AAR and SBL Alumni/ae Reception
Please join us for a joint Union Theological Seminary and Episcopal Divinity School alumni/ae reception during the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Annual Meeting in San Diego, California.
On Sunday, November 24, we will gather at the Manchester Grand Hyatt, in Room Coronado E, from 9:00 – 11:00 pm. Please join Fred Davie and Pamela Cooper-White, Union and EDS Alumni/ae, Faculty, Staff, and others for an evening of conversation, connection, and celebration.
This year we will feature the photo exhibit, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival, by Union alum André Daughtry ’17. André will speak about the exhibit and his time serving as the official photographer for the Poor People’s Campaign.
For more information & to RSVP, contact Kevin Bentley at [email protected].
To view a list of the Union students and faculty who are presenting at AAR and SBL, click here.
About André Daughtry (b. 1977) is a Brooklyn-based artist born in Queens, NY.
André’s work as a “speculative social documentarian” explores contemporary expressions/experiences of the spiritual, mystical and theological in the contexts of pluralistic democracies. He is also the Minister of Arts at Judson Memorial Church in New York City, a church recognized around the world as an incubator of innovation in experimental art.
His exhibitions include My Time with the Descendants of Atlantis, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, CA, 2015; Calarts MFA Show, Los Angeles, 2015; Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Redline Gallery, Denver, 2012-2013.
He received his MFA in Photography and Media from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and an MA in Theology and the Arts from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York.
André is a recipient of Allan Sekula Social Documentary Award, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), 2014; Robert E. Seaver Award in Worship and the Arts, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, 2017; Artist-in-Residence, Redline Gallery, Denver, 2012-2013. Artist-in-Residence, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) Workspace Program, 2018-2019.