EXHIBITION 10 :45-11 :30Visit to the exhibition Henr y Ossawa Tanner : Modern Spir it

Symposium registration includes admission to the exhibition. SESSION 2 11:30-12 :20Outsider as Insider : Religious Expression by Self-Taught Ar tists

Session Moderator and Respondent James Romaine

“A Tried Stone”: Community, Conversion, andChrist in the Sculpture of William Edmondson

Edward M. PuchnerIndiana University, Bloomington, PhD candidateUniversity of Rochester, Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, Predoctoral Fellow

Sensing Sanctification in the Painting of Sister Ger trude Morgan

Elaine Y. YauUniversity of California, Berkeley, PhD candidate

LUNCH 12:20-1 :30

SESSION 3 1:30-2 :20Bearden: Political Interpreter of Biblical Narratives

Session Moderator and Respondent Nikki A. Greene

Collage as Critique: Romare Bearden and the Civil Rights Movement

Dr. Emily HageSt. Joseph’s University, Assistant Professor, Ar t History

Romare Bearden and the Baltimore Afro-American: Social Realism and Political Car tooning

Dr. Amy Helene KirschkeUniversity of Nor th Carolina, Wilmington, Professor

SESSION 4 2:30-3 :20Visualizing Black Identities: Church and Class in Crisis

Session Moderator and Respondent Nikki A. Greene

Storefront Churches, Catholicism, and Class Hierarchy in the Work of Archibald Motley, Jr.

Dr. Phoebe WolfskillIndiana University, Bloomington, Visiting Assistant Professor

The Performance of Black Middle Class and Episcopal Identity in Allan Rohan Crite’s Illustrated Spirituals

Dr. Julie Levin CaroWarren Wilson College, Assistant Professor of Ar t History

SESSION 5 3:30-4 :20Faith and Identity Today: Living Expressions/ Abstractions of Faith

Session Moderator and Respondent James Romaine

To The Glory of God (TTGG): Moe Brooker’s Painted Faith

Dr. Nikki A. GreeneWellesley College, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Ar t History & Africana Studies

In Good Faith: Straining for Order Out of ChaosDr. Joyce Carol PolistenaPratt Institute, Professor of Ar t History

CLOSING 4:20-4 :35Dr. Leslie King-Hammond Graduate Dean Emerita Founding Director, Center for Race and CultureMaryland Institute College of Ar t

Symposium Co-chairsDr. Nikki A. GreeneWellesley College, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Ar t History & Africana Studies

Dr. Emily HageSt. Joseph’s University, Assistant Professor, Ar t History

Dr. James RomaineNyack College, Associate Professor of Ar t History

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

Friday March 23, 2012Philadelphia Museum of Ar tVan Pelt Auditorium

KEYNOTE 6:30 PM Ashé to Amen—Biblical Imagery and the African American Experience

Dr. Leslie King-HammondGraduate Dean Emerita Founding Director, Center for Race and CultureMaryland Institute College of Ar t

The keynote address is made possible by the generous support of

Saturday March 24, 2012Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Ar tsThe Hamilton Auditorium in the Historic Landmark Building

WELCOME 9:00-9 :30 AM

SESSION 1 9:30-10 :45From Biblical Text to Social Contexts: Tanner’s Religious Sources and Reception

Session Moderator and Respondent Emily Hage

Beyond Society: Henry Ossawa Tanner, the AME, and the Social Margin

Jeffrey Richmond-MollThe Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Ar ts, Lecturing Fellow

Visual Exegesis in the Biblical Paintings of Henry Ossawa Tanner

Dr. James RomaineNyack College, Associate Professor of Ar t History

Civilizing Vision: The Protestant Patrons of Henry Ossawa Tanner’s Biblical Paintings

Dr. Kristin SchwainUniversity of Missouri, Associate Professor

T H E A S S O C I A T I O N O F

S C H O L A R S O F C H R I S T I A N I T Y

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F A I T H , I D E N T I T Y ,

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A S Y M P O S I U M

Friday March 23, 2012 Philadelphia Museum of Ar t

Philadelphia, PA

Saturday March 24, 2012Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Ar ts

Philadelphia, PA

REGISTRATION

Friday March 23, 2012Philadelphia Museum of Ar tAdults $16Seniors (ages 65 & over) $14 Students with valid Institutional ID $12

the door. This talk is free after museum admission.

Registration for Saturday March 24, 2012Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Ar tEar ly Registration (received before March 14) $55Late/Day of Registration $65Students with valid Institutional ID $45

Henry Ossawa Tanner : Modern Spirit

For more information and to register for Saturday March 24, visit our website at http://ChristianityHistoryAr t.org.

Please do not send cash. Checks should be made to “The Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Ar t” and mailed with a completed Registration form available for download on the website to:

The Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art PO Box 982 New York, NY 10013

SAVE THE DATE

Sang Sacré: Medievalism to Modernism in French ArtTuesday February 12, 2013at Pratt Institute (Manhattan campus)

For a Call for Papers, visit our website at http://ChristianityHistoryAr t.org

Cover/Left: Henry O. Tanner, (detail), 1899, 33 11/16 x 39 1/2 in., The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Ar ts, Joseph E. Temple Fund.Inside: Henry O. Tanner, 1898, 57 x 71 1/4 in., Philadelphia Museum of Ar t, Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund.

SYMPOSIUM SYNOPSIS

FAITH, IDENTITY, AND HISTORY:

Although sometimes overlooked, Christian symbols, themes, and narratives have been employed in complex and diver-gent ways in works of ar t by African Americans. Coinciding with Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Ar t’s exhibition, Henr y

this symposium focuses on intersections of faith, identity, and history in a broad range of works created by modern and contemporary African Ameri-can ar tists. Scholar ly papers explore ar tists’ uses of Christian symbols, themes, and motifs relating to issues of family and community and to the negotiation of race and class.

ASSOCIATION OF SCHOLARS OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE HISTORY OF ART

The Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Ar t is dedicated to the facilitation and promotion of new and rigorous scholarship that examines the historical and con-temporary relationship between Christianity and the visual ar ts. ASCHA is international, non-par tisan, and ecumenical in its reach; we invite the par ticipation of scholars of all or no personal faith persuasions. ASCHA encourages the critical study of Christianity and the visual ar ts as that relationship is diversely manifested in all historical periods and world cultures. For more information about ASCHA and to sign up to receive information about our activities and future events, visit our website at: http://ChristianityHistoryArt.org.