26994: Hermantin(Announcement)Figge Art Museum Haiti Events (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

FIGGE ART MUSEUM

EDOUARD DUVAL-CARRIÉ MIGRATION OF THE SPIRIT

BOOK DISCUSSIONS AND FILMS

THE DEW BREAKER BY EDWIDGE DANTICAT

Torria J. Norman, Professor of English, Black Hawk College
Bettendorf Public Library, 2950 Learning Campus Drive
Wednesday, January 4, 1 pm • Wednesday, February 1, 7 pm

THE KINGDOM OF THISWORLD BY ALEJO CARPENTIER
Esteban Loustaunau, Associate Professor of Spanish, Augustana College
Davenport Public Library, 321 Main Street • Thursday, March 9, 6 pm


Check www.figgeartmuseum.org for film listings.

225 West Second Street
Davenport, IA 52801
402-563-7804

For additional program
information or general museum
information, please visit
www.figgeartmuseum.org


Exhibition Programs
All programs are presented in the Figge Art Museum’s John Deere Auditorium
and are free with admission or Figge membership, unless otherwise noted.
LECTURES
EDOUARD DUVAL-CARRIÉ: MIGRATION OF THE SPIRIT
Saturday, January 21, 2 pm
Miami artist Edouard Duval-Carrié will discuss how Haitian history,
the African diaspora, and Vodou inform his work. Following the lecture,
the artist will sign exhibition catalogs in the Main Lobby.

CARIBBEAN LITERATURE, ART, AND SPIRITUALITY IN

JACQUES ROUMAIN’S MASTERS OF THE DEW

John Tawiah-Boateng, Assistant Professor
African, Diasporic, and Postcolonial Literatures, Augustana College
Thursday, January 26, 7 pm
Jacques Roumain’s classic novel Masters of the Dew looks at the longstanding
struggle of Haitian peoples to survive amid forces like colonial
domination, drought, and abject poverty. This brief talk will be followed
by a group viewing of the exhibition.

RELIGION AND REVOLUTION IN HAITI
Laurent Dubois, Associate Professor of History
Michigan State University
Thursday, February 2, 7 pm
Using a range of sources – eighteenth-century descriptions of religion
and slave life, engravings and paintings, and songs preserved in contemporary
Vodou – this lecture will seek to explain how the political ideals
of the Haitian Revolution both emerged from and transformed religious
practices in the colony.

TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
Madison Smartt Bell, Director of the Kratz Center for Creative Writing
Goucher College
Thursday, February 16, 7 pm
This talk will use letters and reports written by General Toussaint
Louverture, at a time when he was emerging as a key leader of the
Haitian Revolution. Toussaint’s manner of managing conflict shows
the delicate balancing act he had to perform in order to negotiate
between the African and European worlds of his time.

GODS AND GREEN CARDS: RE-IMAGINING VODOU
DIVINITIES IN THE ART OF EDOUARD DUVAL-CARRIÉ

Donald J. Cosentino, Professor of World Arts and Cultures
University of California-Los Angeles
Thursday, March 2, 7 pm
In the art of Edouard Duval-Carrié the living gods of Haiti are always
on the move, from their African homeland to the Black Republic of
Haiti, and now into the museums and galleries of new homes in
Florida, New York, and on the shores of the Mississippi River. Much
of the art discussed in this lecture has been directed towards imagining
these divine transits, and redressing these ancient divinities for their
new starring roles.

CARIBBEAN MIGRATION: TRIUMPH OR TRAGEDY?

Michaeline A. Crichlow, Associate Professor
African & African American Studies, Duke University
Thursday, March 16, 7 pm
Making and remaking the Atlantic world was an undertaking
that involved massive flows of people from the old world and the
displacement of large numbers of indigenous people from what we
now know as the Americas. This lecture focuses on the triumphs
and tragedy of Caribbean migration.

ARTIST AND TEACHER PROGRAMS
EDOUARD DUVAL CARRIÉ: THE ARTIST AS CRAFTSMAN

Thursday, January 19, 7 pm
Edouard Duval-Carrié will discuss materials and processes he used to
create his paintings and installations. This program is designed for
artists and art educators but is open to the public.

AFRO-CARIBBEAN CULTURE: MYTH AND MAGIC IN HAITI

Adriana Méndez Rodenas
Director, Caribbean, Diaspora and Atlantic Studies Program
The University of Iowa

Saturday, February 11, 9:30 am – Noon (coffee and pastries, 9 am)

Starting with island geography and moving to the historical factors
which have shaped the Caribbean (the sugar plantation, slavery, and
European colonization), the workshop studies the emergence of Afro-
Caribbean culture from the complex mingling of races and peoples in
the region. Selected myths and religious symbols illustrate Haiti's influential
role in shaping Caribbean cultural identity.

Registration due February 8 •To register: (563) 326-7804, ext. 2045

PERFORMANCES

MANMAN DLO CONTRE LA FEE CARABOSSE
Sunday, March 26, 2 pm

Set in the magical world of The Marvelous, this play (written by
Martiniquan Patrick Chamoiseau) follows the struggle of zombies, spirits,
and goddesses as they reject the influence of the colonizers on their land,
their people, and their imaginations. Performed in French and Creole by
Augustana College students, the play will be accessible to an Englishspeaking
audience.