Reception
Time:
Reception: African Art in Unlikely Places
Date:
5:00 pm –
7:00 pm
Richards Hall
Room: Eisentrager•Howard Gallery
560 Stadium Dr
Lincoln NE 68508
Lincoln NE 68508
Additional Info: RH
Contact:
(402) 472-5522
Eisentrager•Howard Gallery will hold a reception for “African Art in Unlikely Places: The David Rapkin Collection” from 5-7 p.m. on Nov. 2nd (First Friday). A gallery talk with Rapkin will take place at 6 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public.
“African Art in Unlikely Places: The David Rapkin Collection” includes 82 objects ranging from figures, reliefs and masks made from wood and metal to textiles made with raffia and indigo. The objects are from many regions of Africa, including Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone and Cameroon, among others.
Rapkin is an associate professor emeritus at UNL, where he taught and researched in the areas of world politics and political economy for more than 30 years.
“African Art in Unlikely Places: The David Rapkin Collection” includes 82 objects ranging from figures, reliefs and masks made from wood and metal to textiles made with raffia and indigo. The objects are from many regions of Africa, including Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone and Cameroon, among others.
Rapkin is an associate professor emeritus at UNL, where he taught and researched in the areas of world politics and political economy for more than 30 years.