Art Exhibition: “Dancing with Devils: Latin American Masks Traditions”

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Hillel Foundation, 611 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53703
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Curated by: Dr. Michelle Wibbelsman, Associate Professor at the Ohio State University and Director of the Kawsay Ukhunchay Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Art and Cultural Artifacts Research Collection at OSU.

About the exhibit: In 2020 OSU alumnus Mark Gordon and Barton College entrusted the Center for Latin American Studies Program  and the Kawsay Ukhunchay Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Art and Cultural Artifacts Research Collection at The Ohio State University, with a series of exquisite diablada masks from various Latin American countries. Masked festival traditions depicting devils in a variety of forms abound in Latin America. Student curators for the Andean and Amazonian Collection dedicated themselves to cleaning and repairing the masks in preparation for display.

The exhibit can be accessed on the following dates/times:

September 6-end of the semester:

Sunday-Thursday | 10-10

Friday | 10-4

MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBIT

PLEASE NOTE: There will be several special events related to this exhibition:

A lecture and public reception in the evening of October 19th: “Diablos, Diablitos and Diabladas”. MORE DETAILS

A workshop on October 20th: “Kichwa Rap and Andean Cosmovisions”. MORE DETAILS

Thank you to our sponsors: The Ohio State University’s Center for Latin American Studies, the UW Hillel Foundation, the Division of the Arts at UW-Madison, and the Department of Anthropology, UW-Madison, and the Andean Studies Student Organization.