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Sixteenth ACASA Triennial Symposium on African Art Coming to the Brooklyn Museum

March 7, 2014March 31, 2014 Roger D. Arnold

For the last few months I have been working as Symposium Coordinator for the Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA). ACASA, arguably the premier organization for the promotion of the material and expressive cultures of the Arts of Africa, will host their triennial symposium conference at the Brooklyn Museum from March 19 – 22.

The printed program has gone to press and the electronic version is now available online. With over sixty panels and two hundred participants, it promises to be an exciting and dynamic event. Looking forward!

Article on Wikipedia Initiative in Hyperallergic

January 10, 2014February 8, 2014 Roger D. Arnold

Hyperallergic recently wrote about the work of the Brooklyn Museum’s wikipedia initiative, specifically the work of the Alexandra Thom as the Kress Foundation Interpretive Fellow, in residence at the museum until late last year. I was glad that I got to take part in the reviewing and editing of Wikipedia articles on the arts of Africa. There’s certainly a value in providing context and information to art outside of museum walls. Hopefully it gets people in to see the collection, too, yes?

You can read the article here, and learn more about the project on the museum’s blog.