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Join us for an in-depth presentation on wall paintings by Franciscan friars in the American Southwest and the Yucatán Peninsula from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Created by two mission programs separated by thousands of miles and nearly a century, these murals were made to indoctrinate Indigenous communities into the Catholic faith. This talk will also address the work’s current states of deterioration and how these objects can be sensitively and ethically studied today.
About the presenter
Amara Solari is professor of art history and anthropology at Pennsylvania State University. She is currently the Samuel H. Kress Senior Fellow (2024–2025) at the National Gallery’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts.
Free. Registration required.
