Website – https://linktr.ee/kristenwheelerartist
About Kristen Wheeler: I’m originally a Yankee from Michigan who escaped the snow and moved to Florida for art school where I met my husband. We fell in love, got married, and lived in Florida for 15 years before moving to Louisiana in my husband’s hometown. I have a deep love and connection to New Orleans. Not only because I married a cute Cajun boy who loves and introduced me to seafood, beignets, and Mardi Gras, but as an artist I found the rich culture of music, food, and art here to be just the salve my soul needed for healing and fulfillment. I discovered the Episcopal Church in Louisiana too and never thought it would lead to seminary and the diaconate, but here I am, second year of seminary and ready (God-willing as they say) to be ordained to the permanent diaconate in 2024. I grew up Roman Catholic and went to Catholic school. As a teenager I left the church and didn’t look back for nearly 20 years until I found the Episcopal Church. I’ve traveled the word meeting amazing and interesting people and cultures and love to share these stories when I teach and preach. I now do modern iconography and teach classes, workshops, and retreats, along with being a creative writer and creative minister.