Housemoot
Housemoot is digital conference for those who want to create a moot in their own community during Hutchmoot.
Housemoot is our web conference with over 15 hours of new lectures, recipes, and artistic offerings that will launch the same weekend as Hutchmoot (October 10-13, 2024) and run through November.
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But Housemoot is more than just a web conference; it is a do-it-yourself "conference kit" that enables you to create a moot experience of your own with your community.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Karen Swallow Prior
Author of On Reading Well, The Evangelical Imagination, among other books.
With...
Douglas McKelvey
Ruth Naomi Floyd
Marlita Hill
Jamin Still
Ned Bustard
Jonathan Rogers
Sarah Crowley Chestnut
John Hendrix
Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt
Amy Baik Lee
Kyra Hinton
Lanier Ivester
What is Housemoot?
Your Housemoot ticket includes:
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A wide selection of new audio and video lectures from artists, writers, musicians, poets, and creators of every stripe
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Artistic interludes with inspiring works of songwriting & poetry.
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Recipes to help you roll out the welcome mat
Cost:
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$25 for individuals and families
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$50 for a group (10+)
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$100 for churches and large-group gatherings (50+)
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Members:
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Rabbit Room members receive a $10 discount on Housemoot tickets. You can join on the membership page if you're not already a member.
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Dates:
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Housemoot will be available from October 10-December 1, 2024.
We'll set the table, you bring the guests.
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We would like to challenge you to use Housemoot as a gathering point for your community. In short, you can make Housemoot whatever you want it to be. You can pick a single lecture to watch and discuss with your friends over a meal. You could make a day of it, watching several videos and letting the ideas wash over your community. Or you could use Housemoot as a way to build your own weekend conference, gathering friends and neighbors around the content in an even deeper way.
If you can't make it to Hutchmoot or want to host a moot in your own community, we encourage you to register for Housemoot.
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Session & Speakers
Keynote Speaker
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR
Author, Teacher
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Reading Matters: How to Read Better Words Well
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Reading reflects a uniquely human capacity and way of seeing and being in the world. It's also just plain fun! But like any other skill, reading is a practice that improves with time and intention. In a world that encourages the opposite of reading well, let's explore some ways we can become better readers and, in becoming better readers, discover more of the pleasures that good books offer.
DOUG MCKELVEY & NED BUSTARD
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The League of Woe​
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What happens when companions set out on physical pilgrimage as a means of embodying the grief journey?
Ned Bustard (Every Moment Holy illustrator) and Doug McKelvey (Every Moment Holy author) reflect on their recent, shared journey across the Highlands of Scotland to the Isle of Iona—an adventure undertaken with the intention of "walking into their sorrows."
ELISSA YUKIKO WEICHBRODT​
Redeeming Vision: Looking at and Learning from Art
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What does it mean to be a Christian viewer of art? Whether we're looking at a detailed floral still life or a modern abstract painting, what principles should guide our engagement and help grow our love for God and our neighbor? We need a redeeming vision that values the incarnation, is oriented in love, and anticipates transformation. This is a practical introduction to learning from, not just about, the art and images we see.
RUTH NAOMI FLOYD
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The Act of Remembrance: History and Celebration of African American Spirituals​
An informative lecture-performance on the historical roots and musical language of African American Spirituals. The profound body of music illustrates the tension of redemptive beauty in times of oppression, resistance and liberation. This lecture examines the lyric, composition, rhythmic pattern, and dual spiritual and social-political message in African American Spirituals.
JONATHAN ROGERS​
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Happiness, Goodness, and Making
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Thomas Aquinas wrote, "God communicated His goodness to His creatures in such wise that one thing can communicate to another the good it has received.” To be happy is not only to receive the goods that God offers, but also to “communicate” goodness. For St. Thomas, “communication” wasn’t merely a matter of conveying a message to people, but helping the things of earth (both animate and inanimate) to fulfill their purpose. As Ellen Charry says, “The good bestowed by anyone on something else becomes shared property.” In this talk, Jonathan Rogers will discuss the ways that work, and especially creative work, increases happiness.
