Society for R.A. | NY/PA

The Society for the Art, Religion and Contemporary Culture (ARC) was established in 1961 and is based in Kutztown, PA. Its archives are maintained at the Harvard Divinity Library and Nelvin Vos is the executive director. The Society meets three times each year, normally in New York City, on the first Saturday of November, February and May. It's purpose and program are based on the belief that the roles of the arts and religion are decisive. The Society believes that "Religion in isolation from the arts is starved of concrete embodiment of its insights into the fullness of human life. Art gives religion the eyes to see ourselves in all our dimensions." (Source: SARCC)