February 2000

The National Catholic Reporter deserves praise for sponsoring the Jesus 2000 art competition. New representations of Jesus came from 1,004 artists in 19 countries. BBC art expert, Sr. Wendy Beckett, chose this winner from 10 finalists: "Jesus of the People" by Janet McKenzie of Island Pond, Vt. The winning image in the NCR Dec. 24 became front-page news across the U.S. and in many other nations. What Beckett calls "a haunting image of a peasant Jesus - dark, thick-lipped," dares to identify the Messiah with people of color - the vast majority of the human family. It has stirred enormous discussion, pro and con. Amid the secular hype of Y2K, that alone is good news.

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