Presence: Illuminating Black History, Faith and Culture
Corey Miller
Artist and educator Steve A. Prince.
In-Person with Online Option. (The week before the event, you will be emailed to ask if you plan to attend in-person or online.)
press release: God in the Modern Wing: Viewing Art with Eyes of Faith was just released by InterVarsity Press and highly reviewed by Publishers Weekly. PW celebrates the way in which this “revealing anthology…encourages readers to look beyond cursory views of modern artists by learning more about their lives, breadth of work, and depth of creative conception. Those working in art criticism or modern theology will gain much from this illuminating work.”
On September 17 and 18 art lovers and museum wanderers will have the opportunity to learn from five of the artists and writers who contributed to this book. Join us at three unique events for an insider look into the world of Modern Art and the way in which its artists help us both embrace our humanity and quest for spiritual transcendence.
At noon on Sept. 17, Steve Prince, printmaker, sculptor, and educator, joins us for an illuminating lunch-time presentation at Upper House.
In his art and speaking, Prince honors the beauty of humanity, the dynamism of culture, the living text of Scripture, and the realities of economic inequity and racism. His particular dramatic interest is to portray the vibrancy of Black faith, history, and culture. Steve declares, ‘We are all living epistles, whether we want to be or not’ (Image Journal), and it is his Christian faith that calls him to be an artist and explore the dynamic intersections of his life, culture, and community. One New Orleans based art critic described Prince’s work as “startling in its ability to elucidate inexplicable worlds within worlds.”
Steve A. Prince is distinguished artist in residence and Director of Engagement for the Muscarelle Museum of Art at The College of William & Mary. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, he currently resides in Virginia. Prince received his BFA from Xavier University of Louisiana and his MFA in printmaking and sculpture from Michigan State University. He is represented by Zucot Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia. Prince has created several public works, including an eight-by-eight foot mixed media work titled Lemonade: A Picture of America at the College of William and Mary, commemorating the first three African American resident students at the college in 1967.