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Curated by Houston Arts Alliance Folklife and Traditional Arts Program, the series is meant to highlight and exploring communities of different faiths and artistic traditions.
April 6 – Altars and Offerings: The Art of Religious Devotion, Dr. Kay Turner, Brooklyn Arts Council
Kay Turner has studied domestic, festival and memorial altars for many years. Her lecture, with photos, will explore a range of altar traditions highlighting the altar’s history, aesthetics and unique function as a site for communication with the dead and the divine. Turner is the author of Beautiful Necessity: The Art and Meaning of Women’s Altars. A reception will follow the talk.
April 20 – Putting Beauty to Work: Thinking about the ‘Look’ of Religious Experience, Dr. Anthony Pinn, Rice Univ.
May 18 – Sacred Sounds: Communing with the Divine in Islam, Dr. Ali Asani, Harvard University
June 8 – Houston’s Religious Mosaic: Religion in Immigrant Communities, Dr. Helen Rose Ebaugh, U of H