Text & Image Scheme (2021)
‘Art as Revelation’ collaborations and exhibition
This scheme aims to create a space for artists and postgraduate researchers in theology to collaborate, exploring the relationship between spiritual and religious text and art. This will deepen the research students’ understanding of the creation of text-inclusive art, and enable the making of original images for scholarly analysis.
Drawing on the previously successful University of St Andrews-led TheoArtistry scheme for poets (2018) and composers (2016/17), as well as the student-led collaborations (2018/19), the Text&Image collaborations will team artists with postgraduate researchers to explore areas of overlap between spiritual and religious text and art. The aim is to deepen our understanding of the process and the reasons that lead visual artists to include text in their compositions, in order better to understand art addressing religious and spiritual themes, and art more in general.
This TheoArtistry scheme is co-ordinated by Dr Nicole Ruta and Dr Rebekah Dyer.
Past Projects
TheoArtistry collaborative projects bring together the approaches of theology and the arts to produce innovative creative works and fresh theological insights through a variety of media.
Previous TheoArtistry collaborations have produced exciting new works of theologically-engaged music and poetry, led by Dr George Corbett.
- Browse past projects