W@TC - Sacred Arts of Life and Death: Ritual, Respect, and Reverence

All around the Christian world, All Hallows' Eve occasions an explosion of decorative and performing arts about the inescapable ties between the living and the dead.

This program offers an unprecedented but timely cross-cultural dialogue between these two spectacular religious traditions, reflecting upon sacred artistry in honor of their African, Indigenous, and European ancestors.

Lawrence Richardson Distinguished Professor of Cultural Anthropology J. Lorand Matory will moderate the discussion among Jose Manuel Cruz, a member of the Inter-Latin American Artist Collective (ILAAC) that have contributed to the Ofrenda, Vodou High Priestess Marie Maude Evans the leader of the Sosyete Nago temple, and Romance Studies doctoral student Michaëlle Vilmont, an expert on the embodied spirituality of Haiti, the land of her birth.

This event will be hybrid. Registration is required to join via Zoom. Lunch will be provided.