This remarkable study explores the use of the visual and performing arts to promote nonviolence and social harmony in sub-Saharan Africa. It focuses on Gelede, a popular community festival of masquera
An in-depth exploration of the significance of art in Yoruba culture, focusing on form, function and meaning, as well as the interplay of verbal and visual imagery. Numbering more than 25 million peo
Examining 122 works of art by seventy-three contemporary folk artists, Coming Home! Self-Taught Artists, the Bible and the American South accompanies a traveling exhibition organized by the Art Museum