& please scroll down for images of dress details
I attended one or more different places of worship in Pittsburgh every week until I reached my goal of 100. I chose temples, churches, synagogues and mosques in various neighborhoods. I made a white dress. I wore this dress to every worship place visit. In response to each visit (in my own studio between visits), I added pieces of fabric and/or embroidery to the dress; with my accumulation of experiences, it grew and changed in appearance.
Gatherings, dress. 48 digital photos of appearance of dress from visit #1 at upper left to #100 at bottom right.
2010-2011 fabric and mixed media 50"h x 19 1/2"w x 12"d
details below: elements added to dress in response to visits
(click on images to enlarge)
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one hundredth visit: Oct 4 2011, Presbyterian First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh |
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Pittsburgh Sikh Gurdwara
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Congregation Dor Hadash
(Rosh Hashanah services, day 1)
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ninety-seventh visit: Sept 28 2011, Anglican and Epsicopal affiliated Trinity Cathedral (annual blessing of the artists) |
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ninety-sixth visit: Sept 25th 2011, Presbyterian Second United Presbyterian Church of Wilkinsburg (sunday service and the annual blessing of the animals) |
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ninety-fifth visit: Sept 25th 2011, Presbyterian Beulah Presbyterian Church, oldest church in continuous use |
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ninety-fourth visit: Sept 21st 2011, Buddhism, Dzambhala Practice (Drikung Kagyu tradition, nonsectarian supportive) Three Rivers Dharma Center (Fall Equinox observance) |
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ninety-third visit: Sept 18th 2011, Paganism Greater Pittsburgh Pagan Pride Day |
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Third Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh
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Zoe Christian Community Center
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Al-Masjid Al-Awwal
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Scientology Pittsburgh
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The Parish of Saint Regis, or Parroquia De San Regis
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First Hungarian Reformed Church
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Young Peoples Synagogue
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Muslim Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh
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eighty-third visit: Aug 27th 2011 Seventh-day Adventist Ethnan Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church |
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Saint Joseph Parish
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Zen Group of Pittsburgh
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eightieth visit: Aug 22nd 2011, Roman Catholicism St Nicholas Croation Catholic Parish ("Maxo" Maksimilijan Vanka's murals) |
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Hindu Jain Temple of Pittsburgh
(Shri Krishna Janmashtami: celebration of Krishna's birth)
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Hillcrest Seventh-day Adventist
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Epiphany Catholic Church
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Pittsburgh Buddhist Center
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Holy Ghost Byzantine Church
(observance of Dormition of the Mother of God)
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Bethel AME Church
first AME Church west of Allegheny Mtns, & oldest black congregation in Pittsburgh
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Young Israel of Greater Pittsburgh
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Missionary Temple Ministries
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Calvary United Methodist Church
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seventieth visit: Aug 7 2011, Episcopal Emmanuel Episcopal Church (The Bake Oven Church) |
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sixty-ninth visit: Aug 6th 2011, Antiochian Orthodox, Arabic service St George Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral |
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sixty-eighth visit: Aug 4th 2011, Greek Orthodox Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Great Paráklesis) |
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sixty-seventh visit: July 31st 2011, Roman Catholicism Saint Juan Diego Parish, at St. Mary Church |
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sixty-sixth visit: July 31st 2011, Presbyterian Oakmont Presbyterian Church |
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sixty-fifth visit: July 29th 2011, Roman Catholicism St. Anthony's Chapel (houses over 4200 relics) |
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sixty-fourth visit: May 29th 2011, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Christianity John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church (abandoned, 1993 Designated Historic Landmark) |
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sixty-third visit: May 27th 2011, Orthodox Judaism Bnai Emunoh Congregation |
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sixty-second visit: May 21st 2011, Orthodox Judaism Beth Hamedrash Hagodol - Beth Jacob Congregation (Pittsburgh's oldest Orthodox Jewish Congregation) |
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sixty-first visit: May 20th 2011, Conservative Judaism New Light Congregation |
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sixtieth visit: May 8th 2011, Compline (choral prayer at day's end) Heinz Memorial Chapel, non-denominational fifty-ninth visit: May 8th 2011, Presbyterian First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood fifty-eighth visit: May 8th 2011, Episcopal Calvary Epsicopal and fifty-seventh visit: May 1st 2011, Baptist The First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh |
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fifty-sixth visit: May 1st 2011, Episcopal The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer |
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fifty-fifth visit: April 22nd 2011, Anglican Christianity Church of the Ascension (Good Friday) |
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fifty-fourth visit: April 21st 2011, Roman Catholicism Saint Paul Cathedral, Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh (Maundy Thursday Private Adoration) |
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fifty-third visit: April 21st 2011, Epsicopal St Andrew's Episcopal Church (Maundy Thursday Potluck) |
