A Saint in the City:
Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal. The first exhibition devoted to contemporary arts of Islamic Africa, and to the life of an African Saint. Developed by the Fowler Museum at UCLA», as Passport to Paradise, the traveling exhibition coveys the ongoing creative spirit and artistic vitality of Africa today. The exhibition presents a striking range of 20th and 21st century art forms associated with the Mouride movement, a Sufi sect in Senegal with a rapidly expanding diaspora throughout the world, especially in American cities.

Village of Painters
The patuas» of West Bengal, India, have a long and contested social history in the region. Traditionally, they wandered from village to village singing their own compositions while unrolling painted scrolls on themes divided into three genres: religious songs, social commentary, and personal experience narratives. The exhibit shows a wide range of scrolls and examines how the patuas are keeping their art alive in today's changing world of West Bengal. The exhibition was curated by Dr. Frank J. Korom, and is accompanied by an exhibition catalog».

 

Power Dressing:
Men's Fashion & Prestige in Africa
Organized by the Newark Museum», Newark, New Jersey and traveling
to Santa Fe, the only venue west of the Mississippi, Power Dressing
brings together over forty outstanding examples of male attire from the throughout the continent and spanning a period from the 19th century to the present-day.

Take an excursion through eight international Carnival celebrations. The ¡CARNAVAL! exhibition and catalogue are the result of extensive research and field work by a team of consultants led by the exhibition Curator, Barbara Mauldin. The exhibition features costumes reflecting a range of masquerade and performance themes and represent the history and evolution of traditions in each of the eight sites.
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Quiet Beauty: Fifty Centuries of Japanese Folk Ceramics From the Montgomery Collection
October 16, 2005 to August 27, 2006
Traveling exhibition of one hundred folk ceramics, dating from 3000 BC to 1985 that comprise the first exhibition outside Japan to explore the range of Japanese ceramic production. Produced for use by farmers, artisans, and merchants, these objects are astonishing in their variety and aesthetic impact. Arranged chronologically, the exhibition includes cooking beakers, wine jars, tomb vessels and figurines, storage jars, grinding and mixing bowls, plates, dishes, sculptural ornaments and vases. Children's tour guide»

and Children's book list»
This exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia. The national tour has been sponsored by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Drs. Ben and A. Jess Shenson Fund, the Mitsubishi International Corporation, and the Toshiba International Foundation.



Arte y Amistad (Art and Friendship): Selections from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection of Contemporary Hispanic Art » A promised gift to the Museum of International Folk Art, the exhibition highlights the relationship between artists and collectors, and issues in contemporary Hispanic Arts through the works of twelve New Mexican artists. Although Sandy Besser and his late wife Diane collected many things--Art & Antiques magazine named the couple as one of the top 100 collectors in the US in 2002-- their carefully selected works of contemporary Hispanic art stand out as one of the most intriguing, vibrant, aesthetic, political and passionate groupings in their home. Enter Arte Y Amistad»



Cerámica y Cultura:The Story of Spanish and Mexican Mayólica
The Spanish term mayólica refers to tin-enameled earthenware, a technique developed in the eastern Mediterranean and brought to Spain by Islamic artists in the 10th century. From Spain, the technique spread first to the rest of Europe and then to the Americas. The exhibition explores the rich and complex history and culture of Spain and Mexico through this important and enduring art form. Changes in form and style reflect the complex relationships that took place over several centuries between such diverse cultures and religions as Christians and Muslims; Spanish, Flemish and Italians; Mexicans, Asians and Native Americans.
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Vernacular Visionaries: International Outsider Art in Context
Some people consider "outsider or raw art" to be a glimpse at the artist's interior and private world. The term also refers to the art of marginalized people on the fringe of society and is commonly used to describe the art of those unschooled artists who live and work at a distance from prevailing artistic trends and styles. Annie Carlano, Curator of European and North American Collections at the Museum of International Folk Art and a team of international scholars brought together five twentieth center visionary artists whose work is steeped in culture and profound spiritual context. They are: Gedewon, Martín Ramírez, Hung Tung, Anna Zemánková and Carlo
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One Hundred Aspects of the Moon:
Japanese Wood Block Prints by Yoshitoshi.
A recent gift from the collection of Else & Joseph Chapman, the prints represent the artist's celebration of Japan's history and legend in the face of rapid modernization during the Meiji Restoration. Published between 1885 and 1892, this series of one hundred individual woodblock prints depicts figures from Japanese and Chinese legend, history, literature and folklore caught at moments in time and held suspended by a poetic dialogue with the moon. Yoshitoshi's subtle and innovative approach to illustration successfully evokes a range of human emotion and psychological dimension under the knowing and moody watch of the perpetual moon. See One Hundred Aspects of the Moon »

Sin Nombre: Hispana & Hispano Artists of the New Deal Era»Hundreds of Hispanic artists in New Mexico created works of art for various New Deal Programs, but until the exhibition Sin Nombre opened at MOIFA in 1999, most have remained nameless, Sin Nombre. Information from the artists and their family and friends continues through the publication of the exhibition catalog and the bilingual web site wpasinnombre.org».