Rediscovering a Legacy: Artistic Traditions of West Africa
 Dogon Kanaga Masked Dancers, Sangha, Mali, 1970, Eliot Elisofon, photographer, Courte This comprehensive exhibition detailing the rich history and culture of the West African republic of Mali, utilizes textiles, masks, jewelry, currency and other artifacts from ancient times and the present to reinforce the Virginia Standards of Learning for history, social science, geography and fine arts.
Lenders
- Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
- Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg , VA
- Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA
- Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Longwood University, Farmville, VA
- ARTHEOS
- Anne Cipriano, York County
- Robin Edward and Michelle Poulton
- Jann Kennedy Alexander
- Greg Henry
- and other private collections
The exhibition includes photographs of Mali by Eliot Elisofon. Elisofon (1911-1973) was an internationally known photographer and filmmaker whose enduring visual record of African life from 1943 to 1973 was published in magazines such as Life and National Geographic. Selected from the archives by Michael Preble, Program Director, these images, envisioned with the balanced eye of an artist and an ethnographer, sensitively capture the spirit of a people and the essence of a remarkable place.
These thirty works are made available from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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