Festival and Exhibition Now Closed
A variety of related events and programs took place during the two-month festival and a wide range of special educational programs and opportunities for experiential learning were offered for K-12 groups. The selected activities represented Africa’s profound, rich, and varied artistic and cultural heritage and highlighted the great contributions of the continent of Africa in the humanities and the arts. Please visit Events above for more information.
The festival centerpiece, the Material Differences exhibition, appealed to viewers of all ages and levels of knowledge and its installation at Hamline was designed to be accessible to elementary students. For example, several objects in the exhibition were displayed at children’s eye-level. Docent-led tours developed for children and hands-on educational programs helped students to make connections between the materials themselves and the objects in the exhibition, engaging students and enabling them to better relate to and understand African art, music, and culture.
Visit Online Resources above for additional information about African arts and culture.
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