Stony Brook Americans for Democracy (AIDemocracy) event: 'Shattering the boundaries between cultures and religions through art'Art history lecture dealing with Jewish, Christian, and Islamic art to show the cultural diffusion of these artistic ideas between cultures and religions.
Contest: Students from different faiths get together in groups to try to create the best interfaith logo comprised of different religious symbols. The winning artwork will have the logo used for future interfaith and peace dialogues, and the creator getting a prize!
Co-Sponsored with the MSA, Catholic Campus Ministry, Hillel Foundation for Jewish Life, the Crafts Center, and Art Department.
Don't run away- interesting pictures and videos of the lectures/students in the art contest are just a scroll down away!! Not to mention the winner and the honorable mention at the very end!
Don't run away- interesting pictures and videos of the lectures/students in the art contest are just a scroll down away!! Not to mention the winner and the honorable mention at the very end!
Dr. Shoki Goodarzi (above):As an ancient art historian Dr. Goodarzi's courses have focused on the development of the arts in the ancient cultures of the Near East and Mediterranean, including Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, and Central Asia among others. She received her master’s degree in Classical art and archaeology specializing in the Roman and Aegean world from Indiana University in Bloomington, and her Ph.D in ancient Near Eastern art and archaeology from UC Berkeley. Upon graduation, Dr. Goodarzi began working as a curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art until she joined SUNY Stony Brook’s Art Department in the spring of 2002. In addition to her curatorial experience, she have also been an active archaeologist in Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia, for the past 20 years. Most recently, she worked as the field director of a 4th century BC archaeological site in southern Uzbekistan.
Listen to her lecture: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Dr. Aaron Rosen (above):Dr. Rosen recently completed his doctorate in theology at the University of Cambridge, where he previously earned a Diploma and an MPhil in the Hebrew Bible. He holds a BA from Bowdoin College and has also studied at the Yad Vashem School for Holocaust Studies in Jerusalem and at the University of California Berkeley, where he was a doctoral fellow. He is particularly interested in the work of modern Jewish artists, and his first book—"Imaging Jewish Art: Encounters with the Masters in Chagall, Guston and Kitaj" will be published in 2009. He has taught courses on topics ranging from British comics to modern Jewish philosophy. Spring 2009 he will be offering a seminar course in the Art History Department entitled: “Tracing Identities: Jewish Art from Antiquity to the Present.”
Listen to his lecture: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Answering questions the audience posed...
The next group of pictures are students working on their art pieces
That's the SB AID president- Nida SayeedThe next set of pictures are students explaining their artwork to the judges. This is the first artwork...
Watch the judges judging the artwork. Left: Dr. Rosen, Middle: Mrs. Janice Constanza- head of the Craft center and one of our co-sponsors for this event, Right: Dr. Goodarzi.This is the second artwork...
Watch the judges judging the artwork.This is the third artwork...
Watch the judges judging the artwork.This is the fourth artwork...
Watch the judges judging the artwork.And this is the last artwork...
Watch the judges judging the artwork.The judges using their time to discuss the artwork they have seen.
Winner of the contest: Chris Williams and his artwork (below)
And the honorable mention and his artwork: Christopher Estevez (below)
