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Saturday June 20 2026

Artist Parish – The Aesthetics of Wellness

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Matters of aesthetics are matters of formation. Aesthetics guide how we perceive, what we value, and what we recognize as worthy of our time, care, and protection: an often-unexamined lens through which we see and understand our world. If this is true, then aesthetics and the arts emerge as fundamental to formation—vital for understanding ourselves and our time, what we’re called towards and what we’re called to stand against.
 
Join us as we seek to develop a clearer understanding of the aesthetic systems shaping us as 21st-century Americans—power, efficiency, progress, certainty, legacy—and in response pursue aesthetic models that support an alternative vision of life and the worldone engendering peacemaking and the flourishing of the earth and of neighbor.

 
 
The Aesthetics of Wellness: The Aesthetics of Shalom (Pt.9)
 
Topics: 
  • Face Time
  • Image and Object
  • Shalom in response
Time:
3:30-5:00
 

Place:
Resurrection Philadelphia
123 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19103
 

Parking:
Liberty Place Garage (between 16th & 17th and Market & Chestnut). Parking passes provided.
 
(Please contact Joshua Stamper at joshua@re-echo.org with any questions.) 
 
 
 
Saturday July 18 2026

Artist Parish – The Aesthetics of Legacy

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Matters of aesthetics are matters of formation. Aesthetics guide how we perceive, what we value, and what we recognize as worthy of our time, care, and protection: an often-unexamined lens through which we see and understand our world. If this is true, then aesthetics and the arts emerge as fundamental to formation—vital for understanding ourselves and our time, what we’re called towards and what we’re called to stand against.
 
Join us as we seek to develop a clearer understanding of the aesthetic systems shaping us as 21st-century Americans—power, efficiency, progress, certainty, legacy—and in response pursue aesthetic models that support an alternative vision of life and the worldone engendering peacemaking and the flourishing of the earth and of neighbor.

 
 
The Aesthetics of Legacy: The Aesthetics of Shalom (Pt.10)
 
Topics:  
  • Regret
  • Memory
  • Ecclesiastes
  • Shalom in response

Time:
3:30-5:00

Place:
Resurrection Philadelphia
123 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19103


Parking:
Liberty Place Garage (between 16th & 17th and Market & Chestnut). Parking passes provided.
 
(Please contact Joshua Stamper at joshua@re-echo.org with any questions.) 
 
 
 
Friday July 24 2026

Opening Reception / Artist Talk: Lisa Abaya with Tiarra Bell of Bellefonté Studio

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Resurrection Philadelphia, 123 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
Each artwork commissioned for The Aesthetics of Shalom is paired with a significant holiday in the liturgical calendar. 

The reception will include a conversation and Q&A with Lisa about the piece and about the throughlines that animate her work.

There will wine. There will be cheese. Join us!
Saturday August 15 2026

Artist Parish – The Aesthetics of Commerce

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Matters of aesthetics are matters of formation. Aesthetics guide how we perceive, what we value, and what we recognize as worthy of our time, care, and protection: an often-unexamined lens through which we see and understand our world. If this is true, then aesthetics and the arts emerge as fundamental to formation—vital for understanding ourselves and our time, what we’re called towards and what we’re called to stand against.
 
Join us as we seek to develop a clearer understanding of the aesthetic systems shaping us as 21st-century Americans—power, efficiency, progress, certainty, legacy—and in response pursue aesthetic models that support an alternative vision of life and the worldone engendering peacemaking and the flourishing of the earth and of neighbor.

 
 
The Aesthetics of Commerce: The Aesthetics of Shalom (Pt.11)
 
Topics:  
  • Lack: A Business Model
  • Freedom: Movement and Options
  • Utopias (pt. 3)
  • Commodities – Earth
  • Commodities – Human Beings
  • Commodities – God
  • Shalom in response
Time:
3:30-5:00

Place:
Resurrection Philadelphia
123 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19103

Parking:
Liberty Place Garage (between 16th & 17th and Market & Chestnut). Parking passes provided.
 
(Please contact Joshua Stamper at joshua@re-echo.org with any questions.) 
 
 
 

 
Saturday September 12 2026

Artist Parish – The Aesthetics of Certainty

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Matters of aesthetics are matters of formation. Aesthetics guide how we perceive, what we value, and what we recognize as worthy of our time, care, and protection: an often-unexamined lens through which we see and understand our world. If this is true, then aesthetics and the arts emerge as fundamental to formation—vital for understanding ourselves and our time, what we’re called towards and what we’re called to stand against.
 
Join us as we seek to develop a clearer understanding of the aesthetic systems shaping us as 21st-century Americans—power, efficiency, progress, certainty, legacy—and in response pursue aesthetic models that support an alternative vision of life and the worldone engendering peacemaking and the flourishing of the earth and of neighbor.

 
  
The Aesthetics of Certainty: The Aesthetics of Shalom (Pt.12)
 
Topics:  
  • Questions and Answers
  • No Exit No Entry
  • Control and the Unknown
  • Shalom in response
Time:
3:30-5:00

Place:
Resurrection Philadelphia
123 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19103

Parking:
Liberty Place Garage (between 16th & 17th and Market & Chestnut). Parking passes provided.
 
(Please contact Joshua Stamper at joshua@re-echo.org with any questions.) 
 
