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- Re-Birth - Art Installation by Sheila Pree Bright12:00 am
- Hostile Terrain 94 - InstallationAll day
- "Who Is My Neighbor?" Art by John August Swanson6:00 am
- MSMFT INFO SESSION8:30 am
- Stanley Stone Distinguished Lecture Series: Yascha Mounk1:00 pm
- ERC Workshop: Self-Editing & Proofreading Workshop2:00 pm
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- Mapping Land Reflectance with Bayesian Dynamic Models (Ryan Frost -- Boston University)4:00 pm
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- Classroom + Career Q&A: Spring Professional Planning5:30 pm
- Protest Cinema Film Series: The Watermelon Woman5:30 pm
- Domestic Violence during COVID-196:00 pm
- MSE Virtual Halloween Costume Party6:00 pm
- CSC Pumpkin Bash - Virtual Decorating Party6:30 pm
- AGNI Presents: The Vocation of Literary Editing6:30 pm
- #BUcity Co-Lab Week: Introduction to PolicyMap6:30 pm
- #BUcity Co-Lab Week: Planning for Anti-Racist Cities: How Planners Can Champion Racial Equity in the Field6:45 pm
- The Queer Art of Reading & Resilience: Uplifting BIPOC Transgender Life and Spirit8:00 pm
"Who Is My Neighbor?" Art by John August Swanson
This collection of prints and posters created by John August Swanson speak to the Boston University School of Theology’s theme, Power, Privilege, and Prophetic Witness. Through colorful images and compelling text drawn from the Bible, writings by prominent theologians, poets, and activists, Swanson tells us the stories of those that inspire us to be better human beings. The viewer sees with our eyes how themes of ecology, assisting underserved populations, and equal rights for all are cries for justice and community. Depictions of figures like St. Francis of Assisi, and the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Daniel Berrigan, S.J., Pope Francis, John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and E.E. Cummings ask the viewer to consider the harsh truths about unfair wages, global warming, the strife of indigenous people, immigration reform, Black lives, and other complex social issues. Swanson serves to motivate us, to push us into action through expressive art and language. And hopefully, we accept his challenge, though the path to peace is riddled with pain, struggle, and sacrifice. Today, more than any other moment in recent history, we must explore the works of this artist to better understand ourselves so we may fight for a better world.
When | 6:00 am – 7:00 am every day until Thursday, December 10, 2020 |
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Building | 745 Commonwealth Avenue |
Room | Moore Community Center and Online |
Contact Name | Kara Jackman |
Phone | 617-353-1323 |
Contact Email | kjackman@bu.edu |
Contact Organization | STH Library |
Fees | Free |