Campbell Gallery of Special Exhibits: Rainforest Visions

• Event Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2006–Sunday, August 20, 2006
• Time: Regular Museum Hours (CST)
• Location: Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

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This exhibition focuses on artistic representations by contemporary South American indigenous people of ecological, mythical, and cosmic spirit forces in their lives. The focal people whose myths and narratives provide the basis for the imagery are the Canelos Quichua of Amazonian Ecuador. Complementary artifacts come from the Achuar, Tigua, and Chachi of Ecuador, the Shipibo-Conibo of Peru, the Waounam and Emberá of Colombia and Panama, the Tukuna of Colombia and Brazil, and the Yekuana of Venezuela.

Rain Forest Visions is co-sponsored by the Spurlock Museum and The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies through the auspices of the United States Department of Education’s Title VI Program. The exhibit is also supported by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.