Berkeley Art and Interreligious Pilgrimage Project

05/21/2026

Join us for another Pilgrimage of Water and Roses on May 29th!

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05/06/2026

Kathryn R. Barush, Bertelsen Professor of Art History and Religion at the GTU and the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, has received the Art + Christianity Book Award for Imaging Pilgrimage: Art as Embodied Experience.

Awarded annually, the prize recognizes work that advances public understanding of the relationship between faith and art. Barush’s book explores how contemporary artistic practices engage pilgrimage—connecting landscapes, communities, and lived experience across global contexts.

This recognition highlights the GTU’s ongoing contributions to the study of art, religion, and the ways people create meaning through visual culture.

Learn more: gtu.edu/news

05/03/2026

Starting in 30 minutes!

05/01/2026

A joyous May Day to all! Seems like a lovely time for a pilgrimage, doesn't it? There are folks in the UK who have thought the same and have made the pilgrimage to mystical Glastonbury to celebrate the day there. Here at the Berkeley Art and Interreligious Pilgrimage Project, we already have a path to Glastonbury ready for you done in collaboration with the British Pilgrimage Trust. Check it out here: https://pilgrimage.gtu.edu/pilgrimage/glastonbury-way-pilgrimage/

04/22/2026

Hi! Did people who are signed up for the Berkeley Arts & Pilgrimage Project mailing list receive the newsletter? We've had reports that it has ended up in people's spam folders, which is a bummer. Please let us know if you can!

03/26/2026

Join us April 20th for a fantastic and artistic inner pilgrimage experience!

03/23/2026

The new Archbishop of Canterbury has completed her pilgrimage from London to Canterbury!

The first female Archbishop of Canterbury has completed a six-day walking pilgrimage ahead of her formal enthronement.

More here: bbc.in/4sr0CQa

03/21/2026

Pilgrimage history in the making!

03/02/2026

Join BAIPP's director, Dr. Kathryn Barush, as she and other pilgrims and pilgrimage scholars join Pilgrimage Today, a 6-month virtual conversation co-sponsored by the World Trails Network with the artists' collective Walk*Listen*Create on the history of pilgrimage and how it continues to be a living, evolving practice.

Dr. Barush will be speaking at the following events:

Tuesday, March 3rd: Pilgrimage Today
(with Guy Hayward and Simon Coleman)
On purposeful walking, spirituality, and cultural routes

Tuesday, June 2nd: Art on the Pilgrim Path
(with William Sharpe)
Artists working along routes and in landscapes

You can procure your tickets for these events and more here:
https://walklistencreate.org/walkingevent/pilgrimage-today/

11/10/2025

The Berkeley Art and Interreligious Pilgrimage Project is proud to present "Spirit to Molecule: A Guide to Healing Through Pilgrimage", our latest offering!

This new resource features a guidebook & audio podcast bringing together leading experts in the arts, theology, and clinical oncology/science to discuss the possibilities of pilgrimage as an integrative healing ritual

Check it out at pilgrimage.gtu.edu along with many of our other excellent and evocative pilgrimages!