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ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Disney-Britton

Rev. Clarence G. Newsome, PhD

The NEWS OF WEEK is your selection of the 2014 Alpha & Omega Prizes for Contemporary Religious Arts: celebrating artists, museums, clergy, and students. Please join us on Saturday, November 8, 2pm at Indiana Interchurch Center to induct the 2014 honorees, including Rev. Clarence G. Newsome, President of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, and artist Anila Quayyum Agha. Please make your gift of support today for this annual prize at www.alphaomegaprize.org.

In other religious art news from across the USA, and around the world:

• Buddhist Art of Week: Zaha Hadid's soft hymn to genocide in Cambodia [More News]
• Christian Art of Week: Jesus is a gay man in new book of Doug Blanchard's Art [More News]
• Sikh Art of Week: Photographers Amit & Naroop capture beards and turbans [More News]
• Islamic Art of Week: Ehab Mamdouh’s portrayal of the human figure in prayer [More News]
• Judaic Art Week: Exploring the past and present of the Hanukkah menorah [More News] 

Join us each November for our annual celebration of the religious imagination. Our goal is to promote creating, discussing and collecting religious art. When you follow religious artists, you look for others who do the same. Some of us join as "Creators" who exhibit at those celebrations; others as "Collectors" who provide artist support for the celebrations; and others join as "Friends" that subscribe to this weekly e-newsletter; (or follow on: Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, or Soundcloud).