Resources & Links
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Contact a MOBIA Educator
We welcome your feedback. Please send your questions and suggestions to the Education staff at MOBIA. education@mobia.org
Transcripts and Downloadable Audio Files
From time to time we are able to post transcripts and recordings of events at MOBIA. You can also download audio guides to your MP3 player to use during your visit to the Museum. Check back here often for updates
The Christian Story tour audio. (MP3)
Dr. Walter Hansen Lecture on the Prodigal Son in Art (MP3)
The Art of Forgiveness tour audio. (MP3)
Essays
As part of our exhibition, Biblical Art in a Secular Century, MOBIA, with Fordham University, hosted a symposium about the relationship between the bible and art in the twentieth century. As part of the symposium, MOBIA invited several renowned scholars to deliver essays about biblically themed art. Below, we have posted copies of their essays:
A Question of Faith?: Contemporary Artists and Religious Metaphor
Dr. Xavier Seubert, O.F.M.
St. Bonaventure University
Art, Religion and the Culture War
Eleanor Heartney, art critic
Wrestling with the Angel, Jewish Artists and the Biblical Tradition
Laura Kruger, Curator, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum, New York
The Strange Absence of Religion in Modern Art
William Dyrness
Fuller Theological Seminary
Artist Submissions Policy
MOBIA is committed to celebrating the power of the biblical message through an ambitious exhibition schedule. Artworks addressing biblical themes in new and exciting ways are always a delight to the staff. In order to maintain our high standards of excellence, however, it is necessary to be highly selective in our judicious appraisals of which artworks and artists we put on display. We are always interested in learning about new artists who value the poetic and cultural impact that biblical narratives have had on cultures throughout the world. We at MOBIA have assumed a critical stance to this form of interaction and especially encourage submissions from artists who wrestle with the relevance of the three Abrahamic faiths in contemporary society. That said, it is our true regret that the volume of submitted portfolios precludes us from returning artistic samples. Any materials submitted to MOBIA will not be returned to the sender. We appreciate your interest and your understanding on this point.
Useful Links and Resources about Religious Art
The Episcopal Church and Visual Arts
www.ecva.org
Christians in the Visual Arts
www.civa.org
Chrysalis Seed Trust
www.cs.org.nz
The Center for Religious Inquiry, Saint Bartholomew's Church
www.stbarts.org/cri.htm
Fordham Center on Religion and Culture, Fordham University
www.fordham.edu/ReligCulture
California Institute of Integral Studies
www.ciis.edu
Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA), Saint Louis University
mocra.slu.edu
The Pluralism Project, Harvard University
www.pluralism.org
Please download the bibliography from the three-year research project, New Directions in the Study of Art and Religion, organized by The Gallery at the American Bible Society (now MOBIA) and sponsored by The Henry Luce Foundation. The bibliography is available in two formats: listed in alphabetical order and by subject category.