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    Panel Discussion: Mark Baum: Life, Painting, Spirit

    Event Date: 
    Saturday, February 27th 2016, 2:30pm
    Dr. Elizabeth Peña, Executive Director of the GTU's Center for the Arts, Religion, and Education is among the panelists for a conversation about “Mark Baum: Life, Painting, Spirit" at Krowswork Gallery in Oakland. Other panel participants include: Billy Baum, Mark's son and executor Renny Pritikin, Chief Curator, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco Jasmine Moorhead, Director, Krowswork Gallery Where: 480 23rd Street, Oakland, CA When: February 27, 2:30 pm For more information
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)
    CARe | Center for the Arts & ReligionElizabeth Pena
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    "Head of Passes" plus panel discussion at the Berkeley Rep

    Event Date: 
    Thursday, May 14th 2015, 8:00pm
    The Graduate Theological Union, along with the Center for the Arts, Religion, and Education and the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion, invite you to join us for a discussion following the May 14, 2015 performance of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Head of Passes, which is based in part on the Book of Job. The discussion will occur in the Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s cafe following the performance and include a panel of experts, including: ·         Dr. LeAnn Snow Flesher, Academic Dean and Professor of Old Testament, American Baptist Seminary of the West ·         Dr. James...
    American Baptist Seminary of the West (ABSW)Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)
    CARe | Center for the Arts & ReligionABSW | American Baptist Seminary of the WestBerkeley Repertory Theatre
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    GTU Event

    Panel Discussion: Spiritual Ecology

    Event Date: 
    Wednesday, October 5th 2016, 5:00pm
    Join us for a panel discussion on "Spiritual Ecology" featuring Dr. Cynthia Moe Lobeda (Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary), Dr. Riess Potterveld (GTU), Dr. Rita Sherma (Center for Dharma Studies), and Dr. Devin Zuber (Center for Swedenborgian Studies). Where: CARe's Doug Adams Gallery, 2465 LeConte Avenue, Berkeley
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)The Mira and Ajay Shingal Center for Dharma Studies (CDS) Center for Swedenborgian Studies (CSS)Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary of California Lutheran University (PLTS-CLU)
    CARe | Center for the Arts & ReligionCDS | The Mira and Ajay Shingal Center for Dharma StudiesCSS | Center for Swedenborgian StudiesPLTS | Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
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    Art Exhibit by Paul Roorda

    Event Date: 
    Tuesday, February 4th 2014
    Doug Adams Gallery (inside the Badè Museum of Biblical Archeology), Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley About the Exhibition: In Icon & Artifact, Paul Roorda uses ashes, gold leaf, historical materials, and discarded Bibles to express a neo-liturgical approach to Christian art and ritual. Through his creative process, Roorda gives us works of arresting beauty, imbued with meaning. The 17 pieces in this exhibition are grouped in three categories: In Slate Requiem, Roorda makes use of slate tiles from an old church roof to examine the tension between...
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)
    CARe | Center for the Arts & ReligionArtexhibitsDoug Adams Gallery
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    GTU and CARE Partner with Berkeley Repertory Theatre

    The Graduate Theological Union and the Center for the Arts, Religion, and Education are excited to announce a new partnership with the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. As part of this partnership, a group of GTU faculty members will host a panel discussion following an upcoming performance of Head of Passes, a new play by MacArthur Genius award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney that is based in part on the Book of Job. The play runs at the Berkeley Rep from April 10 through May 24; details on the date of the GTU panel will be announced soon. In the meantime, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre is...
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)
    Berkeley Repertory TheatreCARe | Center for the Arts & ReligionTartuffeHead of Passes
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    What’s that you see? Interfaith panel explores art and spirituality

    The Graduate Theological Union, in conjunction with the Center for Arts, Religion and Education, sponsored Modern Divine: An Interfaith Panel on Art and Spirituality on October 27 at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. The panel, consisting of Deena Aranoff, CJS, Devin Zuber, PSR, Munir Jiwa, CIS, and Riess Potterveld, GTU (moderator), shared insights and reflections on works of art in the CJM exhibit Beyond Belief: 100 Years of the Spiritual in Modern Art. (http://beyondbelief.thecjm.org/) This collaborative event showcased not only varied expressions of...
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)The Center for Islamic Studies (CIS)The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies (CJS)
    ArtCARe | Center for the Arts & ReligionDevin ZuberMunir JiwaDeena AranoffRiess PotterveldCIS | Center for Islamic StudiesCJS | The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies
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    "Exploring Icons: From Veneration to Preservation" Panel Discussion

