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January Issue
2011
Highsmith University Union Gallery
in Asheville, NC, Features Exhibition of West African Art
UNC Asheville's Highsmith University
Union Gallery in Asheville, NC, will present the exhibit, African
Art: A Collectors Perspective, which includes traditional
masks, mortar and pestles, slave shackles and Kente cloth from
the collection of Jan Goffney, art educator, collector, and curator,
on view from Jan. 10 through Feb. 7, 2011.
The exhibition showcases a selection of art and artifacts from
Goffney's personal collection. Goffney hopes to use the exhibit
to break down common misconceptions about Africa's past and present.
She served as curator in the Detroit Public Schools Children's
Museum specializing in ethnic studies, and later opened her own
Multicultural Museum. She has spent many years traveling to Africa
to collect artworks and their accompanying stories.
The event is sponsored by the following programs at UNC Asheville:
the Office of Student Activities and Integrated Learning, the
Honors Program, Multicultural Student Programs, the Center for
Diversity Education, the Department of Africana Studies, and the
Craft Studies Initiative.
Goffney will also give a lecture accompanying the exhibit at 6pm
on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, in the gallery. A reception featuring
traditional West African foods will begin at 5:30pm. The events
are free and open to the public.
The gallery is located on the lower level of UNC Asheville's Highsmith
University Union.
For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery
listings or call 828/251-6991.
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