SEEKERS

In early 2025, Larchmont Avenue Church launched a new speaker series called SEEKERS. At a monthly gathering in Russell Hall (typically at 7 pm on a Thursday evening), an expert will speak on an issue of interest and relevance to our community, followed by an informal time for questions and reflection facilitated by Rev. Bynum. Following this pattern, SEEKERS will explore contemporary topics, help attendees discover new paths to health and wholeness, and connect us as neighbors in valuable conversations that serve our entire community. Bring your family… bring your friends… all are welcome! While prior registrations help us plan (see below), they are not required.

OCTOBER EVENT:  “Painting as Prayer” Guest speaker: SoHyun Bae, October 9, 2025 @ 7 PM (Carhart Room) 

SoHyun Bae is an American artist living and working in New York. She received numerous awards, including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in Fine Arts, 2007; The New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, 2002; The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. Grant, 2000; and The National Endowment forthe Arts Fellowship, 1996. She was a Fellow at: Moulin à Nef (VCCA France), 2023; Montalvo Art Center, 2019; The Corporation of Yaddo, 2000; Virginia Center for Creative Arts, 1996; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1993; among others.

SoHyun Bae received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design, 1990; a Master of Fine Arts from Boston University, 1994; and a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, 1997 having studied with the Nobel Laureate, Elie Wiesel.

Her works were exhibited world wide in galleries and museums including the Asian Art Museum of SF, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Museum, Museo Nacional di Visual Artes in Montevideo, Queens Museum, Sotheby’s, NY and Philips de Pury & Luxembourg.

SoHyun Bae and Martha Graham Dance Company have partnered on several experiments that combine interaction, technology and improvisation. She was invited as a Guest Artist: for Graham + Google, 2018, where she drew the dancers in 3D; for MG Studio Series – GrahamDeconstructed: Steps in the Street with SoHyun Bae, 2019 where she drew the dancers LIVE; and for MG Studio Series – Graham and
Tech, 2025 for the premiere of Floes.