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Religion and the Arts Award
The AAR award in Religion and the Arts is presented annually to an artist, performer, critic, curator, or scholar who has made a recent significant contribution to the understanding of the relations among the arts and religions, both for the academy and for a broader public.
Nominations
Application Process
We will be accepting nominations from AAR members, though nominees need not be AAR members. Nominations must include a supporting letter (no more than 1000 words), and any relevant supporting materials (images, DVDs, books, catalogs, etc.). Please, no self-nominations.
To be considered for the 2008 award, nominations must be made by March 30, 2008, and sent to Brent Plate, Dept of Religion, Box 298100, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129. Electronic submissions can be sent to: b.plate@tcu.edu.
Selection
The task force for the Religion and the Arts Award includes Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Norman Girardot, Sally M. Promey, and is chaired by S. Brent Plate. The Award will be presented before the Presidential Address at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion. The award recipient also will be featured at a Special Topics Forum.
Winners
| 2007 | Bill Viola, pioneering video artist whose internationally exhibited work explores universal human experiences--birth, death, the unfolding of consciousness--and has its roots in religious traditions including Zen Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and Christian mysticism. |