Children’s class kit
art — Teens (13–17)
Auto-assembled from the Bahai Story Library
Stories
- Art Is Worship: A Painter's Question in London
In London in September 1911, a painter came to ask 'Abdu'l-Bahá whether art was a worthy vocation. The Master answered in three words. Then an actor asked about drama, and the conversation widened into a memory of a Mystery Play that, as a child, had kept Him sleepless for nights.
— 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 'Abdu'l-Bahá in London
- Paint My Servitude to God: Juliet Thompson and the Portrait
In June 1912 in New York, the painter Juliet Thompson was given an unprecedented privilege: 'Abdu'l-Bahá agreed to sit for her. The Diary preserves the moment He stopped her on the street, took her hand, and said *come tomorrow and paint;* and the cramped basement studio where He asked her to paint not the man but the *Servitude.*
— Juliet Thompson, The Diary of Juliet Thompson
- The Musk-Scented Pen Sent to Constantinople
Adib Taherzadeh, in *The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh*, traces the mission of Mishkín-Qalam — Bahá'u'lláh's celebrated calligrapher — sent from Adrianople to Constantinople to teach by his art, then arrested through court intrigue and exiled to Cyprus, where he remained imprisoned for nine years.
— Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh (4 volumes)
Discussion questions
Quote to memorize
“Art is worship.”
Coloring page
Interlocking Nine-Stars
A repeating field of nine-pointed stars connected at their points — a symbol of the unity that the Bahá'í teachings call humanity to.