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Admission is Free | Open Wed–Sun

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Culture Fix: Erica Jones on New Installations of African Art in Intersections

June 9, 2016 | 12:00PM - 12:00PM

Join assistant curator of African arts Erica Jones as she explores two new installations of African art in Intersections: World Arts/Local Lives.  The installations include Yorùbá art of West Africa in the Art and Power section and a Lobala drum and Yaka headdress  (both recent  gifts from the Merton Simpson Estate) as well as gifts of Lega and Zulu art from Fowler patron Jay T. Last in Fowler in Focus: The Collector and the Dealer.

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woven textile with geometric patterns made of natural fibers in brown, red, and black colors

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This gathering marks the opening of a collaborative exhibition that connects contemporary Māori textile artists from Whakatōhea with an ancestral kaitaka (cloak) in the Fowler Museum collection. Inspired by the legacy of Uhengaparaoa, a renowned pre-18th century Whakatōhea weaver whose knowledge of raranga (weaving) was shared across communities, the exhibition celebrates taonga tuku iho—ancestral treasures and knowledge passed down through generations. ...
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