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SUMMARY:Mali On Our Minds at the LookOut! Art Gallery
DESCRIPTION:
 Mali On Our Minds, the summer exhibition of the 
 Residential College in the Arts and Humanities' 
 LookOut! Art Gallery, celebrates Malian 
 culture through textiles, sculpture, and photography.\n
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 The 
 exhibit runs from May 16 through 
 September 20, 2013. LookOut! Art Gallery 
 is open Mondays through Fridays from noon to 
 2 p.m. It is located in C200 Snyder-Phillips 
 Hall on the Michigan State University campus.\n
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 About 
 Mali On Our Minds:\n
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 At a time when 
 Malians have been threatened by separatists 
 and fundamentalist Islamic incursions in the 
 wake of the 2012 military coup that toppled 
 their 20-year-old democracy, the RCAH honors 
 the rich, living traditions of visual art that 
 continue to invigorate and inspire Malians, 
 providing lifelines to a better future. With 
 attacks now staunched by a French-led counter-insurgency 
 force, this summer will bring new 
 democratic elections and the beginning of a 
 process to reintegrate contending political 
 parties and ethnic groups through a national 
 Commission for Dialogue and Reconciliation.\n
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 This exhibition is especially rich in examples 
 of Malian textiles, including bogolan (mud-cloth) 
 and mass-produced cotton prints. It 
 provides an overview of the multiple arenas of 
 Malian fabric production: traditional techniques, 
 commercial and touristic production, and 
 new approaches to fiber design created by 
 contemporary Malian artists.\n
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 Three-dimensional 
 works, mostly created with wood, include 
 masks, door locks (examples of traditional Dogon 
 culture), and characteristic Malian CiWara 
 antelope carvings.\n
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 Malian photographer 
 Tijani Sitou and American photographer Alexandra 
 Huddleston provide contextual insight through 
 their photos.\n
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 The exhibition is curated 
 by Chris Worland; her loans are supplemented 
 by works lent by the MSU Museum and by RCAH 
 faculty and students.\n\n
 Price: Free\n
 Sponsor: Residential College in the Arts and Humanities\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://rcah.msu.edu\n
 Contact name: Katie Wittenauer, RCAH Communications Manager\n
 Contact phone: (517) 884-6290\n
 Contact email: wittenau@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://www.rcah.msu.edu/news-events/events/mali-our-minds-exhibit\n
LOCATION:Snyder-Phillips Hall
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