"In the Image of God: Puppet Ministry and Object Performance in the Black Church"

Join guest speaker Dr. Paulette Richards for "In the Image of God: Puppet Ministry and Object Performance in the Black Church."

Independent researcher Dr. Paulette Richards has taught at Georgetown University, Tulane University, and Georgia Tech. During her time as a 2013/2014 Fulbright Scholar in Senegal, she began to focus her multi-disciplinary interest in African Diasporan culture studies on puppets, masks, and performing objects. In 2018, she co-curated the Living Objects: African American Puppetry exhibit at the University of Connecticut's Ballard Institute and Museum with Dr. John Bell. Her book, Object Performance in the Black Atlantic: The United States was recently selected as a UNIMA-USA Nancy Staub Award winner for excellence in writing on the art of puppetry.

Sponsored by UCF English Department, Africana Studies, History, Women's and Gender Studies, College of Arts and Humanities.