    Event Date: 
    Thursday, March 12th 2015, 5:00pm
    The Center for the Arts, Religion, and Education is hosting this panel discussion. 5:00-7:00pm.     Light refreshments provided. Panelists include: ·         His Eminence Metropolitan Nikitas, Director, Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute ·         Dr. Rossitza Schroeder, CARE/PSR Assistant Professor of Art & Religion, and Doug Adams Gallery Guest Curator ·         Elisabeth Cornu, Art Conservator Doug Adams Gallery, 1798 Scenic Avenue...
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)
    Doug Adams GalleryCARe | Center for the Arts & ReligionPAOI | Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute
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    Modern Divine panel discussion at Contemporary Jewish Museum

    Event Date: 
    Sunday, October 27th 2013, 3:00pm
    Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission Street (btwn. 3rd and 4th Streets), San Francisco, CA 94103 Moderator: Riess Potterveld, President of Graduate Theological Union Panelists: Deena Aranoff, Assistant Professor for Jewish Studies, Graduate Theological Union Munir Jiwa, Director and Associate Professor, Center for Islamic Studies, Graduate Theological Union Devin Zuber, Assistant Professor for American Studies, Literature, and Swedenborgian Studies, Pacific School of Religion
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)The Center for Islamic Studies (CIS)The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies (CJS)Pacific School of Religion (PSR)
    CIS | Center for Islamic StudiesCJS | The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish StudiesPSR | Pacific School of ReligionCARe | Center for the Arts & ReligionMunir JiwaDeena AranoffDevin ZuberRiess Potterveld
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    Panel Discussion: A Common Thread: Spiritual Narrative and the Textile Medium

    Event Date: 
    Thursday, November 7th 2013, 6:00pm
    Visting scholar, Carol Bier, to present at Panel Discussion: A Common Thread: Spiritual Narrative and the Textile Medium hosted by the Center for the Arts, Religion and Education (CARE). Location: The Doug Adams Gallery, PSR. Click here for directions. Panelists:  Carol Bier - Visiting Scholar, Center for Islamic Studies, Graduate Theological Union Lynn Meisch - Chair of Anthropology Department, Saint Mary’s College of California Mari Lyn Salvador - Director, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)The Center for Islamic Studies (CIS)
    CIS | Center for Islamic StudiesCARe | Center for the Arts & ReligionDoug Adams Gallery
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    "Disgraced" at the Berkeley Rep with GTU Panel

    Event Date: 
    Wednesday, November 18th 2015, 7:00pm
    We are pleased to announce another collaboration between the GTU, CARE, and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. On Wednesday, November 18, GTU faculty members Munir Jiwa, Naomi Seidman, and Som Pourfarzaneh will lead a panel discussion following the performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced at the Berkeley Rep. Written by novelist and screenwriter Ayad Akhtar, Disgraced has been described as a "combustible powder keg of identity politics,” that explores Islamophobia, the role of religious faith, and the challenges of being Muslim in post-9/11 America. As a friend of the...
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)The Center for Islamic Studies (CIS)The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies (CJS)
    Berkeley Repertory TheatreDisgracedCIS | Center for Islamic StudiesCARe | Center for the Arts & ReligionCJS | The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish StudiesMunir JiwaSom PourfarzanehNaomi SeidmanIslamophobiamuslimdialogueinterreligious dialogueGTU | Graduate Theological Union
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    CARE Brown Bag Lunch: Aspects of Awe, Wonder, and Spirituality in the Landscape Paintings of Georgia O'Keefe

    Event Date: 
    Friday, February 5th 2016, 12:00pm
    The Center for Arts and Religion would like to invite you to their first Brown Bag Lunch event for Spring 2016.  On February 5th from 12-1pm, Yohana Junker, a GTU doctoral student in Art & Religion and Fall 2015 CARE Grant Awardee, will be presenting a talk entitled, "Aspects of Awe, Wonder, and Spirituality in the Landscape Paintings of Georgia O'Keefe."This event is free and open to the public; please bring your lunch and join us! When: February 5th 12-1pm Where Doug Adams Gallery, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709  
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)
    CARe | Center for the Arts & Religionbrown bag lunch seriesGeorgia O'KeefeYohana JunkerDoug Adams Gallery
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    GTU Event

