The Value of Sanctuary - Building a House Without Walls
Sun, Aug 08
|The Cathedral Church of St. John the Div
Beginning with the historic framework of the Cathedral as a site of welcome and refuge, this multidisciplinary exhibition explores the question of sanctuary through the work of modern and contemporary artists.
Time & Location
Aug 08, 2021, 11:42 AM – 11:47 AM
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Div, 1047 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025, USA
About the Event
From 14. 02. To 30. 06. 2019
Beginning with the historic framework of the Cathedral as a site of welcome and refuge, this multidisciplinary exhibition explores the question of sanctuary through the work of modern and contemporary artists. Using the Cathedral’s sacred space as a canvas, these works illuminate the intersections between spiritual and social identity, and the ways in which personhood and community cohesion speak to and are formed by notions of dignity, inclusion, and exclusion.
The Preamble to the Constitution of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, chartered in 1873 as the church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, describes the Cathedral as a “house of prayer for the use of all people.” In the almost 150 years since the signing of that charter, notions of community, of inclusion, of sanctuary have persisted as frequent topics of discussion and dissent. The current political discourse about national…