Southeastern Professor Dave Barnes to be Featured Presenter at Arts Festival

November 10, 2008

Associate Professor Dave Barnes will be the featured presenter for the 2008 Sacred Arts Festival: Earth Blessings in St Paul Minnesota, November 11 - 16. The Sacred Arts Festival is an annual event sponsored by the University of St Thomas and the city of St Paul. The year's festival will include performances by the Minnesota Boychoir, poetry readings by poet Jude Nutter, a theatrical competition, a film festival, numerous performances and discussion forums. Professor Barnes curated a short film festival and will introduce and moderate discussion forums concerning several films including Baraka by Ron Fricke and Martin Scorcese's bio-pic about Bob Dylan Don't Look Back.