RELIGIOUS ART | TALK OF WEEK

AOA NEWS
By Tahlib

"STAINED WINDOW" is the 2011 winning artwork of the A&O Prize for Contemporary Religious Art (above). Created by a group of 54 high school students from Los Angeles and led by Banksy, the 4th annual award was announced on November 1. This week's A&O three questions are:

1. How does the winning artwork prompt you to think about faith? (Comment)
2. How can arts & faith groups encourage student artists to explore their faith and talents? (Comment)
3. Which American clergy member did AOA readers vote as the 2011 A&O Prize Advocate for Artists? (Comment)

Listed below are the other news stories of the past week from the world of religious art. The stories are grouped by the five largest faith traditions, with an additional category for other/interfaith.

BUDDHIST ART:

• "Tibetan Treasures" Exhibit on Display in Pennsylvania Museum (Tribune-Democrat)
• Burmese Artists Look to New Horizons (The New York Times)
• Connecting Korea & Germany through Art (Korea Times)

HINDU ART:

• Opinion: If Religious Zeal Inhibits Art We Are All Poorer (Sydney Morning Herald)

ISLAMIC ART:

• University of Texas Host Princeton Lecture on Islamic Art and Culture (University of Texas)
• The MET's Islamic Aesthetic is a Path to Cultural Understanding (Wall Street Journal)

JUDAICA FINE ART:

• 2011 Salt Lake City, Jewish Arts Festival (Examiner)
• New Jewish Film: A 'Cut' Above the Rest (Jerusalem Post)

CHRISTIAN ART:

• Baptist Church in Ohio Buys Former Theater as New Home (USA Today)
• Christian Art of Candis Kloverstrom Illustrates Salvation (AOA News)
• Graffiti Art by Banksy & 54 LA Students Wins Title of 2011 Religious Art Prize (AOA News)
• Fernando Salis' Mapping Projection on the Christ Rio (YouTube)
• Brazil's Religious Festival is Subject of Art History Lecture in New Mexico (Las Cruces Sun-News)
• Zimbabwe: Christian Films Safe for Family Viewing (All Africa)
• Canadian Art Master of an Earlier Religious Era, Finally Has a Showcase (Montreal Gazette)

RELATED ARTS:

• Anselm Kiefer: Artworks as Reconciliation for Isreal & Germany (The Independent)
• Adele & Eva: 'We invented our own sex" (The Guardian)
• Video: Immortals TV Spot #1 "Gods & Titans" (YouTube)
• Video: Immortals TV Sport #2 "Prepare for War" (YouTube)
• 16th Annual Spirit & Place Festival Begins tonight in Indianapolis | Day #1 (Indianapolis Star)
• Day #2, Spirit & Place Event: Tattoo Legend Lyle Tuttle (AOA News)
• Day #3, Spirit & Place Event: Art Opening, "Beyond Dead: Youth Respond" (AOA News)

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