MOCRA Director to lecture at Fordham University
AOA NEWS
NEW YORK -- Dr. Terrence Dempsey, S.J., Founding Director of the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art in St. Louis will deliver the Loyola Chair Lecture at Fordham University this Thursday, October 6. Father Dempsey is also the 2010 honoree of the A&O Prize for Advocacy. The lecture will be held in McMahon Hall on the Lincoln Center Campus. It will begin at 4:00 pm with a reception to follow. Fr. Dempsey's talk, titled "The Pursuit of the Spirit: The Renewed Interest in the Spiritual and Religious Dimensions in Contemporary Art," will be an overview of a phenomenon that has been going on for more than 30 years--the renewed interest among the artists of our time in the spiritual and religious dimensions. For flyer on the event and contact information, download here.
NEW YORK -- Dr. Terrence Dempsey, S.J., Founding Director of the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art in St. Louis will deliver the Loyola Chair Lecture at Fordham University this Thursday, October 6. Father Dempsey is also the 2010 honoree of the A&O Prize for Advocacy. The lecture will be held in McMahon Hall on the Lincoln Center Campus. It will begin at 4:00 pm with a reception to follow. Fr. Dempsey's talk, titled "The Pursuit of the Spirit: The Renewed Interest in the Spiritual and Religious Dimensions in Contemporary Art," will be an overview of a phenomenon that has been going on for more than 30 years--the renewed interest among the artists of our time in the spiritual and religious dimensions. For flyer on the event and contact information, download here.
