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As today’s shocking and reprehensible events unfolded in our nation’s capital, the GTU reaffirms our commitment to creating a more just, peaceful, and loving wo...rld through the teaching of moral and ethical leadership, our dedication to engaging in respectful dialogue across difference, and our resolve to uphold the democratic values of this nation. May we all find the strength and wisdom to allow our actions to be guided by the light of truth, justice, and peace.

Happy New Year! CARe is back and excited to kick off the start off 2021 with our first event of the year! Please join us on Zoom for an Artist Panel Discussion with the three artists featured in our exhibition "Art Window". Local artists Ora Clay, Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo, and Shirin Khalatbari will discuss their work, all of which deals with themes of social justice, but in different ways and across three distinct types of media.... RSVP to [email protected] to get this link to this great event, co-sponsored by our friends at GTU Women's Studies in Religion.

This Thursday, December 17! We're excited to welcome our new Post-Doctoral Fellow in East Asian Art and Religion, Dr. Dessi Vendova, to give our last event of the semester. Dr. Vendova will be presenting some of her research on the four life stages of the Shakyamuni Buddha. Please email [email protected] to RSVP for this free event!

Congratulations to CARe Board Member Dr. Devin Zuber on winning the Graduate Theological Union's Borsch-Rast Book Prize! https://www.gtu.edu//dr-devin-zuber-awarded-2020-borsch-ra

Looking for the perfect Holiday gift? Get them a CARe workshop! We're offering six brand new arts and religion-themed workshops in Spring 2021, all of which will be instructed online. Learn more about these workshops at gtu.edu/careworkshops or send us a message if you have questions!

Tomorrow! Don't miss this great event with Gideon Mbui on creativity and the power of the arts during a global pandemic. RSVP by emailing [email protected]

Join us on Thursday, October 29 from 5-7pm (PST) for a panel discussion with artists from our Fall Exhibition, Drawing the Soul Toward Truth: Hindu and Muslim Sacred Geometry. Graduate Theological Union PhD Student Rachelle Syed will moderate this discussion between artists. Please RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/interfaith-roundtable-drawing-the-soul

This Friday, October 23! Our friends at GTU Women's Studies in Religion are holding their annual Student Conference, co-hosted with the GTU Asia Project.

THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 | 4PM (PDT) Join us on Zoom for another Art Break! Graduate Theological Union PhD Student Gideon Mbui will be leading us in discussion about his own art practice, and the healing power embedded within his work. We invite you to bring pieces of your own, and come ready to talk about the way COVID has impacted your creative practice - whatever that may be.... Please email [email protected] to RSVP for this online event.

Black Existential Musings: an Evening Talk with Artist/Writer Mark Doox Don't miss this talk by Mark Doox, hosted by the FSU Department of Art History. This live event was held on October 14. Mark Doox is a writer and narrative based visual artist whose mixed media acrylic collage paintings use aspects of Byzantine and early Italo-religious icons as the basis of his icon styled artwork that he calls Byz-Dada (Byzantine Dadaism.) His subject matter routinely gravitates towar...d religious iconography, colonial Americana, comic book superheroes, minstrelsy, and images from vintage photographs. https://youtu.be/9zmBYxYVfzo

There's still time to sign up for Louise Victor's workshop, "Representations of Otherness: Monsters, Devils and the Roots of Fear". Taught online on October 27 & October 28 from 2-4pm (PDT), this workshop explores the visual history of fear and danger of the unknown. In this workshop, participants will cover the earliest history of the Greeks and Romans, John Madeville’s travels and reportage, the demonization of Jews, all the way through to present day reactions to immigrants. To learn more and sign up visit gtu.edu/careworkshops

In case you missed it! Watch the full recording of last week's Book Release Celebration with Dr. Devin Zuber and Rev. Nate Klug: https://youtu.be/ClGbuhMv8CE Both authors read from their recently published works, and engaged in lively discussion on the environment, poetry, spirituality, and art. ... Take a look!

If you missed last night’s opening, don’t worry! You can still see Ora Clay’s spectacular quilts anytime just walk by our Art Window at 2465 LeConte Ave, Berkeley

From our friends at Institute of Buddhist Studies! Don't miss this lecture with Dr. Michelle Wang, on Sculpture, Time, and Materiality in a Buddhist Cave Shrine. Friday, October 23 | 1-2pm | online Find out more and sign up: www.shin-ibs.edu/event/numata202

This Wednesday, October 7 at 4pm! RSVP to [email protected] to join us in what is sure to be a fantastic discussion!

Don't miss this fantastic event with Dr. Devin Zuber and Rev. Nate Klug! Join us on Zoom for a celebration of two newly published books and a discussion on environmentalism, the landscape, art, and religion. Email [email protected] to RSVP!