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Summer Institute in Spirituality and the Arts Express yourself!
SUMMER INSTITUTE IN SPIRITUALITY AND THE ARTS Daily
Schedule*
*We offer a full-day option (attend in the morning and the afternoon every day) or a half-day option (attend only in the morning or only in the afternoon every day). You must be available to attend all four days.
Morning Workshop Options 1) Dance and Spirituality: Returning to Attentiveness Again and AgainThrough guided movement improvisations we will ally our physical senses with self-created rituals of peace, blessing, celebration, supplication and others. We will develop these together. Bring your willingness to move as you are able; no previous dance experience required. Selected video clips will enhance and enlarge our understanding of the innate spirituality of dance.  Mary Moore Easter, dancer/choreographer/writer, creates live and video performances using the elements of movement, original text and song. She holds a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and an M.A. from Goddard College. She had a 40-year tenure at Carleton College, where she is professor emerita of dance. Easter has been honored with foundation support (Bush Artist and McKnight Fellowships), residencies (Ragdale, Anderson Center, The Loft), and publication (POETRY, Hungry Mind, Seattle Review, Water Stone, among others). 2) Performance and Social Justice Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul is a leader in creating transformative programs that confront race and racism in safe and empowering ways. You'll participate in theatre practices developed to heal individuals and communities from oppression and enliven the creative spirit in each of us. Through games, storytelling, performance and critical thinking, we'll explore the power of the arts to promote and actualize social justice and equity.  Sarah Bellamy, Penumbra's associate artistic director-education, has designed several programs that engage participants in critical thinking, dialogue and action around issues of race and social justice. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, Bellamy also holds an M.A. from the University of Chicago and is working toward her doctorate at the University of Minnesota.
Afternoon Workshop Options 3) Shelters of the Heart (add $15 supply fee) In this workshop we will build small shelters--for our inner selves, for our relationships with others and as a dwelling for the sacred. We'll explore interiors and exteriors and the ways in which different surfaces and materials can offer space for dialogue and a space to build our visions. We will create "portable sanctuaries" using mixed media, papers, fabrics, beads and imagination. No art experience necessary!  Artist Susan Armington works in painting, mixed media and imaginative map-making. Leading community projects like Talking SuitcasesTM, she brings people together to share their stories through art. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and she has received several grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board. Her map painting, "Geography of Home," made of the words and languages of people who live in the Twin Cities, has toured the region since 2006.
4) Poetry: Art as Social Change Poetry has the power to name oppression and call for justice, to be a voice of resistance, and to challenge us to look closely at our relationships. In this class we will bear witness and pay attention to the powerful, yet playful, elements of language. We'll create poems from found phrases, newspapers and books, blogs, overheard conversations, menu items, song lyrics, paintings and the prairie landscape as we mine the world to create new possibilities.  Pamela S. Wynn is an adjunct professor at United. Shaped by her childhood in North Carolina, her poems integrate her experience of life with her faith. Twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize, she is author of "Diamonds on the Back of a Snake." Her work has received support from numerous groups including the Dayton Hudson, Jerome and General Mills Foundations, Minnesota State Arts Board and Walker Art Center. Her work appears in many journals and anthologies.
Full-day Registration
Half-day Registration
Online Registration: Click here (Payment by PayPal, check, or at the door.) Mail-in Registration: Download a printable registration form (Payment by check or credit card.) Register by Phone: Call Renee Flesner at 651.255.6138. (Payment by credit card.) Subject to availability, United may offer limited on-campus housing. There are also many hotels nearby. Lodging at United or other nearby options. To learn more about United’s Religion and the Arts Program or the Summer Institute in Spirituality and the Arts, contact Cindi Beth Johnson, 651.255.6137. For information about the Masters Program in Theology and the Arts, contact Michelle Rodriguez, 651.255.6119. |
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