Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)

The Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe) promotes scholarship, reflection, and practice in the arts and religion to serve the Graduate Theological Union and to benefit the community.

 

CARe Library Exhibitions

See what's on view in the GTU Library!

Check out CARe Package, the official CARe blog!

Sacred Mobility: The Travels of Hindu & Eastern Orthodox Holy Images

Inspired by diasporic communities in the Bay Area, this exhibition explores the movement of sacred objects within Hindu and Eastern Orthodox traditions. 

The Creatives' Cove

CARe helps support the Creatives' Cove, a GTU student group focused on cultivating and connecting scholars with an interest in creativity and the arts.

Courses and Degree Programs

The GTU offers a variety of courses and opportunity in the concentration of Arts & Religion, as part of the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies of Religion.

Grants

CARe is pleased to offer grants of up to $2,000 to GTU students and faculty in support of projects that center on religion & the arts.

About CARe

CARe is the arts center of the GTU, providing opportunities in the visual arts, dance, theater, music, and literature for students, faculty, staff, and the community.

Art and Religion at the GTU

The Art and Religion concentration at the GTU is a robust area of study, with core doctoral faculty at the GTU, supported by additional faculty with expertise in aesthetics and the arts across the GTU consortium.

CARe People

CARe is made up of lots of fantastic people. We have our core staff members, as well as Art & Religion Faculty, Consortial faculty, and of course - our fabulous students!

FIND US!

The Doug Adams Gallery is closed through August

Sacred Mobility: Objects of the Jewish Diaspora

Please join the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies and the Center for the Arts & Religion for an immersive experience of sacred mobility in Jewish ritual and diasporic contexts.

Scholar Francesco Spagnolo will teach us while we enjoy a light lunch in the temporary ritual dwelling of the...

2400 Ridge Rd
12:45pm to 2:00pm

Critical Tensions: Latter-day Saint Art, Devotion, and Design

In this symposium, the GTU hosts experts on Latter-day Saint art to discuss diverse topics such as bodily representation in Latter-day Saint film, temple architecture and art, Latter-day Saint feminism and art, nineteenth-century women’s folk art, and the interface of Latter-day Saint artists with...

Dinner Board Room
1:00pm to 4:00pm