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ACASA Triennial Symposia on African Art

The first of what has become a distinguished series of conferences on African Art held every third year was organized by Richard A. Long in 1968 as part of the Hampton Institute Centennial Celebration. The Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA), founded in 1983, took over the planning and running of this event, familiarly known as the Triennial, in 1986. The programs of the three most recent Triennials may be viewed via links to their websites.

Review the Program from the 2011 Triennial Symposium

Below are scenes from the 15th Triennial Symposium on African Art, held at the University of California, Los Angeles, March 23 to 26, 2011.

  

ACASA, the Arts Council of the African Studies Association, promotes greater understanding of African material and expressive culture in all its many forms, and encourages contact and collaboration with African and Diaspora artists and scholars.
Photo Captions
(from left to right):

Getty luncheon: Thomas Gaehtgens, Director of the Getty Research Institute, addresses Triennial participants. Photo by Tobenna Okwuosa, Niger Delta University.

Steven Nelson & Jean Borgatti, who has been presented with a photograph that reads “Farewell from Benin City” as a thank-you gift for serving as ACASA President. Photo by Tobenna Okwuosa, Niger Delta University.

Virginia M. Fields, Senior Curator of Art of the Ancient Americas at LACMA, discusses an object in the collection with Triennial particpants. Photo by Tobenna Okwuosa, Niger Delta University.

Rochelle LeGrandsawyer & William Bwalya Miko. Photo by Andrew Mulenga, Arts Journalist, Lusaka, Zambia.

Panel for "Beyond the Naked Eye": Tricia Gilson, Woods Davy, Dunja Hersak, Georges Dewispelaere, & Richard McCoy. The panelists are holding traditional Songye wood working tools (adzes and burning tools). (Panel discussant Susan Vogel is not present.) Photo submitted by Richard McCoy.

Triennial participants enjoy the Saturday closing reception at the Luxe Hotel in Los Angeles. Photo by Tobenna Okwuosa, Niger Delta University.

Marguerite Heckscher, Henry John Drewal, Sarah Kahn, and Nomusa Makhubu at the closing Saturday reception. Photo by Tobenna Okwuosa, Niger Delta University.

Bisi Silva, Nomusa Makhubu, Peju Layiwola, & Monica Blackmun Visoną at the closing Saturday reception. Photo by Tobenna Okwuosa, Niger Delta University.

Pat Peek, Christopher Roy, Corinne Kratz, Doran Ross, Woods Davy, & Jean Borgatti at the Ernie Wolfe Gallery reception after the ACASA awards presentation. Photo by Ernie Wolfe.

Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi, Tumelo Mosaka, Nomusa Makhubu, & Elvira Dyangani Ose at the Ernie Wolfe Gallery reception after the ACASA awards presentation. Photo by Tobenna Okwuosa, Niger Delta University.

Susan Vogel & Doran Ross at the Ernie Wolfe Gallery reception after the ACASA awards presentation. Photo by Richard McCoy.

 
 
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