- March 04, 2008
WILLIAMSTOWN - Professor Babatunde Lawal will present "Making the Spirit Manifest: Art and Life in Yoruba Culture" on Tuesday, March 4, at 5:30 p.m. at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.
The free lecture is sponsored by the Williams College graduate program in the history of art.
Lawal, of Williams College and the Virginia Commonwealth University, is the spring 2008 Robert Sterling Clark visiting professor.
His talk will focus on art in sub-Saharan Africa - specifically how the Yoruba of Nigeria and Republic of Benin use the visual and performing arts to incarnate and communicate with the spiritual and to reinforce their quest for eternal life.
The Clark is at 225 South St. The galleries are open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 to 5 and admission is free through May. For more information, call 413-458-2303 or visit www.clarkart.edu
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