Whirling Return of the Ancestors: Egúngún Arts of the Yorùbá in Africa and Beyond
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UW Nancy Nicholas Hall-Ruth Davis Design Gallery 1300 Linden Dr., Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Feel as though you are among the Yorùbá peoples of West Africa in this multimedia exhibit that honors the eternal presence of their ancestors. The exhibit was researched, organized and curated by students in the fall 2017 Art History Curatorial Studies-Exhibition Practice class. Visitors will encounter Egúngún masquerade ensembles, some from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. The exhibit continues through April 8.
press release: January 24 – April 8, 2018. Opening reception: Thursday, January 25, 5 – 7 pm. Ruth Davis Design Gallery, Nancy Nicholas Hall, 1300 Linden Dr., University of Wisconsin-Madison
A series of monthly public programs supplement the exhibition:
· March 7, 2018: Lecture-demo about African American Second-Line funeral processions in New Orleans
- We invite you to come experience how Yoruba people in West Africa and beyond honor and celebrate their departed loved ones. On Sunday, March 11, 2018 from 2pm-4pm in the Ruth Davis Design Gallery-School of Human Ecology on the UW-Madison campus (free parking at Lot 20 on University Avenue — opposite the Institute of Discovery building) see the exhibition “Whirling Return of the Ancestors: Egungun Arts of the Yoruba in Africa and Beyond” with a tour by its curator, Henry John Drewal, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Art History and Afro-American Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Light refreshments will be served.
· April 5-8, 2018: Performances by a troupe of Egungun masqueraders, singers, and drummers from Ọ̀yọ́tunji Village, South Carolina, who will give workshops at UW-Madison, the Madison Children’s Museum, and a Madison public school
· April 6-7, 2018: Two-day Symposium on the theme Honoring Ancestors in Africa: Arts and Actions
· Date to be determined: Program about different cultural funeral traditions in Madison