Sacred Expressions: Journeys in Faith & Art

Good turnout for night of faith, music, art

April 21, 2008 – About 200 people turned out for “Sacred Expressions: Journeys in Faith & Art,” an event held at The Cherry Street Artisan on April 12, 2008. The event featured panelists, music and poetry, and was co-sponsored by MU’s Center on Religion & the Professions.

The event featured musicians, poets, dancers and other artists exploring how spiritual journeys inspire and give meaning to their creations. (Read more about the event.)

See photos from the event:

Metal sculpture artist Michael Marcum (left to right), Scott Cairns, poet and director of MU’s Center for Literary Arts; and Justin Arft, religious studies scholar and artist, respond to questions from panel moderator David Clark, gallery coordinator at The Cherry Street Artisan. (See the site for a roundup of the panel discussion).	Marcum (left to right) and Cairns on the panel.
Cindi Elliott, an American Indian storyteller, shares how stories pass values on to future generations.	Dancers from Shanthi Mandir Hindu temple perform classical Indian dances that tell stories of myth and belief.
Shanthi Mandir dancers perform.	Dancers from Shanthi Mandir perform a spiritual dance.
Jane Accurso (left to right) and Dierik Leonhard of the band Ironweed, after their set of bluegrass gospel songs.	Accurso and Leonhard.
Singer-songwriter Caleb Travers performs on The Artisan stage.	Travers shared how his Christian faith is incorporated in his music, even while some songs and topics are secular.
The Katalyzt’s (left to right, Tyree Byndom and Jesca Byndom) perform their Bahai’-inspired spiritual rap.	The Katalyzt’s perform with special guest Rachid Outabia (far right), who is from a Roma and Muslim background.
Poet and Zen Buddhist Ray Ronci (far right) and his band perform Japanese poetry set to improvisational jazz as part of the evening’s Poetry Jam.	Ronci at the piano.

Audience member Michael Acuff participates in the Poetry Jam.

Sponsored by The Cherry Street Artisan and MU’s Center on Religion & the Professions.