Arts & Faith St. Louis
An effort to build a more harmonious St. Louis.
Picture of the musicians from the Sikh community at the 2012 9/11 Interfaith Memorial in Music at The Sheldon.
2012 MUSIC FROM THE FAITH COMMUNITY
Religious musical expressions performed by representatives of St. Louis faith communities, included Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and Hindu performed at the 'Second Annual September 11 Interfaith Commemoration in Music: An Appreciation of Religious Diversity' on September 9th, 2012 at The Sheldon.
In 2012 we were joined by these faith communities: Sikh sacred music, St. Cecilia Church Combined Spanish Choirs and AME Church Missouri Conference Choir.
United Hebrew Congregation in West County, at the 2012 9/11 Interfaith Memorial in Music at The Sheldon.
St. Cecilia Church Combined Spanish Choirs, sings at the 2012 9/11 Interfaith Memorial in Music at The Sheldon.
AME Church Missouri Conference Choir sings at the 2012 9/11 Interfaith Memorial in Music at The Sheldon.
2012 POST PROGRAM ACTIVITY
The 'Unity Web,' to which the audience were abled to attach ribbons with prayers and/or messages of peace and unity after the event, symbolizing our appreciation of religious diversity.
2012 POST PROGRAM ACTIVITY
St. Louis artist Lindsey Scott created a large scale interactive community art piece, 'The Unity Web,' to which the audience were abled to attach prayers and/or messages of peace and unity written on ribbons after the event. In Lindsey's words: On receiving the call for art that celebrates religious diversity, the web of life came to my mind’s eye. 'When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe“ says John Muir. To me, the creation is a physical invitation to work on our religious togetherness-in-process. You + Me. Self + God. Dark + Light. Known + Unknown.
The weavings filled two interconnected circles, a Venn diagram, with the space between left empty. The mystery, divine silence, inhabits the void. We ask for divine surprise to fill this space between and bring together people from all religious traditions of the world. The ribbons, held in each of our hands, tied on to stand in for each individual’s commitment to walk into this work.
May the unity web be an image that guides our community to appreciate the beautiful peace weaved together by Arts & Faith St. Louis and the Interfaith Memorial in Music. www.seehere.info/
