Special Events

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artdate pic 2 ArtDate
sponsored by Arts & Consciousness Department

Friday, May 23
7:00 - 10:00 pm
2956 San Pablo Ave.(at the corner of Ashby Avenue), 2nd Flr
Berkeley
Parking lot behind bldg.
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Art Date is a free, drop-in art-making party designed to inspire and connect you with your own inner muse. Unwind after work and wake-up your wild-side with experiential exercises designed to spark your imagination and re-fuel your creative fires!

Come play and mingle in a fun, supportive studio environment as you explore and expand your artistic potential. Whether you're a beginner, practicing or returning artist, or merely curious and craving a more soulful creative outlet - Art Date is a powerful way to re-connect and re-energize through your own authentic, expressive process.

No experience is necessary! All are welcome. Materials provided.
Bring a friend, or make one here!

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, call 510.649.0499 or email art@jfku.edu.

SHS Colloquium Series: Neurotheology

Wednesday, May 28
3:00 pm
100 Ellinwood Way, Rm N159
Pleasant Hill

This event is free and open to the public.

Neurotheology examines what occurs in the brain during religious or mystical experiences, such as rituals, meditation, and contacts with the divine. It investigates whether the brain is hardwired for spirituality and whether there are similar neural mechanisms at work across various traditions. By taking an integral approach to neurotheology, we can explore how advances in neuroscience give us additional tools for understanding our religious studies or spiritual practices. We can look to these direct experiences for how they inform the questions of neuroscience.

SPEAKER: David Pleasants, M.A. graduated from the Consciousness Studies Program and is certified in Dream Studies from John F. Kennedy University. As adjunct faculty at JFK's School of Holistic Studies, he teaches "Science of Consciousness," "Paradigms of Consciousness," "Quantum Approaches to Consciousness," and "Neurophilosophy." He also teaches "Consciousness, Science and Mysticism," at the California Institute of Integral Studies.