Art Exhibit of Sacred Texts Past, Present and Future at Santa Clara University
The art exhibit, Dialoguing with Sacred Text, an Exhibit of Sacred Texts Past, Present, and Future, will be on display from Feb. 15 to June 30 at Santa Clara University’s archives and special collections gallery in the Harrington Learning Commons.
It includes drawings from an English translation of the Quran that seeks to illustrate and make accessible 1400-year-old Suras for Americans today.
It is among the thought-provoking and striking works of art on display as part of Santa Clara University’s Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education’s yearlong series of lectures, events, and exhibits entitled Sacred Texts in the Public Sphere.
“Sacred texts breathe life into religious and secular culture in a variety of expected and unexpected ways,” said Michael McCarthy, S.J., executive director of the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education. “This exhibit explores and experiments with the form, meaning, and activity of sacred texts of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.”
Curator Michelle Townsend, a veteran of the Bay Area art community, said the exhibit sought to answer questions such as: What matters most about sacred text, the object or the content? Is a sacred text still sacred when it is altered or transformed?
An opening reception for Dialoguing with Sacred Texts: An Exhibit of Sacred Texts Past, Present, and Future will be held on Feb. 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Santa Clara University’s archives and special collections gallery in the Harrington Learning Commons. In addition, an artist-reflection roundtable will be held on May 23 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the St. Clare Room of the Harrington Learning Commons.
Source: eon.businesswire
It is among the thought-provoking and striking works of art on display as part of Santa Clara University’s Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education’s yearlong series of lectures, events, and exhibits entitled Sacred Texts in the Public Sphere.
“Sacred texts breathe life into religious and secular culture in a variety of expected and unexpected ways,” said Michael McCarthy, S.J., executive director of the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education. “This exhibit explores and experiments with the form, meaning, and activity of sacred texts of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.”
Curator Michelle Townsend, a veteran of the Bay Area art community, said the exhibit sought to answer questions such as: What matters most about sacred text, the object or the content? Is a sacred text still sacred when it is altered or transformed?
An opening reception for Dialoguing with Sacred Texts: An Exhibit of Sacred Texts Past, Present, and Future will be held on Feb. 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Santa Clara University’s archives and special collections gallery in the Harrington Learning Commons. In addition, an artist-reflection roundtable will be held on May 23 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the St. Clare Room of the Harrington Learning Commons.
Source: eon.businesswire
