Where it began. Michele Zackheim, the artist, and Jeballayah Shaman Salah Salim near Mt. Sinai.  Salim is pictured endorsing the tent idea.

Where it began. Michele Zackheim, the artist, and Jeballayah Shaman Salah Salim near Mt. Sinai.  Salim is pictured endorsing the tent idea.

 Meeting of the Review Board.  The original paper collage art is on the walls.

 Meeting of the Review Board.  The original paper collage art is on the walls.

The Xerox 2080 engineering machine

The Xerox 2080 engineering machine

Sewing the final three-foot wide strips together.

Sewing the final three-foot wide strips together.

The painting crew working on the ceiling

The painting crew working on the ceiling

Zackheim is feeding the paper art in one side of the 2080 to copy it on the blank canvas on the other side, being guided by her assistant Donna Bone.

Zackheim is feeding the paper art in one side of the 2080 to copy it on the blank canvas on the other side, being guided by her assistant Donna Bone.

Industrial grade exterior fiberglass frame waiting to ship to next installation

Industrial grade exterior fiberglass frame waiting to ship to next installation

Facing Islamic wall

Facing Islamic wall

Half-way through installing The Tent

Half-way through installing The Tent

Michael Baron, the designer and artisan, preparing the center pole.

Michael Baron, the designer and artisan, preparing the center pole.

Facing Christian wall

Facing Christian wall

The Tent of Meeting at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City

The Tent of Meeting at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City