Welcome, to the Blessing Doves Art Project
A blessing is an expression from many cultures and religions that is offered as a gift of favor, protection, good wishes, happiness or divine will.
Blessing doves are created and distributed around the globe with all of these intentions. A Blessing Dove is an anonymous gift to be discovered randomly by a stranger. The aim of the project is to brighten one’s day, and to instill a sense of peace, hope and love.
“Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. My peace I give to you” The Counselor
John 14:27
CHECK OUT THE GLOBAL TRAVELERS POSTING BLESSING DOVES AROUND THE WORLD
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Born in Rhode Island, Artnaut Sandra Jean Caes’ works are at once beautiful and thought provoking. She tells us, “Social justice and spiritual solitary are bedrock concepts in my art which launched my art practice into international community engagement and social justice exhibition.”
Caes’ art practice engages a socio-political point of view with a multi-genre approach that includes public intervention, installation, photography, painting and mixed media. Ceas travels the globe surveying opportunities to use art as a means for discourse, especially where religious tension resides. The motive behind her work is to raise consciousness for justice and peace, often juxtaposing incongruities for visual impact.
Caes has taught at several colleges including Art Institute, San Francisco, Portland and Colorado, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, and most recently at Colorado State University.
Today, Sandra works from her Colorado home/art studio. She is founder of Christos Collective (ChristosCollective.org). Caes is busy publishing a book on art and culture while preparing to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her anonymous underground street art project “Blessing Doves”. Currently, she is exhibiting at Lexis Gallery in Sacramento.
Images: Homeland Doors, Bring Back Our Girls, 526 Seconds
Find out more about Sandra at https://www.sandrajeanceas.com/and her project blessingdoves or https://blessingdoves.com
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Cape Cod 2024
A teaching gig at the Cultural Center Cape Cod delivered me to this magical peninsular to bless it with doves.
2023 Egypt Nile River Exploration
An exploration down the Nile River in Egypt, North Africa offered great cultural dove blessing sites.
2022 Mississippi River trip
A fun River Boat Cruise up the Mississippi River brought on some new sights and smells.
Alaska 2021
A vacation cruise to Alaska during Covid restrictions was a blast. Although a lot of stops were closed we enjoyed a good part of the beauty and thrill of this space on earth.
2020 Caribbean
A cruise vacation to the Caribbean was a blast. Blessed this fun spot on the earth.
India - 2018 June
I took several Colorado State University LEAP Art Entrepreneur students to India for an Arts Collaboration Project with local NGOs for social advocacy and got an opportunity to tour a bit and share some blessing doves in India.
UAE - United Arab Emirates - 2018 June
A quick side trip to visit the new Louvre in Abu Dhabi
A few blessing doves were deposited in the extreme heat of the day!
Spain -October 2017
An all expenses paid artist residency in Olot, Spain gave me a chance to explore Spain and bless Madrid, Barcelona and Olot with doves.
Greece - August 2017
A Sociology and Art conference took me to Athens, Greece and I got to bless the city on my walks and a visit to the beach.
Copenhagen - August 2017
A short layover on my way home from Athens, Greece gave me a chance to walk the pier of Copenhagen and bless the area with doves. A special treat to see the littlest mermaid that inspired Walt Disney.
Palestine - December 2015
An opportunity to put up an art exhibition titled Diaspora of Being for the International Palestinian Diaspora conference in Bethlehem, Palestine brought me back to Israel to blessed the area once again, but this time on the suppressed side of the land where the affects of the occupation and refugee camps were visibly evident. The stratified contrast of living conditions was disturbing and the sense of survival riveting. I left part of my heart behind. This area of our world needs prayer.
Italy - July 2013
An artist-in-residency took me to Italy for the month of July 2013. I was placed in Assisi at the top of a holy mountain to explore the spirit of my art. Short ventures to the Venice Biennale, Florence, Rome and the Piedmont region where my grandmother was born gave me lots of sites to gift the little doves throughout Italy.