 | This image of the interior of the United Church on the Green is one of the photographs by Robert A. Lisak featured in the exhibition "Sacred Spaces in New Haven and Its Environs," on view Oct. 1-Nov. 2 at the Institute of Sacred Music. |
The theme of spirituality will be explored in a new exhibition and a poetry
reading this week at the Institute of Sacred Music (ISM).
T H I S
Issues of spirituality to be explored
in exhibit, poetry reading
“Sacred Spaces in New Haven and Its Environs,” an exhibition of photographs
by Robert A. Lisak, will be on display Oct. 1-Nov. 2. The show features images
of 40 houses of worship of diverse faith traditions, which were taken as part
of a larger project to produce a full-color guidebook to historically and architecturally
important places of worship in New Haven. The book, supported in part by a grant
from the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, is scheduled for release
in fall of 2008.
“I see the idea of constructing a sacred space as a reflection of a communal
aspiration to express spirituality and a conception of the holy,” says
Lisak. “My hope is that these photographs are a faithful documentation
of this communal aspiration as it worked itself out over time and through various
faiths. They also represent my individual voice taking part in this communal
conversation.”
There will be a reception honoring the exhibition and photographer 4:30-6 p.m.
on Thursday, Oct. 18, in the Great Hall of ISM, 409 Prospect St. The exhibition is open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays. Admission is free to both the reception and the exhibition.
“Sacred Spaces in New Haven and Its Environs” is being presented
by ISM with support from the Divinity School in conjunction with a conference
titled “Sacred Space: Architecture for Worship in the 21st Century,” which
is being held Oct. 25-26 at ISM and with the symposium “Constructing the
Ineffable” being hosted Oct. 26-27 at the School of Architecture.
Poetry reading
Poet Scott Cairns will present a reading of his work on Thursday, Oct. 4, as
part of the Yale Literature and Spirituality Series, offered this season in memory
of Lana Schwebel, a former faculty member at ISM and the Divinity School.
Cairns’ reading will take place at 4:15 p.m. in the Yale Divinity Bookstore, 409 Prospect St. It is free and open
to the public.
Currently professor of English and director of creative writing at the University
of Missouri, Cairns is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently “Compass
of Affection: Poems Selected & New.” He co-edited (with W. Scott Olsen) “The
Sacred Place,” a collection of prose and verse celebrating the intersections
of landscape and ideas of the holy. He wrote the libretto for “The Martyrdom
of Saint Polycarp,” an oratorio composed by J.A.C. Redford. His works have
been included in “Best Spiritual Writing,” “Best American Spiritual
Writing” and “American Religious Poems,” among other anthologies.
His spiritual memoir, “Short Trip to the Edge,” and his verse adaptations
and translations, “Love’s Immensity: Mystics on the Endless Life,” both
were published in 2007.
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