Make a note on your calendar for Sunday March 3rd, 10:45am. Lynn Marie Kirby will be presenting on her current exhibition at Manresa Gallery, Somehow this Relates to Love, in the Berman room at Fromm Lecture Hall on the USF campus (Fromm Hall is located behind St. Ignatius Church along Parker Avenue (Parker at McAllister). Fromm Hall is on ground level and completely disabled accessible.
Please join us for the Deep Listening Sound Events that will be taking place during our current exhibition. This will be facilitated in the gallery by special guests from 1:00 – 1:30PM on the dates listed below.
Sunday, March 3rd, 1:00 PM w/ Gabby Fluke-Mogul
Sunday, March 17th, 1:00 PM w/ Gabby Fluke-Mogul
Noah’s Ark, 1992, hand colored kappazuri stencil print
Our current exhibition, Beauty Given by Grace, The Biblical Prints of Sadao Watanabe, comes to an end this weekend. Please join us this Sunday, July 29th for a closing reception from 12:15 – 1:30pm. At 12:15, Fr. Jim Blaettler will do a walk-through of the exhibit discussing the printmaking methods of Watanabe. Refreshments will be served.
A lecture by Rev. M. Antoni Ucerler, S.J., D. Phil.
The Samurai & the Cross: Life and Death in Christian Japan, 1549-1650
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Closing Reception
Daniel Melo : Making Out Who’s Seeing You
Sunday, November 12, 2017
12 – 2pm
Opening Reception
Daniel Melo: Making Out Who’s Seeing You
September 9, 2017
June 2, 2017
Opening Reception: The Abstract Sublime
November 20th 2016
Lecture and Discussion with Brother Keith Warner, OFM
Moral Artistry and Beauty in Laudato Si’
A lecture and discussion with Brother Keith Warner, OFM titled Moral Artistry and Beauty in Laudato Si’. The talk focused on Pope Francis’ second encyclical Laudato Si’ is a worldwide wake up call to help humanity understand the destruction that man is rendering to the environment and his fellow man. Warner discussed the beauty in this text, and how we can apply the call to care for a common home.
October 30th 2016
Opening Reception
Vessels of Memory: Earth Sounds in the Work of Arturo Araujo, SJ
APRIL 22nd – 24th 2016
An International Symposium:
Reimagining the Globe and Cultural Exchange: From the World Maps of Ricci and Verbiest to Google Earth
April 22nd and 25th 2016
Concert: Matteo Ricci: His Map and Music
Presented by ¡Sacabuche! Ensemble and the USF Ricci Institute
THURSDAY, APRIL 14th 2016
Curators in Conversation: On the making of Adjacent Shores and Mapping ‘The East’
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30th 2016
Lecture and Opening Reception for Mapping “The East”: Envisioning Asia in the Age of Exploration
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25th 2016
“Nicole Ahland: An Interchange for Art and Religion”
Berndnaut Smilde, Nimbus, 2014, St. Peter, Cologne.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17th, 2016
Nearing the Clearing: A Panel Discussion on the Work of Nicole Ahland
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19th
Tour with USF Art Appreciation Class
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1st 2015, 12 PM
A Long Night’s Journey Opening Reception
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1st 2015, 10:45 AM
Artist Lecture and Discussion: The Eye of Ahland
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29th 2015
Artist soiree, hosted by Joan Hilton
SUNDAY, MAY 17TH, 2015, 10:45AM
A Panel Discussion on the Art of Inter-Religious Dialogue
THURSDAY, MAY 14TH, 2015, 7PM
Holy Call, Holy Future
THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH, 2015
6th Grade Gallery Tour
Under Cover: Liturgical Garb as Investment in Mystery
SUNDAY, MARCH 22ND, 2015 12:30PM
Gallery Walk-through with Co-Curator Maureen Bourbin
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11TH, 2015
Friends of the Gallery Meet Up
12:15pm to approximately 1:15pm
Location: Gallery reception area, inside St. Ignatius Church.
Join us for lively discussion to share ways that the gallery can best integrate itself with the church and the larger community. We welcome ideas or proposals for events and activities that will enrich and support creative, spiritual development.
Refreshments will be served.
Sunday, November 23, 2014 | FREE LECTURE | 10:50 am
“Recoding Sacred Objects: Manresa Gallery at the Crossroads”
Xavier Hall (just north of/behind St. Ignatius Church).
Join Manresa Gallery for a lecture exploring the topic of art and spirituality. Gallery Director, Fr. Jim Blaettler will give a talk about the current Parish Centennial themed gallery exhibition, Partial Views: Recoding Sacred Objects, in conversation with some participating artists. They will discuss how the show relates to the history of the Saint Ignatius Church and its role celebrating creativity and beauty in the arts. This event is part of the ongoing Adult Faith Formation series, and is open to the public. It is free to attend and all are welcome.
Saturday, July 26th, 2014 | 1pm
Meditations with Ali Naschke-Messing
Omar Mismar
Reverberations of Stone: Muted
Taraneh Hemami’s Curated Performance Series
May 30, 2014
Cara Levine and Jennifer Kaufman
The Eye Never Gets Enough of Seeing, The Ear, Never Enough Hearing: Jewish concepts on the end of life
May 21, 2014
Wafaa Yasin
Occupied – Inhabited – By the Same Geometric Form – Shape
Taraneh Hemami’s Curated Performance Series
May 4, 2014
Ali Naschke-Messing – Full Moon Meditations
Lynn Marie Kirby – Skype Conversations
Death Over Dinner with Mel Day – April 25, 2014
Taraneh Hemami’s Curated Performance Series – Amitis Motevalli – “I Speak of Shards and Pebbles”
School Tours: Urban High School, CCA, & USF
Manresa Gallery Thank You Dinner – March 2014
Dialogue Dinner with USF – October 2013
PANEL DISCUSSION for Dialoguing with Sacred Texts
Finger Labyrinth Making Workshop
The Nomadic Labyrinth
The Nomadic Labyrinth: Installation & Blessing
Spiritual Practices: Meditations on Faith
Spiritual Practices: A Panel Discussion
When God Created: Biblical Images by African American Artists
Africanizing Christian Art
Mirroring the Saints: The Jesuit Wierix Collection from De Krijtberg, Amsterdam
Engravings for Jesuits
The Spirit Within: Creation, Community and Renewal in Indigenous Art
Curator’s Discussion
Curator + Artist Led Tour
Remembering 9/11
Public Projection + Interfaith Service
From Kino to Serra: Jesuit & Franciscan Missions
Father Kino: Missionary and Brother
This Old Church: Preservation & Conservation of California’s Mission Heritage
Sacred Synergies: Works by Tobi Kahn
The Art of Meditation: A Four Part Series of Zen Buddhist Meditation Sittings
CrossOverWise
In Conversation: Andrew More O’Conner and Eleanor Dickinson
In Conversation: Eleanor Dickinson and Daniel Goldstein
The Arts of Java and Bali: Objects of Belief, Ritual and Performance
The Hindu-Christian Dialogue
The Icon & the Iconic
Fr. Stephen Meholick, Blagovest Bell Pealing and St. John of San Francisco Men’s Chorale + The Use of the Icon in Devotion
A Contemporary Look at Traditional Icons
On Site/Insight
Inaugural Dedication
The Jesuits in San Francisco