For Immediate Release
STATIONS OF THE CROSS:
PUBLIC ART EXHIBITION SPANNING MANHATTAN OPENS FEBRUARY 14
Reflects on Jesus’ Final Journey on Earth,
Evokes the Plight of Immigrants and Refugees Today
Opening Reception on February 15 at Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan
(New York – Feb. 08, 2018) - Stations of the Cross, a unique public art project, takes visitors of all faiths and backgrounds on a creative, contemplative, and spiritual journey through Manhattan. TheLenten seasonexhibition weaves through 14 religious and secular art spaces,fromThe Cloisters museum in Inwood to theNational September 11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan. Each installation, or station, along the trail breaks open the final journey of Jesus, invitingpeople of all faiths to consider injustice, with a focus ondifficult journeys and the plight of immigrants and refugees.
The exhibition runs from February 14 – April 1, 2018 (Ash Wednesday– Easter) and features opportunities for reflection, worship, discussion and connection at different sites. All are free and open to the public; some may require RSVP. Hours of operation will vary, so please check with each location.To enrich their journey, visitors are encouraged to use the exhibit’s custom app, Alight, or visit Artstations.org, which offers maps and podcasts from leading artists and thinkers to guide users on their way.
The public is invited to attend the opening reception and program with artists and representatives from each station on Thursday, February 15,from 6 PM – 8 PM at Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street in Lower Manhattan. Trinity is the site of Station 13, “Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross,” featuring G. Roland Biermann’s minimalist sculpture, Stations, 2016-18.To RSVP for the reception, please visit
Co-founded by the Rev. Dr. Catriona Laing of Epiphany Church in Washington, DC, and Dr. Aaron Rosen, Professor of Jewish studies and author of Art & Religion in the 21st Century, Stations of the Crosshas curated exhibitions across the world raising awareness of social justice issues. It began in London in 2016, with stops including the National Gallery, the Tower of London, and St. Paul’s Cathedral. In 2017, it was held in Washington, D.C., with stops at the National Cathedral, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, and adjacent to the Supreme Court.
The New York exhibition is co-curated by the Rev. John W. Moody, and made possible in partnership withTrinity Church Wall Street through itsArt As Advocacy ministry. Other exhibitions under this ministry include Another Day Lost, Issam Kourbaj’s mixed-media installation portraying Syria’s refugee camps; Blood Mirror, Jordan Eagles’ sculpture and video installation protesting the FDA ban on blood donations from non-celibate gay men and the photography exhibit Episcopal Relief & Development: Seventy-Five Years of Healing.
For more information about Stations of the Cross, visit A list of sites, installations and events follows.
Stations of the Cross - Sites and Installations
Station 1. Jesus is condemned
The Met Cloisters, The Treasury, 99 Margaret Corbin Drive
Jean Pucelle,The Hours of Jeanne d’Evreux, Queen of France, Paris, ca. 1324–28
The Cloisters Apocalypse, Normandy, ca. 1330
The Limbourg Brothers, The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, Paris, ca. 1405-1408/9
Simon Bening, Book of Hours, Bruges, ca. 1530-35
Station 2. Jesus Takes up the Cross
The City College of New York, North Academic Center Plaza, Convent Avenue & West 138St.
Aithan Shapira, Hope, 2012-2018
Station 3. Jesus Falls for the First Time
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 521 West 126th St.
Mark Dukes, Our Lady of Ferguson and All Those Killed by Gun Violence, 2016
Station 4. Jesus Meets His Mother
The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine: Chapel of St. James, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue
Dua Abbas, Marsiya, 2018 (video) and Lullaby, 2018 (installation)
Station 5. Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross
The Riverside Church: Christ Chapel, 490 Riverside Drive
Siona Benjamin, Exodus: I See Myself in You, 2016
Station 6. Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
Church of the Heavenly Rest, 1085 Fifth Avenue (at 90th Street)
Michael Takeo Magruder, Lamentation for the Forsaken, 2016-18
Station 7. Jesus Falls for the Second Time
Church of St. Paul the Apostle, 405 W. 59th St.
Nicola Green, Day 6, Sacrifice/Embrace, 2010.
Station 8. Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem
Saint Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Avenue (at 54th St.)
Louise Nevelson, Cross of the Good Shepherd(and other works), 1977
Station 9. Jesus Falls for the Third Time
Raoul Wallenberg Memorial, 300-386 E. 47th St.
Gustav Kraitz, Hope, 1998
Station 10. Jesus is Stripped of Garments
The General Theological Seminary: Chapel of the Good Shepherd,440 West 21st St.
Diego Romero, Saints and Sinners, 2017
Station 11. Crucifixion
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, 26 Wooster St.
Tommy Kha, Today was a good day, 2018
Station 12. Jesus Dies on the Cross
African Burial Ground Visitor Center, 290 Broadway
Rodney Leon, African Burial National Monument, 2007
Station 13. Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross
Trinity Church, 75 Broadway (at Wall Street)
G. Roland Biermann, Stations, 2016-18
Station 14. Entombment
National September 11 Memorial, 180 Greenwich St.
Michael Arad and Peter Walker,Reflecting Absence: National September 11 Memorial, 2011
Stations of the Cross – Event Schedule
Events are free and open to the public. RSVP required for some.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15
Art, Religion, Politics, Justice: A City College Conversation
12:30-1:30pm
The City College of New York, NAC, Room 0/201
North Academic Center Plaza, Convent Avenue & West 138 Street
The goal of this meeting is to amplify the words of the members of our community who are experts—
both academically and personally—on immigrant and refugee thriving and risks. We will dialogue with international artists and activists so we may "float with our shared humanity.”
