From Local to Global: Ancient and Contemporary Òrìsà Imagery within and Outside Africa

Time: 02/03/2016, 9:30 AM—12:00 PM
Location: Wilson C, Mezzanine Level

Chair: Babatunde Lawal, Virginia Commonwealth University

Òrìsà Art and Iconography at Home and Abroad
Babatunde Lawal, Virginia Commonwealth University

Sacred Art of Meaning: Òrìsà Altars in Cuba and New York City
Marta Moreno Vega, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, NY

Conjoining the Physical and the Spiritual within a Sacred Space: The Òrìsà Gardens at the Olá Olú Retreat, Central Florida
Robin Poynor, University of Florida

Political Orixás: Art and the Civil Rights Movement in Brazil, 1950s-80s
Abigail Lapin Dardashti, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Wielding the Power “That-Makes-Things-Happen”: Òrìsà Èsù and the Aesthetics of Àse in the African Diaspora
Arturo Lindsay, Spelman College