 
Thursday September 24 26 2026

Presence and Mystery: A Re:Echo Symposium on Art and Flourishing

All day

Re-Echo Arts and Resurrection Philadelphia are thrilled to announce Presence and Mystery: a Re:Echo Symposium on Art and Flourishing, September 24–26 in Philadelphia, PA.

Join philosopher James K.A. Smith, theologian Natalie Carnes, filmmaker Ben Stamper, and film historian Joe Kickasola for an inspiring exploration of the surprising relationship between art and mysticism; unknowing as spiritual and creative practice; and how the embrace of mystery restores us to the world—a ‘re-enchantment’ vital to our formation and flourishing.

These stimulating lectures and discussions expand on themes at the heart of Re:Echo’s 2026 project, The Aesthetics of Shalom.

Presence and Mystery will also include the premiere of a new film by Ben Stamper, the inaugural Re:Echo Journal Literary Salon, and the release concert for The Divine Dark – Vol. II. Finally, Re:Echo artists will provide guided tours through the rich and unique arts offerings of Philadelphia.

Makers of all kinds, thinkers, art-lovers, or simply the art-curious: all are warmly invited!

Register here: re-echo.org/2026-conference 

Program forthcoming. 

Saturday October 17 2026

Artist Parish – The Aesthetics of Shalom: Waiting

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Matters of aesthetics are matters of formation. Aesthetics guide how we perceive, what we value, and what we recognize as worthy of our time, care, and protection: an often-unexamined lens through which we see and understand our world. If this is true, then aesthetics and the arts emerge as fundamental to formation—vital for understanding ourselves and our time, what we’re called towards and what we’re called to stand against.
 
Join us as we seek to develop a clearer understanding of the aesthetic systems shaping us as 21st-century Americans—power, efficiency, progress, certainty, legacy—and in response pursue aesthetic models that support an alternative vision of life and the worldone engendering peacemaking and the flourishing of the earth and of neighbor.

 
The Aesthetics of Shalom (Pt. 13)

Topics: 
  • Trust and the Unknown
Time:
3:30-5:00

Place:
Resurrection Philadelphia
123 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19103

Parking:
Liberty Place Garage (between 16th & 17th and Market & Chestnut). Parking passes provided.
 
(Please contact Joshua Stamper at joshua@re-echo.org with any questions.) 
 
 
 
Friday October 30 2026

Opening Reception / Artist Talk: Kingdomtide

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Resurrection Philadelphia, 123 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
Each artwork commissioned for The Aesthetics of Shalom is paired with a significant holiday in the liturgical calendar. 

The reception will include a conversation and Q&A about the piece.

There will wine. There will be cheese. Join us!
Saturday November 14 2026

Artist Parish – The Aesthetics of Shalom: Presence

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Matters of aesthetics are matters of formation. Aesthetics guide how we perceive, what we value, and what we recognize as worthy of our time, care, and protection: an often-unexamined lens through which we see and understand our world. If this is true, then aesthetics and the arts emerge as fundamental to formation—vital for understanding ourselves and our time, what we’re called towards and what we’re called to stand against.
 
Join us as we seek to develop a clearer understanding of the aesthetic systems shaping us as 21st-century Americans—power, efficiency, progress, certainty, legacy—and in response pursue aesthetic models that support an alternative vision of life and the worldone engendering peacemaking and the flourishing of the earth and of neighbor.

 
  
The Aesthetics of Shalom (Pt. 14) 
 
Topics:  
  • Courage and the Unknown
Time:
3:30-5:00

Place:
Resurrection Philadelphia
123 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19103


Parking:
Liberty Place Garage (between 16th & 17th and Market & Chestnut). Parking passes provided.
 
(Please contact Joshua Stamper at joshua@re-echo.org with any questions.) 
 
 
 
Friday December 4 2026

Opening Reception / Artist Talk: Advent

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Resurrection Philadelphia, 123 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
Each artwork commissioned for The Aesthetics of Shalom is paired with a significant holiday in the liturgical calendar. 

The reception will include a conversation and Q&A about the piece.

There will wine. There will be cheese. Join us!
Saturday December 19 2026

Artist Parish – The Aesthetics of Shalom: Sabbath

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Matters of aesthetics are matters of formation. Aesthetics guide how we perceive, what we value, and what we recognize as worthy of our time, care, and protection: an often-unexamined lens through which we see and understand our world. If this is true, then aesthetics and the arts emerge as fundamental to formation—vital for understanding ourselves and our time, what we’re called towards and what we’re called to stand against.
 
Join us as we seek to develop a clearer understanding of the aesthetic systems shaping us as 21st-century Americans—power, efficiency, progress, certainty, legacy—and in response pursue aesthetic models that support an alternative vision of life and the worldone engendering peacemaking and the flourishing of the earth and of neighbor.

  
 
The Aesthetics of Shalom (Pt. 15) 
 
Topics:  
  • Rest: Defining Our Terms
  • A Palace In Time 
Time:
3:30-5:00

Place:
Resurrection Philadelphia
123 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19103

Parking:
Liberty Place Garage (between 16th & 17th and Market & Chestnut). Parking passes provided.
 
(Please contact Joshua Stamper at joshua@re-echo.org with any questions.) 
 
 
 

Sunday January 3 2027

Re:Echo Journal – Epiphany Literary Salon

All day
Join us for our second literary salon celebrating the publication of Re:Echo Journal – Issue 2! Details forthcoming.