From: Indigo Family <indigofamily@indigoarts.com> Sequinned Vodou Flags:
Two Day Trunk Sale! =20 Direct from the Finest Sequin Artists in Haiti. Presented with Nancy Josephson =AD Artist, musician, student of Haitian Vo=
dou,
and author of the upcoming book on Vodou Flags =20 Show dates: Saturday, November 19, and Sunday, November 20, 12:00 to 6:0=
0PM.
Location: Indigo Arts Gallery, 151 North 3rd St. (Second Floor), Old Ci=
ty,
Philadelphia, 19106 215-922-4041 =20 =20 =20 Doubtless the most spectacular Haitian art form is the sequin-covere=
d
Drapo Vodou or "Voodoo Flag". Vodou banners derive directly from the pra=
ctice
of the Vodou religion. Vodou is a syncretism of the traditional African religions brought to Haiti by slaves, with the Catholicism of their form=
er
masters. The banners are traditionally the work of practicing vodou prie=
sts
and their followers. They are displayed in the vodou sanctuaries and are carried at the commencement of a ceremony. Each flag depicts the v=E9v=E9
sy= mbol
or image of the loa to which it is devoted. The flags are made of shiny =
silk
fabrics to which have been sewn a brilliant mosaic of sequins and beads.=
A
full-size banner typically contains 18,000 to 20,000 sequins and may tak=
e ten
days to complete. Among the more traditional practitioners of the art shown at Indigo =
Arts
are Sylva Joseph, Clotaire Bazile, and Yves Telemac. Other important seq=
uin
artists include Maxon Scylla, George Valris and Myrlande Constant. Nancy Josephson is bringing work by these and other current sequin artists to Indigo Arts for a two day sale. Nancy is a woman of diverse talents. Widely known as a visionary artist, her installation pieces wer=
e
featured in the recent exhibit at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Holy H2O: Fluid Universe. Both as an artist and as a studen=
t of
vodou, she has worked and studied with Haiti=B9s best sequin artists. She=
is
currently completing a book on vodou flags for Schiffer Press. You may a=
lso
have heard her as a member of the David Bromberg Band and most recently,=
the
Angel Band. =20 Also continuing at Indigo Arts: Visions to Heal the World: Huichol Art by Jos=E9 Benitez Sanchez and others Featuring visionary yarn-paintings and beadwork from Mexico=B9s Sierra Mad=
re.
Show continues to: November 27th, 2005 =20 Indigo Arts, a Gallery of Ethnographic, Folk and Contemporary Arts from =
Asia,
Africa, and the Americas, is located at 151 North 3rd St. (Second Floor=
) in
Old City, Philadelphia, 19106. For further information contact Anthony Fisher at (215)922-4041, or go to www.indigoarts.com <http://indigoarts.=