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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.

Below are scenes from the 14th Triennial Symposium on African Art, hosted by the University of Florida's College of Fine Arts, School of Art and Art History, Center for African Studies, and the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art.

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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:

Welcome banner for The 14th Triennial Symposium on African Art at the entrance of the Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida.

ACASA outgoing president Kate Ezra congratulates incoming president, Sylvester Ogbechie.

A dancer performs at the Thomas Center gallery opening of From Ogun’s Forge, Metal Arts of the Orisha.

Christraud Geary, past president, receives an Appreciation for Service award from secretary –treasurer Alice Burmeister and incoming president Sylvester Ogbechie.

Chika Okeke-Agulu and Venny M. Nakazibwe  receiving Sieber Dissertaion Awards.

President Kate Ezra speaking to Ade Ofunniyin and Robin Poynor of the University of Florida, Gainesville, at the opening of the exhibition they curated at the Thomas Center gallery

Artwork by Yaw Shangofemi from the exhibition, From Ogun’s Forge: Metal Arts of the Orisha, Thomas Center.

John Ogene, University of Benin, Nigeria, and Werewere Liking, Ivoiro-Cameroonian artist, in the Harn Musuem foyer.

Onyile Bassey Onyile, Georgia Southern University, presenting his paper, Ekpu Ancestral figures in the Forging of National Identity.

Simon Ottenberg, Professor emeritus, University of Washington, Seattle, discussing the panel “The Art of Benin in the 20th and 21st Centuries”

 

  
 
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