African Textiles at the Ackland I
A guided look at African textiles on view in the current special exhibition “Continental Shift: Recent Acquisitions of African Art” and the Ackland Art Museum’s African art collection gallery.
Led by Dr. Victoria Rovine, UNC-CH Department of Art and Art History and Carolina Public Humanities, Millie West, UNC-CH PhD student (Department of Art and Art History), and Nancy Andoh, UNC-CH PhD student (Department of History).
Free, but space is limited; registration required via the Ackland’s event webpage – https://events.ackland.org/event/aug-30-african-textiles-at-the-ackland-i/.
Visit the Ackland’s Events Calendar at https://events.ackland.org/events/ to view more upcoming public programs.
Image credit: Unidentified artist, Cameroonian, Bamileke culture, “Display Cloth (ndop)” (detail), n.d., cotton, 77 × 51 1/4 in. (195.6 × 130.2 cm). Ackland Fund, 2024.58.14.
