This mini-retreat will take place in the PMA’s America250 exhibit, A Nation of Artists. We will focus on landscape paintings that helped create our national identity, fueled our nation’s westward expansion, and express a variety of religious and spiritual commitments. Guided meditation on two paintings will be followed by an opportunity for participants to explore the exhibit and select a work of art to contemplate on their own or with a partner. The retreat will conclude with a tour of the works selected, each person sharing their unique experience of prayerful looking.

Facilitator
Rev. John B. Hougen, PhD, Coordinator of Interfaith Philadelphia’s series: The Art of Interfaith Understanding and a guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Register today! Space is limited.

Admission to the museum and parking in the museum garage are free to participants. The fee goes to Interfaith Philadelphia.

Artwork: A Coming Storm, 1863, Oil on Canvas, Sanford Gifford (American, 1823-1880) – 125th Anniversary Acquisition. Gift of the McNeil Americana Collection, 2004.

The Art of Interfaith Understanding is a program of Interfaith Philadelphia co-sponsored by the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Office for Community Engagement and the Church of St. Martin in the Fields, Philadelphia.