Multifaith Exhibition: Faith in Pandemic Times

On Sunday March 20 2022, over 100 people from different multicultural and multifaith backgrounds came together for the launch of the art exhibition 'Faith in Pandemic Times', at the Incinerator Gallery in Aberfeldie.
The exhibition, organised by the Moonee Valley Interfaith Network, reflected people's experience of the pandemic (ie increased feelings of loneliness and social isolation) and where/how they found strength, hope, and purpose in times of isolation, anxiety and uncertainty.
The exhibition included 43 artworks from a diverse range of faith and non-faith backgrounds,
including Christian (Catholic, Uniting, Orthodox), Muslim, Buddhist,
Hindu, Sikh, Christian Science, Scientology, Brahma Kumaris, Humanist and
Naturist.
In the official speeches, the Chair of Moonee Valley Interfaith Network, Tony De Fazio (pictured above), thanked the Moonee Valley City Council and Incinerator Gallery for its in-kind support which allowed this exhibition to come to life. Mr De Fazio mentioned the devastating financial and mental health impact the pandemic has had on the community, and how the artworks brilliantly captured this impact in a very personal manner.
The exhibition was also a competition and judge Ben Winspear awarded the following prizes:
First Prize: $1000 - Mita Chowdhury (The Place In-Between: My Eternal Soul)
Second Prize: $500 - Janet Hayes (Contemplation)
Third Prize: $300 - Jane Allardice (As you sow, so you shall reap)
Encouragement Award: $250 - Raji Mussavar (In the Service of Humanity)
People's Choice Award: $250 - Ahmed Alsayed (Morning Anxiety)
The Faith in Pandemic Times exhibition will continue to run till Sunday 3 April 2022 at the Incinerator Gallery, Boadle Hall
Community Theatre - 180 Holmes Rd, Aberfeldie.
Photo Gallery: Click on each thumbnail image to view photo and use arrows to scroll through gallery
Mita Chowdhury - The Place in Between: My Eternal Soul (1st Prize)
Janet Hayes - Contemplation (2nd Prize)
Jane Allardice - As you sow, so you shall reap (3rd Prize)
Raji Mussavar - In the Service of Humanity (Encouragement Prize)
Venerable Thupten Khedup Bhutia: Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala
Nick Safstrom - The Allness of the Infinite
Mary Caia Boustead - Hope in the Dark
Manningham Interfaith Network: Great Banner Project
Craig Middleton - Theta
Al-Amin Idris - Friday Prayers in Pandemic Times
Joy Sparks - Celebrating Life
Janet Hayes - Contemplation
Sirui Yang - SkyTalkes 1.0: Chimera
Nadia Asikin - The Peaceful Submission
Alyson Lutz & Friends
Venerable Thupten Khedup Bhutia - Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala
Madeleine Vlahiotis - The New Messiah
Faith in Pandemic Times Art Exhibition Launch
Faith in Pandemic Times Art Exhibition Launch
Faith in Pandemic Times Art Exhibition Launch
Faith In Pandemic Times Art Exhibition Launch
Faith in Pandemic Times Art Exhibition Launch
Ahmed Elsayed - Morning Anxiety
Al Amin Idris - Friday Prayers in Pandemic Times
Alyson Lutz - Burnt Out
Anastasia Charalambidis - Iconostasi: DIY "In the House"
Arielle Vlahiotis - Heaven in Reflection
Ayman Kaake - 99 Names of God
Bhakta Dasa - Blue Lotus
Craig Middleton - Theta
Cherie Ceberano - Women in the time of Covid
Darya Khatami Mashhadi - Hope
Fatima Killeen - Our sweet sorrows
Geoff Carson - A human soul in a sea of consciousness
Georgina Duckett - Enso
Holly Goodridge - The Falling of the Veil
Jaedon Shin - At the Temple
Jane Allardice - As you sow, so you shall reap
Janet Hayes - Contemplation
John Rigby - Faith in the Storm
Joy Sparks - Celebrating Life
Mary Caia Boustead - Hope in the Dark
Madeleine Vlahiotis - The New Messiah
Nadia Asikin - The Peaceful Submission
Nick Safstom - The Allness of the Infinite
Nour Lababidi - Quran 29:2
Patrick Zaia - Ecstatic Reflection
Peggy Zephyr - A Conversation with God
Priyanka Jain - Hanuman
Raji Mussavar - In the Service of Humanity
Rebecca Attwood - Always Live in Your Truth
Richard McCoy - Pink Jesus
Sam Kariotis - Revelator
Sam Kouroupidis - Holy Communion in Pandemic Times
Sebastian Bellofiore - Children Praying to Madonna
Sirui Yang - SkyTales 1.0: Chimera
Sonay Bading - Father Tony Feeney
Venerable Thupten Khedup Bhutia - Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala
Xiang Li - The Invisible Connection
Zia Tokhi - Emergence
