Interpretation and Engagement: <em></em>Narrative Wisdom and African Arts<em></em>

About this event

Narrative Wisdom and African Arts , a recent large-scale exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum (Oct. 2024-Jan. 2025), explored how historical and contemporary African arts make visible narratives rooted in collective and individual memory and knowledge. Featuring ancient and historical to contemporary arts from across the African continent, the exhibition employed diverse interpretive methods that illuminated perspectives of artists and communities who created and engaged with art on view.

Join Nichole N. Bridges, the Morton D. May Curator of the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the St. Louis Art Museum, for lecture that will explore the role of text-based and multimedia interpretation in enhancing visitors’ engagement with the art displayed and propelling the exhibition’s thematic trajectory and curatorial intent.

This program is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

"Interpretation and Engagement: Narrative Wisdom in African Arts" is offered in conjunction with Words Matter: A Thought Lab, developed in partnership with Emory's Art History Department and African Art History PhD students.