    Yoga in the Gallery

    Event Date: 
    Wednesday, March 15th 2017, 12:00pm
    Join us for an hour-long session by registered yoga teacher Lily Manderville (CARe Programs Manager). Open to all GTU member school students, faculty, and staff. Comfortable work clothes recommended. Please bring a hand towel and water bottle. 2nd Wednesday of each month, 12-1pm. Questions? Email info@care-gtu.org Hosted by CARe in the Doug Adams Gallery, 2465 Le Conte Avenue, Berkeley ​RSVP on Eventbrite!    
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)
    CARe | Center for the Arts & Religion
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    GTU Event

    Third Thursdays at BAMPFA

    Event Date: 
    Thursday, March 16th 2017, 4:30pm
    Receive a complimentary ticket the third Thursday of each month to visit the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive and hear a short talk by a GTU faculty member about an artwork on display. This month's featured speaker is Scott Mitchell from the Institute of Buddhist Studies. Scott will speak about a piece of work featured in the current exhibition, "Buddhist Art from the Roof of the World: Transmission of the Dharma". You're welcome to amble around the museum or join us for a drink in the café!  Graduate Theological Union students, staff, faculty, and friends are all welcome....
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)
    CARe | Center for the Arts & Religion
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    CARe Brown Bag Lunch Series: Su-Chi Lin

    Event Date: 
    Friday, March 3rd 2017, 12:00pm
    Brown Bag Lunch Series Presented by: Suchi Lin (PhD candidate, GTU, with a concentration on art and mission) Title: Who do you Say that I Am?: Jesus Christ in Visual Art Through centuries, artistic portraits of Christ have been produced in different cultural and missiological contexts. This BBL talk introduces the cultural representation of Jesus Christ made by contemporary artists, with an attempt to address a Christology of the images from an intercultural approach.​ RSVP on Eventbrite!    
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)
    CARe | Center for the Arts & Religion
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    CARe Publication Unites Artwork by Hagit Cohen and Essays by GTU Scholars

    Berkeley, CA – October 3, 2018  The Center for the Arts & Religion at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) celebrates the publication of Gestures to the Divine: Reflections on Eco-Spirituality, a book that brings together the nature-focused artwork of Hagit Cohen and reflections on eco-spirituality by scholars from the GTU. The release accompanies the exhibition of Cohen’s work at the GTU’s Doug Adams Gallery in Berkeley through December 13, 2018. Hagit Cohen’s minimalist prints of plant seeds and pods inspire awe and contemplation. As...
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)
    CARe | Center for the Arts & ReligionHagit CohenJay JohnsonRita ShermaDevin ZuberMatthew HartmanKeyona LazenbyYohana JunkerCynthia Moe-Lobeda
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    "Reverberating Echoes" Opens January 31, 2017, at the Doug Adams Gallery

    Reverberating Echoes: Contemporary Art Inspired by Traditional Islamic ArtCurated by Carol BierJanuary 31 – May 26, 2017 Berkeley CA – The Spring 2017 exhibition at the Graduate Theological Union’s Doug Adams Gallery, “Reverberating Echoes: Contemporary Art Inspired by Traditional Islamic Art,” highlights the work of seven American artists of diverse interests, backgrounds, and training.  Inspired by traditional Islamic art, their works echo historic aesthetic concerns, often advancing human knowledge and understanding by...
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)The Center for Islamic Studies (CIS)
    Reverberating Echoesislamic artCIS | Center for Islamic StudiesCARe | Center for the Arts & ReligionCarol Bier
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    "Reverberating Echoes" Continues

    From the Spring 2017 issue of CurrentsView PDF of article * View PDF of Entire Issue The Center for the Arts & Religion presentsReverberating Echoes: Contemporary Art Inspired by Traditional Islamic Art Doug Adams Gallery, 2465 Ridge Rd., Berkeley Open through May 26 | Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays 10am-3pm by Elizabeth Peña Reverberating Echoes: Contemporary Art Inspired by Traditional Islamic Art, curated by Carol Bier (Visiting Scholar, Center for Islamic Studies), presents work by seven artists of diverse backgrounds, who share a...
    Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe)The Center for Islamic Studies (CIS)
    CARe | Center for the Arts & ReligionReverberating EchoesCarol BierCIS | Center for Islamic Studies