ADVISORY/ Press Preview and Brunch at Grace Cathedral for ''Unity for Peace,'' U.S. Premiere of New Works by Kim En Joong.News Editors ADVISORY...for Wednesday Wednesday: see week. (May 15) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Grace Cathedral Grace Cathedral can refer to:
Florentine sculptor whose series of bronze panels Gates of Paradise (1425-1452) for the doors of the baptistery of Florence Cathedral are among the greatest works of early Renaissance art. Foundation, invites you to a Brunch and Press Preview of "Unity for Peace," the U.S. premiere of new works by Dominican Dominican Member of the Order of Friars Preachers, a Roman Catholic preaching and teaching order founded by St. Dominic. It dates officially from 1216, when Pope Honorius III gave it his approval, though Dominic had begun to build it at least a decade earlier. Friar friar [Lat. frater=brother], member of certain Roman Catholic religious orders, notably, the Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelites, and Augustinians. Although a general form of address in the New Testament, since the 13th cent. and Artist Kim En Joong.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 15, 2002
10 a.m. to Noon
A light brunch will be served.
WHERE: Grace Cathedral
1100 California Street
San Francisco
NEWS ANGLE: In his first major U.S. exhibit, South Korean-born
Dominican friar and artist Kim En Joong brings
his newest works from Paris to Grace Cathedral for
a first-of-its-kind exhibit in the Nave of the Cathedral.
VISUALS: 36 large paintings will be hung from 90 feet in the air,
suspended between columns within the magnificent Nave.
The exhibit opens May 16 and continues through August 15.
It is free to the public.
INTERVIEWS: Kim En Joong, who has lived and worked from a monastery
in Paris for the past 30 years, will be present for
interviews and questions. Accompanying him will be
Grace Cathedral's Dean Alan Jones and Cherie Newell,
director of the professional services division of the
Oakland Museum of California, which is responsible for
mounting the show.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Belinda Taylor Arts Marketing, 510/849-2787 or
Kim Kellogg, 510/658-9290
Please RSVP to Richard Dalton at 415/749-6340, or
richardd@gracecathedral.org.
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