Director’s Welcome

In 2021, the Religion, Spirituality & the Arts Seminar, a project of the IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute, invited 12 Indiana artists to explore the theme of “Water From the Rock” with a team of interdisciplinary arts and humanities faculty. Together they examined the ways in which water quenches both physical and spiritual thirst.

Focusing on the Exodus narrative of Moses’ striking the rock, artists and faculty considered the power of water as sustenance, healing, and renewal — and contemplated how seemingly inanimate entities such as water and rocks might also be alive and help us rethink our relationship to the earth. 

Together, their artwork is an example that creativity and  inspiration can come from the the most unexpected places.

The exhibition is dedicated to the memory of RSA alumna Jaquie Reed and will remain on display at the Harrison Center for the month of April and permanently online.