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Arts for Water Spirits in Haitian Vodou
Thursday, October 23, 2008. 6 pm, 7 pm
Lecture by Marilyn Houlberg, professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Galleries open until 6 pm
Houlberg shows arts for the major female Voudou divinities (Ezilis) and discusses the recent impact of Mami Wata's snake charmer image on Vodou beliefs and practices
This lecture is held in conjunction with the exhibition "Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas"
Free
Chazen Museum of Art, Room L150, 800 University Ave, Madison
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