Cosmologies from the Tree of Life: Art from the African American South

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Cosmologies from the Tree of Life: Art from the African American South

June 6, 2019

Explore art and artists of the African American South with VMFA Curator Valerie Cassel Oliver. This lecture includes an overview of works from the exhibition, Cosmologies from the Tree of Life: Art from the African American South, which features compelling new acquisitions from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation.

Cosmologies from the Tree of Life: Art from the African American South

Cosmologies from the Tree of Life: Art from the African American South

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