Lecture by Fr. Tom Lucas, S.J. in conjunction with "Double Vision" exhibit

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Haggerty Museum of Art

The Haggerty Museum of Art Invites You to a Virtual Exhibition Opening Lecture by Father Tom Lucas, S.J.

Plan to join us for a virtual presentation by Father Tom Lucas, S.J. inspired by the exhibition Double Vision: Art from Jesuit University Collections. A Zoom link will be sent to all registrants in advance. Fr. Lucas is an internationally recognized expert in Jesuit art history, and is well known as a liturgical designer and artist with an international portfolio. As a graduate student, Lucas designed and directed the restoration of the sixteenth century rooms of St. Ignatius in Rome, and curated an exhibit on Jesuit architecture at the Vatican Library. After serving for three years as the National Secretary for Communications at the US Jesuit Conference, Washington D.C., Lucas joined the faculty at the University of San Francisco in 1995. There he was founding chair of the Fine and Performing Arts and founding director of the Thacher Gallery at USF (1998) and the Kalmanovitz Sculpture Terrace (2008). In 2013 Fr. Lucas was named Rector of the Jesuit Community at Seattle University, where he also served as University Distinguished Professor and Curator of the University Art Collection. He began a new assignment in 2021 as pastor of St. Ignatius Loyola Parish in Sacramento, CA, where he continues his art and teaching work.Father Tom Lucas, S.J. received his doctorate in Theology and the Arts at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, in 1992. He also holds degrees from the Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rome; Fordham University, New York; The Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, and Santa Clara University, California.  He edited, contributed to, and designed the exhibit catalogue Saint, Site, and Sacred Strategy, (Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Press, 1990). His book Landmarking: City, Church, and Jesuit Urban Strategy (Chicago: Loyola Press, 1997) won an Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) National Book Award in 2000. He has also edited a festschrift and is the author of a dozen articles.  Lucas has lectured at more than twenty universities in the U.S., Europe, Mexico, and Asia.

<aside>Images: (Left) Fr. Tom Lucas, S.J. (Right) Unknown Artist (Flemish), The Harrowing of Hell (detail), ca. 1525. Gold metal and colored silk threads on linen, 26 x 23.4 x 1.75 in. framed (66.04 x 59.44 x 4.44 cm). 1979:06. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John Scheid in honor of Rev. James Mertz, S.J., Martin D’Arcy, S.J. Collection, Loyola University Museum of Art</aside>

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