Dr. Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt

Dr. Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt is Professor of Art and Art History at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Her research and teaching focus on representations of race and gender, material culture, and the role of art in spiritual formation. She has published scholarly articles and chapters on contemporary African American photographers, Hawaiian landscape painting, and material culture of the Japanese American internment. Her writing has also appeared in Christianity Today and the Asian American Christian Collaborative. Her greatest joy, however, is teaching, and she loves the challenge of introducing beginners to the delight of engaging art.

Her first book, Redeeming Vision: A Christian Guide to Looking at and Learning from Art, published by Baker Academic is 2023, received a 2024 Christianity Today Award of Merit (Culture and the Arts) and The Gospel Coalition 2023 Book Award for Arts & Culture. Her next book, Look Like a Lady: Five Visual Tropes of Womanhood and How We Could See Ourselves Differently, will be released by Brazos Press next summer. Dr. Weichbrodt lives with her husband and two sons in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where they enjoy hiking the Cumberland Plateau, biking along the river, and hosting big parties with good food.

Lecture synopsis: What happens when we recognize that we do not just "appreciate" art, but are shaped by it? This lecture explores how the inherent tensions of visual art might expand our imaginations and help us better hold the mysteries of our faith.

Friday, November 14, 2025, 10:10 a.m.

Skye Lounge