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“Art and Organizing: La Lucha Sigue” with Ricardo Pérez Gonzalez

United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities 767 Eustis St., Suite 140, Saint Paul, MN, United States

Artist and activist Ricardo Pérez Gonzalez is United’s inaugural artist-organizer-in-residence, and has served both our Leadership Center for Social Justice and the Theology and Arts program since last fall. He has also been facilitating our monthly arts and social transformation lunches. Now we want to celebrate Ricardo with an exhibit of and talk about his work.  Born and raised in Mexico, Ricardo is a self-taught mixed media artist with more ...

“Momentos of Failure” | Theology and the Arts Lunch

United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities 767 Eustis St., Suite 140, Saint Paul, MN, United States

In anticipation of the November event for the Mementos of Failure exhibit at United, curator and current DMin student Tyrone Fowlkes and Dr. Jennifer Awes Freeman will discuss the concept behind the exhibit, the process of curation, and invite attendees to reflect on the complexity and benefits of “failure.” We will gather at 12:15 PM CT with a program beginning at 12:30 PM CT!

Theology and the Arts Lunch: “Tradition and Juxtaposition in the Work of Mahmoud Saleh Mohammadi”

United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities 767 Eustis St., Suite 140, Saint Paul, MN, United States

Mahmoud Saleh Mohammadi (b. 1979) is an Iranian artist from Tehran who studied as a painter at the Art University in Tehran and then continued his education at Brera Fine Arts Academy in Italy, graduating in Visual Arts. In his works, he combines the focus, uniformity, and tradition of the (Middle-)East with the Western ideals of creative expression. In many of his pieces, Saleh Mohammadi juxtaposes iconography from Persia to explore ...