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fifty-second visit: April 18th 2011, Chabad-Lubavitch Judaism Myer and Ann Cohen Chabad House on Campus (Passover Seder) |
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fifty-first visit: April 17th 2011, Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses (observance of commemoration of Jesus' death) |
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fiftieth visit: April 17th 2011, Roman Catholicism Immaculate Heart of Mary Church (Palm Sunday, Polish Mass) |
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forty-ninth visit: April 3rd 2011, Presbyterian emphasis on multi-ethnicity, social justice, and racial reconciliation Friendship Community Presbyterian Church |
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forty-eighth visit: March 27th 2011, Krishna Consciousness, Abhishekam (congregation does not carry a name) |
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forty-seventh visit: March 27th 2011, cross-cultural, sacramental, missional, Christian community* The Upper Room (a new church development of the Presbyterian Church) |
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forty-sixth visit: March 20th 2011, United Church of Christ (and German Archives) Smithfield United Church of Christ |
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forty-fifth visit: March 19th 2011, Reform Judaism, Purim Temple Sinai |
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forty-fourth visit: March 17th 2011, oldest Catholic Parish in Pgh, Irish st. patrick's day at Old St Patrick Church |
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forty-third visit: March 15th 2011, Orthodox Judaism Shaare Torah |
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forty-second visit: March 5th 2011, Conservative Judaism Tree of Life*Or L'Simcha |
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forty-first visit: Feb 27th 2011, Missionary Baptist New Testament Missionary Baptist Church |
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fortieth visit: Feb 27th 2011, Covenant Covenant Church of Pittsburgh |
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thirty-ninth visit: Feb 20th 2011, Ukrainian Catholicism St John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church thirty-eighth visit: Feb 20th 2011, Ukrainian Catholicism St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church and thirty-seventh visit: Feb 20th 2011, Byzantine Catholicism St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church |
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thirty-sixth visit: Feb 13th 2011, Mennonite Pittsburgh Mennonite Church |
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thirty-fifth visit: Feb 6th 2011, United Methodist Stanton Heights United Methodist Church |
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thirty-fourth visit: Jan 17th 2011, Baptist, MLK Day observance Metropolitan Baptist Church |
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thirty-third visit: Jan 7th 2011, Interfaith Shabbat hosted by Kathryn and Zoe |
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thirty-second visit: Jan 4th 2011, Pentecostal, Revival Service New Year Revival Service at The Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ |
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thirty-first visit: Jan 2nd 2011, Missionary Agape Christian Missionary Church of Pittsburgh |
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thirtieth visit: Dec 29th 2010, Christian Science First Church of Christ Scientist, Pittsburgh |
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twenty-ninth visit: Dec 19th 2010, United Methodist South Avenue United Methodist Church |
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twenty-eighth visit: Dec 18th 2010, Catholic Church of St. Raphael |
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twenty-seventh visit: Dec 8th 2010, Prayer Labyrinth East Liberty Presbyterian Church |
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twenty-sixth visit: Dec 5th 2010, Presbyterian East Liberty Presbyterian Church |
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twenty-fifth visit: Dec 4th 2010, Judaism, Conservative Congregation Beth Shalom |
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twenty-fourth visit: Dec 1st 2010, Judaism, Hanukkah lighting of the first candle of Hanukkah at The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh |
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twenty-third visit: Nov 28th 2010, Quaker, Friends General Conference The Religious Society of Friends of Pittsburgh |
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twenty-second visit: Nov 28th 2010, East End's Co-op Ministry Men's Shelter Good Samaritan Service at East Liberty Presbyterian Church |
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twenty-first visit: Nov 21st 2010, Primitive (meaning "original") Methodist Door of Hope |
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St. Aloysius Parish
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nineteenth visit: Nov 19th 2010, Christian Interdenominational, Korean
Korean Central Church of Pittsburgh
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Allegheny Center Alliance Church
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Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church
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First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh
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Kedara Gauri Puja at Sri Venkateswara Temple
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Taizé Prayer Service at East Liberty Presbyterian Church
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Pittsburgh Center For Spiritual Living
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Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community
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Mount Ararat Baptist Church
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Saint Luke Baptist Church
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St. Boniface Church of Holy Wisdom Parish
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Islamic Center of Pittsburgh
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Congregation Poale Zedeck
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Congregation Bet Tikvah
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The Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross
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Rodef Shalom
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Hillel JUC of Pittsburgh |
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Pittsburgh Church of the Brethren
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