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Arts of North Africa: New Findings at the CMA
Virtual Lunchtime Lecture
Tags for: Arts of North Africa: New Findings at the CMA
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Speaker: Helina Gebremedhen, Leigh and Mary Carter Director’s Research Fellow
Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual
Virtual Program
Free; ticket required. Guests receive the Zoom link on their confirmation email once they reserve a ticket.
Pair of Brooches, before 1916. Africa, North Africa, Algeria. Silver gilt, diamonds, rubies; each: w. 14 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Education Art Collection, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.262
About The Event
Join CMA staff for a quick bite of art history. Every first Tuesday of each month, hear from curators, conservators, scholars, and other museum staff for 30-minute talks on objects currently on display in the museum galleries.
Have you ever wondered how new discoveries about art are made? Helina Gebremedhen, Leigh and Mary Carter Director’s Research Fellow, takes you behind the scenes of a current research project examining beautiful textiles and fine jewelry from Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, highlighting exciting new insights in the fields of Judaica and African art.
Sponsors
This program is made possible with support from Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang.
All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Principal support is provided by Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, David and Robin Gunning, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang, Shurtape Technologies, and the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by an anonymous donor, Gini and Randy Barbato, the M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Robin Heiser, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Education programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
