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SUMMARY:African Art and the West on Zoom
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DESCRIPTION:Spend an afternoon learning about the wonders of African Art! 
 Jean Borgatti\, Consulting Curator at the Fitchburg Art Museum\, will delv
 e in to a different aspect of African Art each month..\nhttps://mhl.libnet
 .info/event/11683058
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This talk focuses on African art and the w
 est\, from curiosity cabinet to the museum and the development of modernis
 m.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Art note: A Fang mask from Gabon in the collection of Ma
 urice Vlamink by 1905 inspired this Picasso painting of the Head of a Man 
 in 1908</p>\n<p><strong>Register for one or all of the talks in this serie
 s:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sept. 8 - 21st Century African Photography</li>
 \n<li>Oct. 13 - African Art in the medieval world--1000-1600 CE</li>\n<li>
 Nov. 10 - African Art and the West &ndash\;From Curiosity Cabinet to the M
 useum and the Development of Modernism (e.g. Picasso and African art)</li>
 \n<li>Dec. 8 - Learning to Look: Forms and Materials</li>\n<li>Jan. 12 - C
 ase Studies: Art in Cultural Context: Contrasting Cultures &ndash\; Contra
 sting Styles -The Dogon of Mali and the Yoruba of Nigeria.</li>\n<li>Feb. 
 9 - Masquerade &ndash\; Not Just a Mask On a Wall</li>\n<li>Mar. 9 - Anony
 mous Doesn't Live Here Anymore--African Artists Traditional and Modern</li
 >\n<li>Apr. 13 - Likeness and Beyond: Portraiture in Iconic African Art</l
 i>\n<li>May 3&nbsp\; - Shango to Shonibare: African Art in the Black Atlan
 tic World--with a focus on the form\, meaning and movement of the Thunder 
 Deity Shango from Africa through the Diaspora (Cuba\, Brazil\, Haiti)\, an
 d into the art of the Harlem Renaissance and Civil Rights movement in the 
 United States</li>\n</ul>\n<p>This series is co-sponsored by the <a href="
 https://friendsofmemorialhalllibrary.wildapricot.org/">Friends of Memorial
  Hall Library</a> and is in collaboration with the Groton Public Library.&
 nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Events in this series will be recorded. A link to the recor
 ding will be shared with everyone who registers.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\nhttp
 s://mhl.libnet.info/event/11683058
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