Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity and Islam

Art - Exhibit

Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, January 25, 2010 - April 1, 2010

College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery
1 College Street
Worcester, MA 01610-2395
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Gallery hours: M- F 10 am - 5 pm; Sat 2 - 5 pm, closed February 27th and March 6th during spring break

The exhibition explores pilgrimage as experienced in Buddhist, Christian, and Muslim faith communities and focuses on fundamental issues of the three religions and the many ways of convergence of practices in the pilgrimage experience. The exhibition at Holy Cross will house 75 historical objects and additional mementos of present-day pilgrimages, such as the clothing worn on the Muslim Pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca. The exhibition will then travel to the Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, the University of Richmond, Richmond Virginia, and the Rubin Museum of Art, New York City before closing in October 2011. The exhbition is funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment fro the Arts. Trained student tour guides are available for individual or for groups. Group visits may be possible outside of normal Gallery hours. For additional information please call 508-793-3356 or visit the Gallerys Web site at: holycross.edu/cantorartgallery.

Cost: No cost, open to the public

Suggested Audiences: Elders, Adult, College, High School, Middle School

E-mail: prosenbl@holycross.edu
Phone: 508-793-3356

Last Modified: December 29, 2009 at 11:34 AM

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