The Henry Luce Foundation recently awarded United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities a three-year grant of $350,000 for the support of national initiatives in religion and the arts that include the Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies. The grant provides funds for the development of the new Society, Society fellowships for scholars; national consultations of theologians; and a national internet initiative where we will make available programs and lecturers who are national figures for access throughout the nation. United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities is a partner in the consultations and online programs of the grant. Members of the Society will hear more about the grant and its initiatives at our national meeting in November.

The Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies will hold its annual meeting again in conjunction with the AAR/SBL meetings in San Diego, November 16-17, 2007. Attendance at the events is free to Society members. Please join the Society or renew your membership today. Members also receive a subscription to ARTS: The Arts in Religious and Theological Studies. This year's program includes a Friday-night reception, and two meetings on Saturday. See details, below.

SARTS Reception
Friday, November 16, 2007
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Location: San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina, Coronado Room

The Society will pay tribute to Doug Adams before Don Saliers of Emory University conducts an interview with artist John August Swanson. For information about the artist and his work, see www.johnaugustswanson.com.

SARTS Annual Meeting Session 1
Saturday, November 17, 2007
9:00-11:30 a.m.
Hotel Room Name: San Diego Convention Center, Room 30D

9:00	Welcome
9:10	Presentations by 2006 SARTS Fellowship Award Winners: - Maureen O'Connell - Stephen Losel - Rebecca Davis - David Friend
Winners of the 2006 SARTS Fellowship Awards will present their projects, ranging from murals in inner-city Philadelphia to the music of Mozart, and from the cuadros of Peruvian women to Reformation architecture in Europe. The session is chaired by William Cahoy, St. John’s University School of Theology, Collegeville, Minnesota.
10:50	Break
11:00	Business Meeting For additional information regarding this session, contact Kimberly Vrudny at 651-962-5337 (kjvrudny@stthomas.edu).

SARTS Annual Meeting Session 2 
Saturday, November 17, 2007
4:00-6:30 p.m.
Hotel Room Name: San Diego Convention Center, Room 30D

SARTS hosts a conversation with author Robin Margaret Jensen, Luce Chancellor’s Professor of the History of Christian Worship and Art in the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University, chaired by Frank Burch Brown of Christian Theological Seminary and visiting fellow at the University of Chicago. Her most recent books include: The Substance of Things Seen: Art, Faith, and the Christian Community (Eerdmans, 2004) and Face to Face: Portraits of the Divine in Early Christianity (Augsburg Fortress, 2005). Panel participants will include:

• Lewis Ayres (Emory University)
• James Francis (University of Kentucky)
• Georgia Frank (Colgate University)

For more information about becoming a member of SARTS, contact Kimberly Vrudny at 651-962-5337 (kjvrudny@stthomas.edu), or visit the membership page on this website.