Art of Interfaith Understanding: Prayerful Looking

Art of Interfaith Understanding

Art of Interfaith Understanding: Prayerful Looking

The program will begin with a guided meditation on contemporary works of art from the museum’s Asian Art Collection. Next, each participant will find a work that speaks to them and spend time contemplating it. We will end with a visit to each work selected and discuss its impact with the one who selected it.

The guided meditation will feature six large, blue and white, traditional-looking plates that were created in 2017 by the avant-garde Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. On closer inspection, they address global crises in our time: they contain images of War, Ruins, Journey, Crossing the Sea, Refugee Camps, and Demonstrations. 

Due to copyright issues, an image cannot be shown here, but you may preview the plates here.

The Art of Interfaith Understanding tours explore the intersection of art and faith.

Facilitated by Rev. John B. Hougen, PhD, Volunteer Docent at the PMA

Held in partnership with the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Division for Community Engagement with tours at the museum.

Art of Interfaith Understanding 2024

Register for Interfaith Philadelphia's Art of Interfaith Understanding tour dates for this season.

If you have any questions, please contact Rev. John B. Hougen, PhD at [email protected].

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Interfaith Philadelphia offers a sliding scale fee structure for our programs in order to welcome all from our community who wish to attend. The sliding scale fee for each Art of Interfaith Understanding is $10-$100 with a suggested price of $25. For more information on how to determine the cost that is right for you, click here.

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Date

Oct 27 2024
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Time

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location

Philadelphia Museum of Art
2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA

Organizer

Interfaith Philadelphia
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