African Art Lecture Series (Zoom program)
December 8 @ 2:30 pm
One event on January 12, 2025 at 2:30 pm
One event on February 9, 2025 at 2:30 pm
This series of lectures is meant as an introduction to African Art, its variety of forms, the depth of its history, and how it became an important player first in Western culture and continues to be important in a global world.
December 8
Learning to Look: Forms and Materials
The African art that is most familiar in the west are carvings, 2-D design was equally important. It took the form of wall-painting, textiles, and body decoration.
January 12
Case Studies: Art in Cultural Context: Contrasting Cultures – Contrasting Styles -The Dogon of Mali and the Yoruba of Nigeria.
The Dogon, living in the harsher world of the Western Sudan, create multi-functional sculpture in a style based on cubes and angles; the Yoruba, with a very large and diverse population live in more tropical zones in Southern Nigeria and the Benin Republic. Their art tends to be more purpose-created and based on lush oval forms.
February 9
Masquerade – A multi-media artform including a ‘head’ or mask, of many possible materials and a body costume presented in the context of
movement and sound– not just that mask on the wall!
