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SUMMARY:African Art: Learning to Look 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/11683085
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This talk looks forms and materials used i
 n African art. The African art that is most familiar in the west are 3-dim
 ensional carvings\, however\, 2-dimensional design was equally important. 
 It took the form of wall-painting\, textiles\, and body decoration.</p>\n<
 p><em>Image note:</em> &nbsp\;L-R- wall painting\, northern Ghana\; Fon (B
 enin Republic) textile for the 19th c. King Guezo\; Nuba body decoration.<
 /p>\n<p><strong>Register for one or all of the talks in this series:</stro
 ng></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sept. 8 - 21st Century African Photography</li>\n<li>Oc
 t. 13 - African Art in the medieval world--1000-1600 CE: The Trans-Saharan
  trade\, Igbo-Ukwu\, Ife\, Benin\, Djenn&eacute\;\, Lalibela\, Great Zimba
 bwe</li>\n<li>Nov. 10 - African Art and the West &ndash\;From Curiosity Ca
 binet to the Museum and the Development of Modernism (e.g. Picasso and Afr
 ican art)</li>\n<li>Dec. 8 - Learning to Look: Forms and Materials</li>\n<
 li>Jan. 12 - Case Studies: Art in Cultural Context: Contrasting Cultures &
 ndash\; Contrasting 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 - Anonymous Doesn't Live Here Anymore--African Artists Traditional 
 and Modern</li>\n<li>Apr. 13 - Likeness and Beyond: Portraiture in Iconic 
 African Art</li>\n<li>May 3&nbsp\; - Shango to Shonibare: African Art in t
 he Black Atlantic World--with a focus on the form\, meaning and movement o
 f the Thunder Deity Shango from Africa through the Diaspora (Cuba\, Brazil
 \, Haiti)\, and into the art of the Harlem Renaissance and Civil Rights mo
 vement in the United States</li>\n</ul>\n<p>This series is co-sponsored by
  the <a href="https://friendsofmemorialhalllibrary.wildapricot.org/">Frien
 ds of Memorial Hall Library</a> and is in collaboration with the Groton Pu
 blic Library.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Events in this series will be recorded. A lin
 k to the recording will be shared with everyone who registers.&nbsp\;</p>\
 n<p></p>\nhttps://mhl.libnet.info/event/11683085
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