AMY BAIK LEE​
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​Keepers of Lost Moments and Places: Living Homeward in Time​
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Many of us carry vivid memories of moments and places that have become lost and forgotten to the world over the years. “I remember,” we say, tasting both a particular goodness we once encountered and the bittersweetness of the fact that we cannot return to it. We know that God remembers these settings and experiences with us, and that He grieves with us on our mortals’ road through time. But could there be more? Retracing her steps through a country she thought she’d left behind, Amy will explore the notion that the past moments and places we hold dear have a role to play in the new creation.
MARLITA HILL​
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Let's Talk FACTS: Faith, Art, and Career Thriving in Synergy​
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How do we integrate faith, art, and career? What is the relationship between these three aspects of artistic practice? This discussion moves beyond coordination to a new paradigm, showing how faith, art, and career can partner and flourish together in our walk with God, art-making, and career-building.
SARAH CROWLEY CHESTNUT​
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​Imitation, Inspiration, Aspiration: Three Practices and Postures for Creative Growth​
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Whether you are a beginner or a veteran in your medium, imitating other artist’s work, doing your part in seeking inspiration, and clearing out space and time “congestion” are critical practices for creative growth. We will also consider the “soul work” inherent in each practice, and the postures of heart that inform (and are formed by!) the practice.
KYRA HINTON & JAMIN STILL​
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Writing Like a Painter: A Cross-disciplinary Exploration on the Fluidity of Creativity
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Kyra Hinton and Jamin Still are known visual artists in the Rabbit Room community, but recently have both published novels. In this cross-disciplinary session, they discuss how their established art practices have shaped this “new” branch of their creative work. They invite you to ask important questions about the impacts of inspiration and individual creative wiring on how we create in any medium.
JOHN HENDRIX​
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Three True Outcomes: Tool, Trend, Tragedy—A Perspective on Art-making and Artificial-Intelligence​
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Is artificial-intelligence off-limits to those who practice illustration? The rhetoric around the rise of images made by algorithms is not particularly nuanced. The distance between those who see "AI" as a new tool that makes artistic creation easier and more accessible, and the others who believe it to be a cancer that threatens the very soul of humanity is razor thin. For practitioners, students, and faculty, what are the right kinds of questions we should ask about this new kind of art making? From ethics to ethos, this presentation will consider if image creation using artificial-intelligence is truly a brand-new category of creation or is just the latest chapter in the familiar cycle of skepticism and fear around emergent technology.
LANIER IVESTER​
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​The Joy of Feasting: Celebration as a Means of Grace
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Join Lanier Ivester for an inspiring session on the significance of feasting and celebration. Explore the reasons behind a beautifully set table, quality ingredients, and sacrificial effort, all while learning how culinary experiences can commemorate important milestones, foster connections, and create lasting memories. Whether a special occasion or an intimate family dinner, this session will arm you with the spiritual motivation and a few practical tools to help elevate any event from mere entertaining to true, Christ-centered hospitality.
NED BUSTARD​
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Every Moment Illustrated​
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"Every Moment Holy" (volumes I-III) are books of liturgies for the ordinary events of daily life written by Douglas McKelvey and illustrated/designed by Ned Bustard. The linocut illustrations in the Every Moment Holy books combine classic church art symbolism and contemporary images (and a lot of Easter eggs) to deepen the impact and meaning of the liturgies. In this session, Bustard will read excerpts from many of the liturgies and weave in explanations for the symbolism found in a number of the blockprint illustrations.
Sponsorships
Housemoot (and Hutchmoot) sponsors share our vision for building community by drawing people together around art, music, story, and the gospel. When you or your organization supports Hutchmoot, you join the Rabbit Room in welcoming friends from near and far to experience this unique event. Community is made up, not only of individuals, but also of like-minded organizations, businesses, and institutions with the aim of ushering in the Kingdom.
We are delighted to partner with you for Housemoot 2024. Sponsorships are available in a variety of forms and can be adjusted to meet your business needs.
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If you'd like to partner this year, please contact Sarah Katherine Woodhull, Director of Development at sarahkatherine@rabbitroom.com.
Housemoot 2024 Sponsors
