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Exhibitions

In the Library Gallery

Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, Graduate Theological Union, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley
Exhibits can be viewed during library hours; admission is always free.

Current Exhibitions

Reconnecting: A Celebration of Student and Alum Art

Thursday, January 26th 2023 to Thursday, June 1st 2023

This exhibition marks the re-opening of the GTU library and the re-invigoration of the GTU academic community following pandemic separation and loss.

Thanks to the participating student and alum scholar-artists whose beautiful and creative work allows us to re-connect with the ineffable and with each other.

Curated by the Center for the Arts & Religion at the Graduate Theological Union.

Library Entryway Display

Thursday, January 26th 2023 to Thursday, January 25th 2024

In 1968, amid the seminaries of Berkeley’s Holy Hill, the transformation of the plot of land known as “Maggie’s Farm” began. Internationally acclaimed architect Louis I. Kahn was retained to design the Graduate Theological Union common library, uniting the schools of the consortium in this shared endeavor.

This exhibition features architectural sketches and drawings by Kahn and his associates, as well as construction photographs from groundbreaking to grand opening. With these images, we honor our past, celebrate our present, and look forward to our future.

Curated by the Center for the Arts & Religion at the Graduate Theological Union.

Take a look at objects from the exhibition online on the CARe blog!
Past Exhibitions

In the Doug Adams Gallery

Doug Adams Gallery
The Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)
2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley

CARe’s Doug Adams Gallery presents exhibitions that examine themes of religion and spirituality, broadly defined. Three exhibitions each year and related public programming offer opportunities for learning, reflection, and enjoyment for GTU students, faculty, and staff, and for the wider community. 

After a two-year run of online exhibitions, we are now in the process of creating a new Doug Adams Gallery in the GTU's Hewlett Building, open to the public from September 2023!

Visit the Center for the Arts & Religion →

Upcoming Exhibitions

Geografías Paralelas: Coronado, Fernández, Arceo

Thursday, September 7th 2023

Geografías Paralelas, "parallel geographies," is an exhibition of artworks by the artist collective PESARE. Formed of three artists who migrated to the USA as young adults from Latin America and the Caribbean, PESARE seeks to create transcendence with equilibrium and balance by basing their work on their multicultural and bilingual experiences.

René Arceo (Mexican), Pepe Coronado (Dominican), and Sandra C. Fernández (Ecuadorian) met during the early 2000s through mutual art acquaintances, and have worked together since on various creative projects. Their diverse backgrounds, cultural influences, and personal interests allow for a rich interaction on issues of immigration, sociopolitics, and history.

This exhibition will be available to view online in Fall 2023.
Past Exhibitions

In the Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology

Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley

The Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology strives to foster a greater understanding of and appreciation for the ancient biblical world through the preservation, research, interpretation, and presentation of artifacts recovered by its founder, William F. Badè, professor of Old Testament literature and Semitic languages at PSR from 1902 until 1936.

Visit Badè Museum Website →

Current Exhibitions

Tell en-Nasbeh

This exhibit is the "heart and soul" of the Badè Museum. It displays a wealth of finds from the excavations at Tell en-Nasbeh, Palestine, whose objects span from the Early Bronze Age (3100–2200 BC) through the Iron Age (1200–586 BC) and into the Roman and Hellenistic periods. Highlights of the exhibit include "Tools of the Trade" (featuring real archaeological tools used by Badè and his team), an oil lamp typology, a Second Temple period (586 BC–70 AD) limestone ossuary, and a selection of painted Greek pottery.

In addition to the permanent exhibit, other objects in the Badè collection are highlighted in temporary exhibitions. Please check the Badè Museum website for a more detailed description of our current exhibits

In the Blackfriars Gallery

Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology, 2301 Vine Street, Berkeley
Monday through Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

The Blackfriars Gallery, located in the main gathering area of the classroom building at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, is open to the public and has displayed many fascinating exhibits including the largest collection of biblical movie posters, 18th century liturgical vestments, restored stained glass windows from the Neo-Gothic church of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Islamic calligraphy and paintings, contemporary aboriginal art and more.

Visit Gallery Website →

Current Exhibitions

Via Pulchritudinis

In celebrating the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Dominican Order, the General Chapter of Trogir (2013) recommended offering events which promote knowledge of the artistic heritage of the Order. Many Provinces throughout the world have prepared art exhibits reflecting this heritage. Santa Sabina recently opened its own exhibition, Auguri! Expressing the Dominican Tradition in Contemporary Art for the Jubilee. In his prefatory comments to this exhibit, Fr. Bruno Cadore, Master of the Dominican Order noted, "The tradition and rule of the Friars preachers calls on them to learn ‘to recognize the Spirit working in the midst of God’s people, and to discern the treasures hidden in the various forms of human culture, by which human nature is more fully manifested and new paths to truth are opened.’ (LCO 99 § II). This Jubilee exhibition stems from such a desire to search, with others and especially in dialogue with artistic creation, these new paths ad veritatem.”

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