite hard for them to do...
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Fall 2025 • Nick Maione
At our Orein Arts sessions this summer we spoke about how, in a broken world, the act of coming away to a place like Mt. Saviour can feel insufficient or selfish.
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The Heart Is a Real Place
At our Orein Arts sessions this summer we spoke about how, in a broken world, the act of coming away to a place like Mt. Saviour can feel insufficient or selfish.
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Fall 2025 • James Elliot McBride
I arrive in Elmira on a hot, hazy June evening. I’m nervous to return to Mount Saviour, almost a year after my Orein session.
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Listening to Silence
I arrive in Elmira on a hot, hazy June evening. I’m nervous to return to Mount Saviour, almost a year after my Orein session.
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Summer 2025 • Nick Maione
In August ’23, the Orein artists took a walk together and came across a team of paragliders waiting at an overlook for takeoff.
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What Fills My Airfoil?
In August ’23, the Orein artists took a walk together and came across a team of paragliders waiting at an overlook for takeoff.
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Spring 2025 • Nick Maione
Providence is another name for the kindness of God. If we could realize how wise the providence around us is, it would give us immense confidence on our journey.
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Providence & Limits & Spring
Providence is another name for the kindness of God. If we could realize how wise the providence around us is, it would give us immense confidence on our journey.
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