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Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007 - Arts & Events
African Art Expert Brings Lecture to Campus, Enhancement to Exhibit
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- Denise Garrett, Office of Undergraduate Studies, 360/546-9159, garrett@vancouver.wsu.edu
- Sheri Byrd, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360/546-9602, byrds@vancouver.wsu.edu
Vancouver, Wash. - Nii Quarcoopome of The Detroit Institute of Arts will lecture on African art from Ghana 7 p.m. April 5 in room 225 of the Classroom Building at Washington State University Vancouver.
The event is being held in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Ghana's Independence, the first sub-Saharan African nation to break free from colonialism.
An associated exhibition of Women's Arts of Ghana has been extended to April 8 in the campus library.
Quarcoopome's lecture will cover the famous Akan terracotta art, including figurative clan pots and Akan proverbial art. His lecture is sponsored by the WSU Vancouver Honors College and Diversity Council.
Nii Quarcoopome is Curator of African Art and Head of the Department of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous Americas at The Detroit Institute of Arts. Born in Ghana, Quarcoopome received his doctorate in art history from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1993. He taught at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor for eight years before entering the museum profession. Before joining the DIA in 2002, he worked at the Newark Museum, and also taught at Columbia University.
Women's Arts of Ghana Exhibit display times, through May 4: Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - 10 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday - Sunday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. For more information and photos of the exhibit, visit:
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Photo, courtesy WSU Vancouver: Comb and scarf, Ghana Women's Art Exhibit. Click thumbnail for high resolution image.
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