Contemporary Art Events
The following events are free and open to the public. People who are not members of the NYU community are encouraged to attend but are reminded that some form of photo ID is required to gain entrance to most NYU buildings.
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FALL 2009
November 19th 2009
Joe Nkrumah Memorial Exhibition Opening
Location: Ghana
FALL 2008
Tuesday Sept 16, 2008
S & M: Shrines and Masquerades in Cosmopolitan Times
80 Washington Square East Galleries
NYU Steinhardt, Department of Art and Art Professions
Opening reception, Tuesday September 16th, 6 - 8pm
(Additional champagne reception, Monday October 6th, 7 - 9 pm)
See article at NYTimes.com
Monday Sept 29, 2008
Press preview at the Met:" The Essential Art of African Textiles"
Wednesday Oct 1, 2008
The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design without End
Opening reception at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Saturday Oct 4, 2008
The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design without End
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd St.), Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall
Time: 2 - 4:45pm
Lecture by Doran H. Ross, Senior Research Scholar, and The James S. Coleman African Studies Center at UCLA, followed by a roundtable panel focusing on modes of contemporary expression in Africa.
Monday Oct 6, 2008
The Poetics of Cloth: African Textiles/Recent Art
Opening reception
Location: Grey Art Gallery, NYU
Time: 7 - 9pm
See article at NYTimes.com
Friday Oct 17, 2008
Africa Diaries- Monthly Film series
L.M. Kit Carson
Where: SILVER Center, RM 504
Time: 5:30 - 8:30pm
Sunday Nov 9, 2008
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd St.), Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium 3:00 pm
A conversation between Artist El Anatsui and Alisa LaGamma, Curator, at the MET
Location: The MMA, 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd St.), Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Time: 3pm
Africa House Cocktail Reception
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Celebration of BlowUP-
Lyle Aston Harris and Appia Book signing
Location: 34 Stuyvesant Street
Time: 7pm
SPRING 2009
March 24 - April 17, 2009
Opening of the Brazza Exhibit
Friday, April 17, 2009
African Renaissance: Arts as the Expression of Citizen Engagement and a Level for Development
Location: 34 Stuyvesant St, Barney Building, First Floor
Time: 6 - 8:30pm
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