Come prepared to flex your creative muscles and discover new sources of inspiration. For this session, we will be exploring the art and history of photography. No experience necessary! -- https://sjcpl.libnet.info/event/11261240

In this featured program, Joseph Becherer, Director of the Raclin Murphy Museum or Art and Curator of Sculpture, will moderate a conversation between Reverend Austin Collins, C.S.C., and Revered Martin Lam Nguyen, C.S.C., two beloved members of the Notre Dame and Congregation of Holy Cross communities. They will discuss the dual call both to the religious and the artistic life. Fr. Collins serves as the Vice President for Mission Engagement and Church Affairs at the University of Notre Dame and has been a faculty member in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design since 1985. As a sculptor, Fr. Collins’s area of practice includes public art, large outdoor sculpture, installation art, and liturgical art, often with a focus on political and social issues. His more than 140 exhibitions include works at Notre Dame and other universities nationwide as well as the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Fr. Ngyuen joined the faculty of the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at the University of Notre Dame in 1995. Fr. Nguyen creates large-scale works in drawing and various painting media. His works are site-specific installations, designed to provide a contemplative space for viewers to examine people and events of the past that are still alive in one’s memory. Against the backdrop of our fall exhibition, Through the Lens of Father Francis Browne, S.J.: Photographic Adventures of an Irish Priest, this discussion will explore the unique, intersectional space of religious life and artistic expression that both Fr. Collins and Fr. Nguyen inhabit. Father Browne's photographic legacy offers a rich context for this dialogue, showcasing how spirituality can shape and inspire artistic vision. Fr. Collins and Fr. Nguyen will share their experiences and insights on how religious life influences their creative processes and how their art serves as a conduit for spiritual reflection and communal connection. Before the lecture in the Atrium, we encourage you to explore the work of Father Browne on view in the Temporary Exhibition Galleries on Level 2. The exhibition will remain open until the lecture begins. Originally published at raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu.

Community yoga classes offered with the aim of making yoga accessible to all. -- https://sjcpl.libnet.info/event/11302801

Come listen to the second MFA reading of the semester on Wednesday, November 13th. Readers will include Proph Dauda, Adalyne Perryman, and Vince Vasudevan. Proph Dauda is a writer and dog breeder who, for the most part, was raised by American missionaries at the Passion Center for Children in the small town of Zomba, Malawi. He taught History and Literature for five years at a private secondary school founded by the Scottish missionaries, the Henry Henderson Institute in Blantyre, Malawi. In his spare time, he volunteered as a Kennel Attendant at Blantyre Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (BSPCA). Later, he enrolled in Auburn University’s Master of Arts in English program. At Auburn, he served as a Teaching Assistant for core Literature, as well as the Assistant Managing Editor for the Southern Humanities Review, a graduate student-run literary magazine. His writing explores cultural values, social stratum, superstition, and the experiences of migrants arriving on the shores of America. His fiction has appeared in the Kansas State University’s Touchstone Literary Magazine. In 2023, his poetry received an honorable mention for the Robert Hughes Mount Jr. Prize in Poetry, sponsored by the Academy of American Poets at Auburn University. In the same year, he served as a judge for the Poetry Out Loud Contest for Auburn High School in Alabama.Adalyne Perryman graduated from SUNY Oneonta. In between, she worked to put together the Adirondack Family Book Festival, bringing a list of awarded and diverse writers to upstate New York. She enjoys analyzing the connection between truth and memory in her spare time while internalizing all the beauty the world can offer! She's a big fan of a good train ride, the trees, and lakes.Vince Vasudevan (he/him) is a multiracial speculative fiction writer interested in the intersection between literary and genre stories. A jack of all trades, Vince earned his B.A. in History at Virginia Tech and double-minored in Physics and National Security/Foreign Affairs. As a result, he has worn many different hats in industry, and is currently a first reader for James Gunn's Ad Astra. Vince is teaching at the Novel Architects Workshop this summer, led by Kij Johnson and Barbara Webb. His future goal is to be a university-level educator. Vince writes futures so he can believe in a tomorrow.   

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