Acceptable Vocation

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Don Swartzentruber grew up in an Amish Mennonite community in Sussex County Delaware. He left his Old Order tradition to attend art school. After earning a Master of Fine Arts degree at Vermont College of Norwich University he decided to revisit his roots with a collection of paintings and drawings called “Pop-Mennonite.” The work created a stir among Mennonites, especially in Canada. Mennonite Weekly newspaper called it “Weird. Disturbing. Bizarre.” Canadian Mennonite journal called it a “jarring juxtaposition of the sacred and the secular.” The work was exhibited at college galleries and museums. The original oil paintings are represented by Saatchi Art. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Mennonite