BRENDA EDGAR

Brenda Edgar is an art historian, yoga instructor, and tour guide in Louisville, KY. Her art history research interests include relics, reliquaries, and all things Roman Catholic; medieval medical manuscripts and depictions of disease in medieval art; and the historical role of altered states of consciousness in the creation of art.

Her free monthly public talk series, “Art History Illustrated,” is presented at the Cultural Arts Center in New Albany, Indiana; she also offers regular virtual classes through Morbid Anatomy, and teaches for Indiana University.

Brenda is a certified yoga instructor with a robust teaching schedule. In addition, she is a guide for Louisville Historic Tours.

She lives in Louisville, KY with her two senior rescue dogs (Cathy Ann, 15, is pictured).

Visit www.brendaedgar.org for more information or to contact her!

COURSES TAUGHT

Alt/Art: A History of Art from Altered States of Consciousness
Divine Movements: The Iconography and Practice of Yoga
Medieval Medicine and the Magical Body
Of Art and Angels
Our Lady: The Iconography and Cult of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Pray for Us Sinners: The Iconography and Veneration of the Saints w
Rest in Peace: The History of Funerary Monument
What if God Was One of Us? An Art History of Jesus in the Western Church