The evening program on the arts will explore how research, writing, use and creation of visual resources, music, and collaborative efforts can result in works that inspire, uplift, teach, and document aspects of Bahá’í history. Film clips will include a video on Sarah Farmer (10 min.), the Green Acre segment from Luminous Journey (11 min.), and probably the Henri Bergson scene from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in France (6 min). Stories about the process of filmmaking will be incorporated.
Anne Perry (born Anne Gordon) is a member of the Bahá’í Faith and an academic who has been a part of the community for over 45 years She holds a Ph.D. in Aesthetic Studies and teaches art appreciation and humanities at Dallas College. A passionate artist and writer, she co-created the documentary films “Luminous Journey: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in America, 1912” and “‘Abdu’l-Bahá in France” with her husband Tim Perry and has a deep interest in subjects like Sarah Farmer and Green Acre, the earliest Bahá’í center of education in the United States. Anne was the primary author and editor of Green Acre on the Piscataqua and has published articles and books about Sarah Farmer and Green Acre history.
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