RELIGIOUS ART | TALK OF WEEK

AOA NEWS
By Tahlib

ERNIE CEFALU's "Jesus Christ Superstar" (above) cover is the A&O Pick of the Week as producers announce its return to Broadway this spring 2012. This week's A&O trinity of questions are:

1. Did you vote for America's contemporary religious artwork of 2011? (Vote Here)
2. Which Clergy advocate for artists should be the 2011 Omega Prize honoree? (Vote Here)
3. Can an album cover really be considered religious art? (Comment Bottom of Page)

Listed below are the other stories since October 3 in the world of religious art. The stories are grouped by the five largest faith traditions, with an additional category for other/interfaith.

BUDDHIST ART:

• New Buddhist Stupa to Be Blessed at Earth Sanctuary in Washington State (AOA News)
• Buddhists Host Art Gala at Tibet House NYC (AOA News)

HINDU ART:

• Opinion: If Religious Zeal Inhibits Art We Are All Poorer (Sydney-Herald)
• Master Painters of India at Met Traces Tolerance & Conflict through Art (Star Ledger)
• Vijayadasami: Thousands of Children initiated into Learning through Art (The Hindu)

ISLAMIC ART:

• Islam-Inspired Comic Superheroes, Lauded by Obama Heads to USA (Bloomberg Business Week)
• Harvard Islamic Scholar Ali Asani Looks to Art to Bring People Together (Harvard Crimson)
• Rome Hosts Turkish Religious Art Exhibition (Today's Zaman)
• 76,000 People Visit Islamic Art Exhibition in Los Angeles (World Bulletin)

JUDAICA FINE ART:

• Bernice and Henry Tumen Collection Illuminate Jewish Law Artistry (Brandeis Now)
• Vassar Sukkot Project 5772 builds on Community's Common Ground (Miscellany News)
• Iconic Art of Peter Max Comes to St. Louis Art Gallery (Jewish Light)
• Sukkah City STL Exhibition Opens at Washington University (Patch)
• Jewish Obsession with Sukkot Rooted in Pagan Practice? (Jewish Press)

CHRISTIAN ART:

• New Book: Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane (New York Times)
• Video: Apocalypse is Coming...at the Tate (AOA News)
• Art Review: John Martin's Greatness and High Kitsch (New York Times)
• King James Bible Exhibit Traveling Across the Nation (The Houston Chronicle)
• BELIEVER FOR ARTISTS: Father James Krische | NYC (AOA News)
• Final Days for THE VEIL at University of Kentucky's The Art Museum (AOA News)
• Director of Museum of Contemporary Religious Art to lecture at Fordham University (AOA News)
• Artist, Emanuel Utti's Commission for St. Helena's Church (The Times Herald)
• Kaleidoscope Series Gem of Interdisciplinary Analysis (Miscellany News)
• Catholic Outreach Program invites Ohio Museum Director for Religious Art Talk (Canton Repository)
• Video: Book of Revelation for the iPhone (AOA News)
• 2012 Fine Art & Christianity Competition in Philly (AOA News)
• Growing Market for Christian Art, But Still Small (Huffington Post)
• ArtPrize's Safe, Non-provocative Christian Art Winner (Christian Century)
• Letter to Editor: Religious Symbolism of Caravaggio (The Telegraph)
• Op-Ed: Art History is Essential to Catholic Education (National Catholic Reporter)
• Jesus Christ Superstar: The Musical Hits Broadway this Spring (Black Planet Universal)
• A&O Meetup: Day of the Dead Workshop in Indianapolis (AOA News)

RELATED ARTS:

• Opinion: What are the "Occupy Wall Street Protests" in NYC? (AOA News)
• Videos: Occupy Wall Street (AOA News)
• Burning Man May Get a Sister City in Nevada (The Union)
• The Artwork of Dr. Death: Jack Kevorkian (Asberaz Post)
• Indy's Monument Circle Named as 1 of the 10 Great Public Spaces for 2011 (AOA News)
• A&O Prize 2011 Honorees to be Announced in November (AOA News)
• Young Artist Contest on Spirit & Death: Enter 10/26-29 (AOA News)
• In Ann Wolfs Art, Small Worlds of Intensity & Religious Iconography (The Times Union)
• Day of the Dead Workshops in Indianapolis (AOA News)
• Controverial Religious Art exhibit Comes to Brisbane, Australia (The Brisbane Times)
• 2011 Believer For Artists? You Decide, Vote Today (AOA News)
• Vote for America's Contemporary Religious Art Prize 2011 (AOA News)
• A&O Week Ahead | Indianapolis (AOA News)
• Installation by Polish Artist Withdrawn After Jewish Protests (Daily Mail)

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