Festival and Exhibition Now Closed
      

  
Material Differences
            The special pan-African exhibition, Material Differences, curated by the Museum for African Art 
            in New York, explores the question: Why are certain materials chosen to create specific works 
            of art? This exhibition examines the extensive range of materials used in the creation of 
            African art and reveals the inherent relationships between the materials, their significance as 
            media, artistic techniques, and the role of artists.
            Material Differences features over 100 objects from public and private collections. Visitors’ 
            experience will be enhanced by contextual information, including video footage and an 
            interactive CD-ROM program, that illuminate the factors that determine why objects are 
            created in particular ways.
  
GALLERY HOURS:  Weekdays, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
                             Weekends, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
LOCATION:  Drew Fine Arts Center Galleries 
COST:  Free and open to the public.
  
  


  
Saturday, April 3:  Material Differences, Exhibition Public Opening
      TIME:  Following the 11 a.m. Keynote address (see below) - 4:00 p.m.
      LOCATION:  Drew Fine Arts Center Galleries
      COST:  Free and open to the public.
  
Saturday, April 3:  Keynote Address, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
            The keynote address, "W.E.B. Du Bois and the Encyclopedia Africana", will be given by 
            Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Director of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African 
            American Research at Harvard University.
            The lecture is a history of W.E.B. Du Bois's (Harvard A.B., 1890, A.M., 1891, Ph.D., 1895) 
            three failed attempts to edit a black Encyclopedia Britannica, and our efforts to bring 
            Du Bois's dream to fruition.
      TIME:  11:00 a.m.
      LOCATION:  Anne Simley Theatre
      COST:  Free and open to the public, but tickets are required. 
            A limited number of tickets are available. Tickets for remote access at other campus locations 
            are also available. To reserve a ticket call 651-523-2459. One ticket per person. Tickets will 
            be available for pick-up at the venue on April 3.
  
Saturday, April 3:  Lokua Kanza Performance
            Lokua Kanza and five band members will perform popular contemporary African music.
            This performance is recommended for children 6 years and older.
      TIME:  7:30 p.m.
      LOCATION:  Sundin Music Hall 
      COST:  Adults, $17. Students and Seniors, $12. There will be a limited number of free tickets 
            available to Hamline students only. 1 ticket per student.
            Ticket Reservations: 651-523-2459. Leave a message in mailbox 5.
  
Sunday, April 4:  Material Differences, Exhibition Opening Weekend
      TIME:  1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
      LOCATION:  Drew Fine Arts Center Galleries 
      COST:  Free and open to the public.
  
Sunday, April 4:  Help Coil a Large Clay Pot
            Sarah E. Paul, a Hamline alum, will be coiling a large clay pot under a tent located outside of 
            Drew Fine Arts Center.  Children are invited to add a coil and help texture the surface of 
            the pot.
      TIME:  Noon - 3:00 p.m.
      LOCATION:  Drew Fine Arts Center
      COST:  Free and open to the public.
  
Sunday, April 4:  Lokua Kanza Performance
            Lokua Kanza and five band members will perform popular contemporary African music.
            This performance is recommended for children 6 years and older.
      TIME:  2:00 p.m.
      LOCATION:  Sundin Music Hall 
      COST:  Adults, $17. Students and Seniors, $12. There will be a limited number of free tickets 
            available to Hamline students only. 1 ticket per student.
            Ticket Reservations: 651-523-2459. Leave a message in mailbox 5.
  
Friday, April 16:  Professor William J. Dewey, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
      Lecture Topic: The People of the Eland and their 27,000 Year Art Tradition: 
            The Rock Art of the San People of Southern Africa
            Professor Dewey teaches African Art History in the Department of Art at the University of  
            Tennessee, Knoxville. He is also a contributing scholar to the Material Differences catalogue.
      TIME:  12:40 p.m.
      LOCATION:  Drew Science Building, Lecture Auditorium, Room 118
      COST:  Free and open to the public, although a limited number of seats are available.
  
Friday, April 16:  Professor William J. Dewey, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
      Gallery Talk, Topic: Iron Working Across Africa
            Professor Dewey teaches African Art History in the Department of Art at the University of  
            Tennessee, Knoxville. He is also a contributing scholar to the Material Differences catalogue.
      TIME:  4:00 p.m.
      LOCATION:  Drew Fine Arts Center Galleries
      COST:  Free and open to the public, although space is limited.
  
Thursday, April 22:  Evan M. Maurer, Director and President, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
      Lecture Topic: The Influence of African Art on the Age of Modernity.
      TIME:  7:00 p.m. 
      LOCATION:  Drew Science Building, Lecture Auditorium, Room 118
      COST:  Free and open to the public, although a limited number of seats are available.
  
Thursday, April 29:  *CANCELLED*
      Dr. Roslyn Walker, Senior Curator of the Arts of Africa, Dallas Museum of Art
      Regrettably, Dr. Walker's lecture on Women's Imagery from the Continent of Africa Art has been 
      cancelled.
  
Friday, April 30:  Africa Aye Performance 
            Africa Aye will perform traditional African music and dance.
      TIME:  7:30 p.m. 
      LOCATION:  Sundin Music Hall
      COST:  All tickets are $7.00. There will be a limited number of free tickets available to Hamline 
            students only. 1 ticket per student.
            Ticket Reservations: 651-523-2459. Leave a message in mailbox 5.
      

  
Saturday, May 1:  Africa Aye Performance
            Africa Aye will perform traditional African music and dance.
      TIME:  7:30 p.m.
      LOCATION:  Sundin Music Hall
      COST:  All tickets are $7.00. There will be a limited number of free tickets available to Hamline 
            students only. 1 ticket per student.
            Ticket Reservations: 651-523-2459. Leave a message in mailbox 5.
  

  
Material Differences
            This special pan-African exhibition, Material Differences, curated by the Museum for African Art 
            in New York, will explore Africa's artistic and cultural heritage and honor the contributions of 
            the continent of Africa in the humanities and the arts.
GALLERY HOURS:  Weekdays, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
                             Weekends, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
LOCATION:  Drew Fine Arts Center Galleries 
COST:  Free and open to the public.