Friday, June 9, 2017, 1 – 6pm EDT

The Frick Collection invites submissions from undergraduates and recent college graduates for a symposium on the subject of art and narrative. This program seeks to develop and diversify the next generation of scholars in the visual arts by offering a platform for their research.

We welcome twenty-minute papers (max. 2,500 words) examining the ways in which the visual arts engage with narrative (broadly defined as any literary, historical, political, or personal story). Papers should derive from either a research paper or thesis chapter, and may focus on any material or medium, chronological period, and geographic region.

This symposium is organized in connection with the upcoming exhibition Divine Encounter: Rembrandt’s Abraham and the Angels. This exhibition (on view from May 30 through August 20, 2017) presents a selection of Rembrandt’s depictions of the biblical story of Abraham and examines the artist’s innovative approach to pictorial narrative.

Please submit the following materials to students@frick.org by April 21, 2017:

• completed application form (as follows or click "Sign Up")
• résumé or C.V.
• 200-word abstract and title
• a draft of the paper or chapter you are submitting (even if not in final form)

Education programs for Divine Encounter: Rembrandt’s Abraham and the Angels are made possible by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.