RACC Past Events

Read more about the exhibit here: https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2022/08/31/lawson-among-nashville-civil-rights-icons-featured-in-photo-exhibit-at-vanderbilt-divinity-school/?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MyVU+Faculty+8.31.22&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fnews.vanderbilt.edu%2f2022%2f08%2f31%2flawson-among-nashville-civil-rights-icons-featured-in-photo-exhibit-at-vanderbilt-divinity-school%2f&utm_id=273741&sfmc_id=49011290… Read More

A virtual gathering.  The March 2021 installment of Vanderbilt Divinity’s Relevant Religion series: A Liturgy of Art and Social Healing, hosted by Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture. We will envision the revolution outside of the ways we’ve been conscripted as we move away from theologies that accelerate supremacy… Read More

Read the writeup in Vanderbilt News.     Featured Artists from Nashville: A Pandemic Observed ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Artist’s Statement: Joon Powell No one will forget those first harrowing weeks of scanning the news and seeing rates of infection dot maps and then turn entire continents red. Since… Read More

Artist’s Statement Enter Exit Enter Enter Exit Enter is an exploration of faith and the human condition.  We are born, we live, we die, and our spirits travel.  Although very small in its physical appearance, the dash in between one’s birthdate and date of death is arguably the… Read More

Join us February 18-19, 2021 for a two-day virtual gathering with the creators of The Black Trans Prayer Book. For more information and the complete schedule, please see: https://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/tbtpb.php The Black Trans Prayer Book is an interfaith, multi-dimensional, artistic and theological work that collects the stories, poems,… Read More

Artist Statement – “Resilient Souls: We Rest Then We Rise” My work compiles stories that are my own as well as those of my loved ones, my ancestors and the humble words of strangers. With themes of poverty, death, mental illness, masculinity/femininity and racial injustice, the bright colors and… Read More

  MyVU: Stories of Intersex and Faith   Join us Monday, October 26th, 2020 at 7pm CST as we celebrate Intersex Awareness Day with an online screening of the film  Stories… Read More

Sinner Man, Oil on canvas, 60″ x 48″ by Michael McBride MyVU: Arts in Black History Month “Art provides a tool for communication between the viewer and me. Color is a major component in that communication which can evoke different moods and ideas. I believe… Read More

  Channel 5: Admired organist to accompany DeMille’s silent film ‘The Ten Commandments’ at local screening   MyVU: Vanderbilt to screen silent film ‘The Ten Commandments’ with live organist Jan. 13   “My goal is to basically create a narrative,… Read More