Join the New Mexico Museum of Art for a scholarly exploration of the exhibition Saints & Santos: Picturing the Holy in New Spain. This symposium will feature scholars on the topic of how saintly devotions traveled to our region, how they transformed and the attempts to propagate holy figures in the viceroyalty.

Schedule:Welcome, IntroductionSession 1 (9:30-11:30am): James Cordova, Savannah Esquivel, Derek Burdette

Session 2 (1-3pm): Anna Nogar, Cesar Favila, Miranda Saylor

Closing (3-4pm): Ray Hernandez, Roundtable Final Discussion

Prof. Cristina Cruz González, Associate Professor of Art History at Oklahoma State UniversityJames M. Córdova, Associate Professor of Art History, Latin American Art (Pre-Columbian & Colonial) at the University of Colorado BoulderSavannah Esquivel, Assistant Professor of Art History, Department of the History of Art, University of California, RiversideCesar Favila, Associate Professor – Musicology, Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of California Los AngelesRay Hernández-Durán, Professor of Art History, University of New MexicoAnna M. Nogar, Professor of Hispanic Southwest Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of New MexicoMiranda Saylor, the Alice and Allan Assistant Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Yale University Art Gallery

Free to attend