![](/sites/default/files/resize/images/Chris%201-300x200.jpeg "Photograph by Chris Freimuth '25 M.Div., part of the Spring 2025 exhibition, "This Earth Where We Live"")
Yale Divinity School and our partners on Sterling Divinity Quadrangle place high value on art and feature it throughout the year. Our art includes site-specific installations by guest artists, student-curated shows, and portraits of notable professors and deans on permanent display.
Exhibits and installations
| Artwork | Title | Artist | Location |
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“The Prodigal Son” icon | George Korkis | Henri Nouwen Chapel |
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“This Earth Where We Live” | Chris Freimuth ‘25 M.Div. | Croll Family Entrance Hall |
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Portrait of Rev. Alexander Crummell ‘23 M.A.H. | Jas Knight | Common Room |
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Beachum Collection Exhibition | Various | Croll Family Entrance Hall |
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Portrait of Rena Karefa-Smart ‘45 B.D. for YDS Common Room | Louise Mandumbwa ‘24 M.F.A. | Common Room |
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“Song of Songs” Calligraphy Exhibit | Margaret Shepherd | Sarah Smith Gallery (Spring 2023) |
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“Jazz Cubano: Color Improvisations” | Ellen Priest ‘77 M.Div. | Sarah Smith Gallery (Fall 2022) |
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“Allegories, Renditions, and a Small Nation of Women” | Khaleelah Harris ‘21 M.A.R. | Sarah Smith Gallery (Fall Semester 2021) |
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“Seminary” | Gabrielle Muller ’20 M.A.R. | Sarah Smith Gallery (Spring Semester 2021) |
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“I’m Buildin’ Me a Home” | Jathan Martin ‘21 M.Div. | Sarah Smith Gallery (Fall Semester 2020) |
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Portrait of Rena Karefa-Smart ‘45 B.D. | Calvin Coleman | Admissions Office |
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Portrait of James W.C. Pennington | Jas Knight | Common Room |
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Eve Alone and Portalscreen | Julia Rooney | Old Common Room |
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Put Together | Mary Lee Bendolph | Old Common Room |
