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2005, Philadelphia (2 sessions, plus gallery tours)

Coming soon: information about guided tours of art galleries in Phidalelphia

Topic 1: Biblical Art in Philadelphia Museums (S19-4)
(Saturday, November 19, 9:00-11:30 a.m.)
Predising: Heidi Hornik (Baylor University)
Presentation: Kelly J. Baker (Florida State University), "Painting the Gospel: Henry Ossawa Tanner's 'The Annunciation' and 'Jesus and Nicodemus' "
Presentation: Chris Franke and Claire Hagen-Fleck (College of Saint Catherine), "Artistic Interpretations of Messianic Themes from the Book of Isaiah"
Presentation: Christina Bucher (Elizabethtown College), "The Song of Songs and the 'Enclosed Garden' in Paintings and Illustrations of the Virgin Mary"
Presentation: Terrence E. Dempsey (Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St Louis University), "Visual Catechesis: Museums as Classrooms for the Study of the Bible"
Discussion
Business Meeting

Topic 2: Aesthetics, Culture, Context (S20-104)
(Sunday, November 20, 4:00-6:30 p.m.)
Presiding: Elizabeth Struthers Malbon (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Presentation: Colleen Shantz (St. Michael's College, Toronto School of Theology), "Cloaking History in Beauty: The Crucifixion in the Interpretations of Dali and Luke"
Presentation: Paul O. Myhre (Wabash College), "Contextual Hermeneutics: Blending of Gospel with Culture in Visual Art"
Presentation: Liliana M. Nutu (University of Sheffield), "Thinking of Judith and Conjuring Salome: Why?"
Presentation: Cynthia Chapman (Oberlin College), "Woman, Satan and the Curse: Job's Wife in Text and Image"
Discussion
Business Meeting

2004, San Antonio (Sunday, Nov. 21, 1:00-3:30 p.m., Room 213B, San Antonio Convention Center)
Topic: Integrating Visual Art in Teaching the Bible
Presiding: J. Cheryl Exum (University of Sheffield)
Presentation: Karla Suomala (Luther College), "From Oils and Acrylics to Legos and Woodcuts: Art and the Bible in the Undergraduate Classroom" Presentation: Alice M. Sinnott (University of Auckland), "Reading Ruth in the Light of some Paintings"
Presentation: Emily K. Arndt (Converse College), "Using the Visual Arts to Develop Critical Analysis Skills in Introductory Level Biblical Students"
Presentation: Carol J. Manahan (Graduate Theological Union), "Biblical Re-Vision: New Art and the (Genetic) Modification of Tradition"
Business Meeting: Elizabeth Struthers Malbon (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), presiding

2003, Atlanta (Sunday, Nov. 23, 9:00-11:30 a.m., Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Syndey--convention level)
Topic: The Jewish Temple in Jewish and Christian Art and Architecture
Presiding: Gale A. Yee (Episcopal Divinity School)
Presentation: Joan R. Branham (Providence College), "Sacred Strategies: Evocations of the Jerusalem Temple in Late-Antique Churches and Synagogues"
Presentation: Jaime Lara (Yale Divinity School), "The Afterlife of the Temple in Latin America: Ezekiel's Vision of a New World in a New World"
General Discussion
Business Meeting: Elizabeth Struthers Malbon (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) and Heidi Hornik (Baylor University), presiding

2002, Toronto (Sunday, Nov. 24, 4:00-6:30 p.m.)
Topic: Word and Image: Methodological Issues
Presiding: Robin Jensen (Andover Newton Theological School)
Presentation: Heidi J. Hornik (Baylor University) and Mikeal C. Parsons (Baylor University), "A Visual Exegesis of Leonardo's Uffizi Annunciation
Responses: Robert M. Fowler (Baldwin-Wallace College) and Elizabeth Struthers Malbon (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Presiding: Elizabeth Struthers Malbon (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Presentation: Robin M. Jensen (Andover Newton Theological School), "The Invisible God in Ancient Christian Art and Theology"
General Discussion

Prequel (2001, Denver)
Special Session: The Bible and Visual Art
Presiding: Heidi Hornik (Baylor University) and Elizabeth Struthers Malbon (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Presentation: Margaret Miles (Graduate Theological Union), "Achieving the Christian Body: Visual Incentives to Imitation of Christ in the Christian West"
General Discussion of the goals of the Consultation