Baylor Initiative in Christianity and the Arts

Pursuing transformative encounters with the arts

The Baylor Initiative in Christianity and the Arts (BICA) is a community of artists and scholars asking how engagement with the arts animates and nourishes Christian faith—and how Christian faith inspires and enriches engagement with the arts.

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Minor

An interdisciplinary program that invites students into a conversation about faith and the arts that crosses a variety of departments.

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Events

Talks, workshop, symposia and other events related to Christianity and the Arts throughout Baylor’s campus.

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Creativity Lab

A humanistic lab for students, faculty, and staff who want to learn about creativity while also becoming more creative.

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Art, Faith, & Place

Artist talk with Katheryn Leopoldseder

An internationally recognized jeweler and metalsmith speaks about how her faith and her location in a one-time Australian abbey inform her art.

Friday, April 12th at 3:30pm in Beckham Room 202 of the SUB.

Co-sponsored by the Baylor Honors College and Religion Department.

Photograph by Fred Kroh.

On Art, Faith, & Making

A Panel of Artists and Theorists

Katheryn Leopoldseder is joined by Baylor faculty Elise Edwards, Sarah Mosher, and SJ Murray to discuss the connections of art-making and faith.

Monday, April 15 at 1pm in the Lewis-Birkhead Lecture Room in the ABL

Milk Bottle Cookie reception to follow!

Co-sponsored by the Baylor Honors College and the Religion Department.

Photograph by Fred Kroh.

Whitten Lecture

Awet Andemicael–soprano, theologian, and Associate Dean of Marquand Chapel at Yale–delivers the Religion Department's Whitten Lecture and gives a recital related to its themes of Christianity and the Arts.

April 1, 2025

12pm recital in Armstrong Browning Library

3:30pm lecture, location TBD

Malcolm Guite at Baylor

In February 2024, Baylor faculty gathered for the inaugural BICA event: an evening of poetry and conversation with the acclaimed Malcolm Guite.