Refugees are survivors. As Americans, we share their values.
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J., is president emeritus of Georgetown University and director of mission at Jesuit Refugee Service/USA.
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600 years of pain and resilience are on show at the new Museum of African American History.
As the historic presidency of Barack Obama comes to an end, our country is reminded that the African-American story continues to be written today.
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Alma Thomas: an abstract expressionist and black artist, who fiercely resisted any labels.
“A world without color would seem dead,” she said in a 1972 interview. “Color, for me, is life.”
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The bracing, confident, Whitman-esque art of Stuart Davis
“Everything I have done since,” the artist later said, “has been based on that eggbeater idea.”
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At the Met, a journey through the riches of Hellenistic art
Alexander the Great created a new world of encounter and multiplicity.
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The Rapture of Seeing: In memory of Ellsworth Kelly
Kelly’s work abstracted from visual experience only to return us to it.
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Experiencing the Incarnation through art
It is the birth the artists paint, not the incarnation as such.
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Southern Exodus: The migration paintings of Jacob Lawrence
The migration paintings of Jacob Lawrence
