Art & Soul is a quadrennial celebration of the interconnection of the
arts and the spiritual experience. 

The series of programs will continue through the 2004 holiday season and will include more than 35 events hosted at churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, museums and theatres throughout Dallas. Bringing the Dallas area’s diverse religious and arts institutions together to honor the rich cultural traditions in spiritual practice, Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology will host Art & Soul 2004 .

More than 35 institutions, including the Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, Highland Park United Methodist Church, The Orchestra of New Spain, Thanks-Giving Square Foundation, the Youth Choir of Greater Dallas, The Dallas Theater Center, Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe, The Dallas Bach Society, The Ice House Cultural Center, The Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, Zion Lutheran Church, First United Methodist Church, Park Cities Baptist Church, will participate. 

Art & Soul 2004 is entitled Dallas Sings, with a particular emphasis on the use of the human voice in religious expression and experience. Art & Soul 2004:  Dallas Sings will feature many exhibitions, musical and theatrical events. This year’s Art & Soul will crescendo with a December 11 performance by the Choir of King’s College Cambridge at First United Methodist Church in Downtown Dallas . 

This will be the first performance in the historic choir’s 2004 United States tour. Internationally recognized as the pre-eminent representative of the great British church music tradition, the Choir of King’s College Cambridge owes its existence to King Henry VI, who, in founding the college in 1441, envisaged the daily singing of services in his magnificent chapel, one of the jewels of Britain’s cultural and architectural heritage. 

Art & Soul 2004: Dallas Sings is co-chaired by Roberta Cox, Director of Public Affairs, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University; David Davidson, Director of Worship and Arts, Highland Park United Methodist Church; and Isabelle Collora, Executive Board Member, Perkins School of Theology. Art & Soul is funded by the Claudia andTaylor Robinson Fund at SMU's Perkins School of Theology.

Perkins School of Theology is one of five University-related official schools of theology of The United Methodist Church. The school was founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South, now The United Methodist Church. Degree programs include the Master of Church Ministry, Master of Divinity, Master of Sacred Music, Master of Theological Studies, and Doctor of Ministry degree, as well as the Ph.D. in cooperation with SMU’s Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences.