Current events.Information subject to change * western states (by closing date) Mexican Trees of Life Through December 14 Seattle Art Museum The Seattle Art Museum (commonly known as "SAM") is an art museum located in downtown Seattle, Washington USA. Admission is free on the first Thursday of each month. , Seattle, WA Partners of the Soul African Art of the Baule Through January 4, 2004 San Diego Museum of Art The San Diego Museum of Art opened as the Museum of Fine Arts on February 28, 1926. The funders turned over ownership of the building to the City of San Diego. It is located in Balboa Park. The museum building was designed by architect William Templeton Johnson. , San Diego, CA The Beginning of Seeing Tribal Art and the Pictographs of Adolph Gottlieb Through January 4, 2004 Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University Stanford, CA * central states (by closing date) African Art/Western Eyes Through December 19 Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state agricultural college. East Lansing, MI Form and Function in West African Art Through December 21 Allen Memorial Art Museum The Allen Memorial Art Museum (abbreviated 'AMAM') is located in Oberlin, Ohio and is run by Oberlin College. Founded in 1917, its collection is one of the finest of any college or university museum in the United States, consistently ranking among those of Harvard and Yale. , Oberlin College Oberlin, OH Northern Visions Art and Life of the Inuit October 26-December 28 Minneapolis Institute of Arts The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is a comprehensive art museum located in Minneapolis, Minnesota on a campus that covers nearly 8 acres (32,000 m²). It does not charge an entrance fee (although it does charge for some special exhibitions), and allows photography of its permanent Minneapolis MN A Fiction of Authenticity Contemporary Africa Abroad Through January 3, 2004 Contemporary Air Museum St. Louis St. Louis, MO The Quest for Immortality Treasures of Ancient Egypt October 19, 2003-February 25, 2004 New Orleans Museum of Art The New Orleans Museum of Art (often referred to as NOMA) in New Orleans, Louisiana, was established in 1911 as the Delgado Museum of Art with a bequest from Isaac Delgado. New Orleans, LA Masterworks of African Art The Congo Basin Through May 2, 2004 University of Michigan Museum of Art The University of Michigan Museum of Art, or UMMA, as it is known locally, resides in the Alumni Memorial Hall of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Built as a war memorial in 1909 for the university's fallen alumni from the Civil War, Alumni Memorial Hall Ann Arbor, MI African American Art African American art is a broad term describing the visual arts of the American black community. Influenced by various cultural traditions, including those of Africa, Europe and the Americas, traditional African American art forms include the range of plastic arts, from from the Permanent Collection February 22, 2004-May 9, 2004 Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, chartered and incorporated (1870) after a decision by the Boston Athenaeum, Harvard, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pool their collections of art objects and house them in adequate public galleries. Houston, TX Berni Searle: Recent Works from South Africa March 29, 2004-April 28, 2004 Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University Lexington, KY * eastern states (by closing date) Journeys and Destinations African Artists on the Move Through November 30 National Museum of African Art The National Museum of African Art is a museum that is part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.. Located on the National Mall, the museum specializes in African art and culture. Washington, DC Objets d'Art for the Young Collector November Morton Simpson Gallery New York, NY Ethiopian Passages Dialogues in the Diaspora Through December 7 National Museum of African Art Washington, DC Kara Walker Narratives of a Negress Through December 7 Williams College Museum of Art The Williams College Museum of Art (known as "WCMA") is an art museum located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It is affiliated with Williams College and the college's world-renowned art history department. Williamstown, MA My Ethiopia Recent Paintings by Wosene Worke Kosrof Wosene Worke Kosrof (b. 1950) is an Ethiopian painter and mixed-media artist. Kosrof was awarded his BFA from the School of Fine Arts in Addis Ababa in 1972, and received an MFA from Howard University in 1980. Through December 28 Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, NY Balance and Abundance Concepts of Gender in African Art Through December 31 Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL AFRICultures Mali, Ivory Coast, and Ghana Through December Albany Museum of Art The Albany Museum of Art is located in Albany, Georgia, U.S. Background The museum is a non-profit organization governed by a 28 member elected board of directors. History The museum was founded in 1964 as the outgrowth of the Southwest Georgia Art Association. , Albany, GA The Art of Romare Bearden Through January 3, 2004 National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Beauty and the Beasts "Beauty and the Beasts" is the fourth episode of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Plot synopsis Summary Oz is suspected of brutal murders after escaping from his pen; Buffy struggles to understand Angel's return from Hell. Kifwebe Masks of the Songye, Luba and Related Peoples October 26, 2003-January 4, 2004 African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers Tenafly, NJ The Art of Resist Dyeing Textiles from around the globe from the museum's collection Through January 5, 2004 Textile Museum, Washington, DC African Warrior Through January 10, 2004 Hamill Gallery of African Art Boston, MA Ndebele November 14, 2003 January 10, 2004 Axis Gallery, New York, NY African Shields Art, Power and Identity Through January 11, 2004 Newark Museum of Art Newark, NJ Wild Beasts, Wild Men How different cultures express their relationships with animals Through January 11, 2004 Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami Miami, FL Hollywood Icons, Local Demons Ghanaian Popular Paintings by Mark Anthony Through January 17, 2004 University of Maine Museum of Art Bangor ME Eternal Egypt Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum Through January 18, 2004 Walters Art Gallery Baltimore, MD African-American Quilts From the Robert & Helen Cargo Collection Through February 29, 2004 Textile Museum, Washington, DC Doubly Blessed The Ibeji Twins of Nigeria October 23, 2003-March 1, 2004 Museum for African Art The Museum for African Art is located in the neighborhood of Long Island City in the borough of Queens in New York City (USA). Founded in 1984, the museum is "dedicated to increasing public understanding and appreciation of African art and culture. Long Island City, NY Looking Both Ways Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora November 13, 2003-March 1, 2004 Museum for African Art Long Island City, NY Surfaces February 1, 2004 March 29, 2004 African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers Tenafly, NJ 13th Triennial Symposium on African Art African Art: Roots and Routes March 31-April 4, 2004 Cambridge, Boston and Salem, MA Coptic Egypt 300-1000 A.D. A Multicultural Society October 29, 2003-April 11, 2004 Newark Museum of Art Newark, NJ African Gold from the Glassell Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
* canada (by closing date) A Forest of Flowers Words and Sculpture of West Africa Through December 12 Agnes Etherington Art Centre Queens University, Kingston, ON Eternal Egypt Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum February 28, 2004 June 6, 2004 Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON * europe (by closing date) Africa Informs New Works by African Artists October 23-December 6 October Gallery, London, England Voodoo in Africa Through December 28 Haus der Volker Schwaz, Austria Makonde: Blackwood Sculptures and Ceremonial Masks Through December 28 Stevenage Museum Stevenage, England African Puppets from the Collection of W. and U. Horstmann Through January 6, 2004 Adelhauser Museum fur Natur und Volkorkunde Freiburg, Germany Sexuality and Death AIDS in Contemporary African Art October 19, 2003-January 25, 2004 Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Cologne, Germany Africa: Masterpieces of a Continent Through February 15, 2004 Galleria d'Arte Moderna Turin, Italy Arkilla Wedding Blankets from Mali Through February 16, 2004 Museum der Kulturen Basel, Switzerland Podai Malerei aus Westafrika Body art and wall decoration of Loma women in Guinea December 12, 2003-February 29, 2004 Museum Kunst Palast Dusseldorf, Germany Sieges d'Afrique Noire dans les Collections du Musee Barbier-Mueller November 29 2003-March 22, 2004 L'Ensemble Conventuel des Jacobins do Toulouse Toulouse, France Parures de Tete Through July 11, 2004 Musee Dapper Paris France Retours d'Afrique Collections du Chateau de Blois October 15, 2003-August 31, 2004 Chateau de Blois, Blois, France Woven Gold, Textiles from Sumatra November 8, 2003 October 10, 2004 Wereldmuseum Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands The Heritage of Slavery November 2, 2003-November 7, 2004 Wereldmuseum Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands Afrika: Kunst und Kultur Through September 2005 Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, Germany * africa (by closing date) Coexistence Contemporary Cultural Production in South Africa Through March 2004 South African National Gallery The South African National Gallery is the national art gallery of South Africa located in Cape Town. The collection began in 1872 with the donation of Sir Thomas Butterworth's personal gallery. Cape Town, South Africa Group Portrait South Africa Nine Family Histories Multimedia presentation at contemporary South Africa through the multigenerational experiences of nine families February/March 2004-March 2005 National Museum of Cultural History Pretoria, South Africa * middle east Talking Beads Beadwork from the museum's African collection Through April 15, 2004 Israel Museum Jerusalem, Israel |
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