Where Animals Dance; Exhibit Opening Celebration

• Event Date: Friday, September 22, 2006
• Time: 7:00 pm–8:30 pm (CDT)
• Location: Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Special Event
• Exhibit-Related tag

Join us for refreshments and an exploration of the exhibit Where Animals Dance. An introduction to the exhibit will presented by Jonathan E. Reyman, Ph.D., Curator of Anthropology, Illinois State Museum and Mahir Saul, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology, UIUC.

The Exhibit: Where Animals Dance Contemporary masquerading traditions of West Africa are the focus of this exhibit of masks and related ceremonial and ritual artifacts. Discussions focus on the place of masquerade in belief, social structure, and daily life. The ethnicities represented include Baga, Bamana, Bobo, Nuna, Toma, and Senufo. Artifacts include several from the Illinois State Museum’s Hoover Collection along with a select few chosen from the Spurlock Museum’s collections.

Where Animals Dance is co-sponsored by the Spurlock Museum and the Illinois State Museum. The exhibit is supported in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.