Vancouver, Wash. – Nii Quarcoopome of The Detroit Institute of Arts will lecture on African art from Ghana at 7 p.m. April 5 in Room 225 of the Classroom Building at Washington State University Vancouver.
The event is being held in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Ghana’s Independence, the first sub-Saharan African nation to break free from colonialism.
An associated exhibition of Women’s Arts of Ghana has been extended to April 8 in the campus library.
Quarcoopome’s lecture will cover the famous Akan terracotta art, including figurative clan pots and Akan proverbial art. His lecture is sponsored by the WSU Vancouver Honors College and Diversity Council.
Quarcoopome is curator of African Art and head of the Department of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous Americas at The Detroit Institute of Arts.
Born in Ghana, Quarcoopome received his doctorate in art history from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1993. He taught at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor for eight years before entering the museum profession. Before joining the DIA in 2002, he worked at the Newark Museum and also taught at Columbia University.
The Women’s Arts of Ghana Exhibit display times, through May 4 are: Monday – Thursday 8 a.m. – 10 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday – Sunday 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
For more information and photos of the exhibit, visit: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/news/releases/pl/art-exhibits-feature-wsu-vancouver-student-pieces-ghana-womens-artwork/.