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15
Opening Reception
6pm-8pm
Trinity Church
75 Broadway (at Wall Street)
Join the artists and representatives of the station sites for an opening reception and program to launch this year’s Stations of the Cross public art project. RSVP at trinitywallstreet.org/stations.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16
St. John the Divine Evening Reception, in honor of Dua Abbas
6:30pm-8pm
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Ave.
Join the staff of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, hosts of Station 4, and the artist Dua Abbas from Pakistan for a reception and discussion about her work. More information: .
FRIDAYS IN LENT; FEBRUARY 16-MARCH 23
Stations of the Cross and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
6:30pm
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
552 West End Avenue
Come experience the liturgy of the Stations of the Cross. On the Fridays throughout Lent, Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church will pray the stations of the cross and celebrate Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The parish's full set of 14 Stations of the Cross was designed by noted American architect Ralph Adams Cram and installed in the church in the 1920s. The low relief designs, set in Tudor Gothic frames, are largely inspired by Italian Renaissance art.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Public Opening of Station 11
4-6pm
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art: Small Gallery
26 Wooster St.
Join the staff of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, hosts of Station 11, and the artist Tommy Kha for the public opening of the exhibit.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18
Inter-Faith Panel Discussion with Artists
9.30-10:30am
Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive
Join moderator Dr. Carolyn Rosen and panelists Siona Benjamin (Jewish artist from India, Station 5) and Dua Abbas (Muslim artist from Pakistan, Station 4) for an inter-faith discussion, hosted by The Rev. Ellen Robison. Yona Verwer, Director and co-founder of the Jewish Art Salon, will introduce Founding Member Siona Benjamin.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21
Lenten Evensong and Meal
7pm
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Harlem
521 West 126th St.
All are welcome to join the Episcopal churches of Harlem in our annual Lenten journey with one another. RSVP at .
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Marcel Dupré, “Stations of the Cross”
7pm
St. James Episcopal Church
865 Madison Ave.
St. James' Artist-in-Residence Stephen Tharp will offer Marcel Dupré’s “Stations of the Cross" on the organ. This work is based on the traditional 14-station Way of the Cross, and wasfirst improvised in Brussels in 1931 as meditations on poems by Paul Claudel.Parishioner Stephen de Francesco will recite Claudel's poems.Enter into Lent by way of these moving meditations.Information: stjames.org.
SATURDAY, MARCH 3
Lenten Quiet Day
9am-2pm
St. James Episcopal Church
865 Madison Ave.
The Rev. Ryan Fleenor leads a Lenten Quiet Day based on the traditional 14 Stations of the Cross, as interpreted throughthe Stations 2018,a contemporary art exhibition in Manhattan this Lent.We will meditate on Jesus' journey to the cross through pieces of art designed raise awareness of the anguish felt acutely by refugees and other displaced persons.
SATURDAY, MARCH 3
Called: A Lenten Quiet Day
1:30-4:30pm
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Harlem
521 West 126th St.
At this quiet day, we’ll reflect upon Luke 4:16-30 and the "Our Lady of Ferguson" icon.
MONDAY, MARCH 12
Panel Discussion with International Rescue Committee
6:30pm
St. James Episcopal Church
865 Madison Ave.
As part of the citywide Stations of the Cross art exhibit, St. James' will host a panel discussion with employees of the International Rescue Committee about the contemporary reality of refugees and displaced persons, and how persons of faith can get involved in the work of supporting and advocating for them.
THURSDAY, MARCH 15
Scriptural Reasoning and the Refugee Crisis: Muslims,
Christians and Jews gather to study their scriptures
12:30pm-1:30pm
The City College of New York, North Academic Center, Room TBD
North Academic Center Plaza, Convent Avenue &
West 138 Street
SATURDAY, MARCH 17
What a Neighborhood!
3pm
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Harlem
521 West 126th St.
At this event, local composers perform their works, followed by a reception for concert goers and visual artists from the congregation displaying their work in the Rectory.
THURSDAY, MARCH 22
ArtStations VIII: Laurie Wilson on the Creative Genius of Louise Nevelson
6pm-9pm
St. Peter’s Church
619 Lexington Avenue (at 54 Street)
6pm Guided Meditation in the Chapel of the Good Shepherd (limited to 25 people)
7pm Talk with Nevelson expert Laurie Wilson
8pm Guided Meditation in the Chapel of the Good Shepherd (limited to 25 people)
Station VIII is the "Cross of the Good Shepherd," part of a complete sculptural environment by the great 20th century sculptor Louise Nevelson. Limited tickets available for a guided meditation before or after the talk.
FRIDAY, MARCH 23
Stations of the Cross
8:15pm
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Harlem
521 West 126th St.
Follow the liturgy of Stations of the Cross.
SATURDAY, MARCH 24
Pilgrimage to Stations 11-14
1pm-4pm
Meet at Museum of Chinese in America
215 Centre Street, between Howard and Grant Streets
People of all faiths and none are invited to a meditative walking pilgrimage through Lower Manhattan to contemplate public art installations that reflect both on injustice across the human experience and our capacity to be agents of human flourishing. Through the simple acts of walking, seeing, and reflecting together we will be drawn to understand the images in a new way. Join Daniel Simons, Priest and Director of Spiritual Formation and Pilgrimage at Trinity Church, on this contemplative pilgrimage from Station 11 to 14. Registration required, space is limited, register at trinitywallstreet.org/stations.
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