Hospitality of the Soul: Visual designer and mental health professional Judy Ko speaks with artist Maria Eugenia Fee about art, theology, and hospitality. This excerpt of their conversation is from a video created by videographer Allen Wong.
As an artist, theologian, and educator, Maria Eugenia Fee embraces the term mestizaje to reference her bi-culture identity, a multi-ethnically rich urban upbringing, and interdisciplinary studies in art and religion. Mestizo is visually represented through the mixed-media composition of her artwork. These notions also drive her theological research explored in the upcoming book The Art of Theaster Gates and a Theology of Hospitality. She is currently an adjunct professor at Seattle Pacific University and The Seattle School.
Judy Ko is interested in the intersections of faith, creativity, beauty, truth, trauma, and soul care. She received a design education from Carnegie Mellon and worked as a visual designer in Manhattan before deciding to pursue the field of therapy. She moved to the Pacific Northwest to earn a counseling psychology degree at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. Judy is currently a Licensed Mental Health Associate working as a play therapist in the Seattle area.
Photographer and videographer Allen Wong was trained classically on the piano and violin, and later studied viola. He has played with the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra and was a finalist in the Washington State Solo & Ensemble Contest. After picking up the guitar, bass, and drums, he recorded his first EP, As Headaway Ahem. After graduating from the University of Washington with a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering, he produced the Theotech Podcast and had a quick run on YouTube before taking on photography.
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