Current events

African Arts, Winter, 2002

Information subject to change

western states (by closing date)

NSILA--EL CAMINO

Jose Bedia and the Spirit's Path in Congo Art

Through April 20

Cantor Center for Visual Arts

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

AFRICAN RENAISSANCE

New Forms, Old Images

Through April 27

Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

OVER THE LINE

The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence

Through May 4

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

WILD SILK, ISLAND FIBERS

Rare Textiles from Madagascar

Through June 29

UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History

Los Angeles, CA

A SAINT IN THE CITY

Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal

Through July 27

UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History

Los Angeles, CA

KILENGI

African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection

Through October 19

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

A MAASAI COMMUNITY ADORNS A BRIDE

Through October 19

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

WALL PAINTING FROM AN NDEBELE COMMUNITY

Through October 19

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

MEXICAN TREES OF LIFE

May 4-December 14

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

THE BEGINNING OF SEEING

Tribal Art and the Pictographs of Adolph Gottlieb

September 3, 2003-January 4, 2004

Cantor Center for Visual Arts

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

INSCRIBING MEANING

African Arts of Communication

Opens September 2004

UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History

Los Angeles, CA

GATEWAY OF THE SUN

The Tiwanaku Civilization of Ancient America

Fall 2004-winter 2005

Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

continuing exhibitions (by state)

NATIVE AMERICAN ART

Arizona State Museum

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

PHOEBE HEARST MUSEUM

Approaching a Century of Anthropology

Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology

University of California, Berkeley, CA

AFRICAN TRADE BEADS

A Comprehensive and Aesthetic Approach

Picard African Trade Bead Museum

Carmel, CA

AFRICAN GALLERY; PRE-COLUMBIAN GALLERY

Selections from the Proctor Stafford Collection of West Mexican Ceramics

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles, CA

PRE-COLUMBIAN GOLD; LANDO HALL OF CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST HISTORY

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Los Angeles, CA

PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA, THE SOUTHWEST, THE PLAINS, AND THE NORTHWEST COAST

Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, CA

MATTHEWS COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ART; HARER COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES

Fullerton Art Museum

California State University

San Bernardino, CA

AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND THE AMERICAS

Gallery DeRoche

San Francisco, CA

FIBER, FEATHER, SHELL AND STONE

Shaping Culture in Native California;

POWER AND CREATION

Africa beyond the Nile;

REALMS OF THE ANCESTORS

Arts of Oceania;

ARTS OF NATIVE AMERICA VISION OF THE SHAMAN, SONG OF THE PRIEST

Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, CA

PRE-COLUMBIAN ART

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND THE AMERICAS

Cantor Center for Visual Arts

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

SACRED LAND

Hispanic and Indian Cultures of the Southwest

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

Colorado Springs, CO

EXPLORING AFRICAN ART; NATIVE AMERICAN ART; POWER AND PRESTIGE

The Royal Arts of Polynesia

Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S LOOK AT THE WORLD

Artifacts from Africa, Oceania, and other regions

Rosemount Victorian House Museum

Pueblo, CO

ANCESTORS; PEOPLES OF THE SOUTHWEST

11,000 years of the cultural heritage of the American Southwest

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

MULTIPLE VISIONS

A Common Bond

Folk art from more than 100 countries

Museum of International Folk Art

Santa Fe, NM

ART OF CAMEROON; ELIZABETH COLE BUTLER COLLECTION OF NATIVE AMERICAN ART; ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST

Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

TRADITIONAL ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND THE AMERICAS

Utah Museum of Fine Arts

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

AFRICA POSSESSED; KATHERINE WHITE COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ART; PRE-COLUMBIAN AND OCEANIC ART; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

central states (by closing date)

ETERNAL EGYPT

Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum

Through March 16

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

A WINDOW ON THE PAST

Early Native American Dress from the John Painter Collection

Through March 30

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH

THE EYE OF THE TRAVELER

David Roberts's Egypt and the Holy Land

Through March 30

Minneapolis institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

UP THE NILE

Egypt in 19th-Century Photographs

Through April 13

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

INTERIOR PORTRAITS

Zwelethu Mthethwa Photographs

Through April 23

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

THE CULTURED BODY

African Body Adornments

Through April

University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA

ART OF THE LEGA

Meaning and Metaphor in Central Africa

Through May 4

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Kansas City, MO

THE MIRACLES OF MARY

A Seventeenth Century Ethiopian Manuscript

Through May 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

AFRICAN ARTISTRY

Gifts from the Faletti Family Collection

Through May 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

WRAPPED IN BEAUTY

The Art of African Cloth

Through May 25

St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

NORTHERN VISIONS

Art and Life of the Inuit

Through June 1

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis MN

JULIE MEHRETU

Works by Ethiopian-born painter