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THE ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By TAHLIB

We are in Saint Louis today for Easter weekend, and it's been a sensational trip! The drive home will be packed with talk of the "George Rouault" exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art and the breathtaking Saint Louis Cathedral Basilica, as well as the other local sights including the great storm of 2011. This morning we are heading to 10:00 a.m. Easter service at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church with its stunning art deco design and stained glass windows which will be followed by a soul food dinner at Yummies, a local African American tradition. On the way home, we will also stop at the world's largest cross (198-ft tall) in Effingham, Illinois!

As a Christian, this holyweek is the most special week of my year:

• Art brings the Passover to life [Houston Chronicle]
• French destroy Andres Serrano's "Piss Christ" [The Guardian]
• Resurrection Week 2011 [Alpha Omega Arts]
• Philippine artists offer their work for holy week [ABS News]
• Kevin Rolly's "Broken Last Supper" [Alpha Omega Arts]
• Easter 2011: Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, Saint Louis, MO

To follow my holyweek journey, I'm providing links for the years of Alpha Omega Arts: 2010 and 2009. Whether Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jew or non-denominational, we are all members of a giant spiritual family, united in the search for human meaning through art from the religious imagination. For us, it's more than Art. It's Religion.