The History of the Black Madonna: Spirituals Made Visual

When:
Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 7:00p -
8:30p

Where:
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
25 Evans Way
Boston, MA 02115

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Admission:
$22

Hosted by:
isgm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Categories:
Art, History, Lectures & Conferences, Rainy Day Ideas

Event website:
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/calendar/history-black-madonna-spirituals-made-visual

Join us as vocalist and Minister Nedelka K. Prescod offers a musical opening to a discussion on the depiction of Black women in Christian iconography. Crite’s celebration of the everyday woman, in tandem with his deep faith, led him to contribute beautiful and affecting imagery to the centuries-long tradition of the Black Madonna. Taking inspiration from the current exhibition Visions of Black Madonnas in the Fenway Gallery, this program examines that history from the Black Glass Madonna of 1500s Europe acquired by Isabella Stewart Gardner to Crite’s images of Mary as a Black mother on public transportation.


George W. Russell, Jr., Chair of the Harmony and Jazz Composition Department at Berklee College of Music, will accompany the musical introduction by Reverend Prescod.

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