do remember him.
Michael Wimberly: That was the beginning. Plus I ve been using your Afropop book for some time now.
Fantastic.
So the Urban Bush Women project was the thing that brought you to Mozambique?
Yes. I went there in 2001, 2002, and then again in 2010. I was scheduled to go this past year, but of course,
this happened. So, whenever life resumes, I will make an effort to get back. What s nice is that people there are using Facebook and Instagram, so I get to see who s doing what.
What were you doing there?
Well, initially, I went there because of Urban Bush Women. I was their musical director, and we were doing a play that Lincoln Center supported us on. So we just went to learn what some of the traditions were, religious traditions, language, music, costumes, art, and we kind of took all of that and weaved it into a story in collaboration with Urban Bush Women. That was very successful. It was called
“Fashioning Identity: Mola Textiles of Panama” will be on display through Oct. 3 at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
For the Guna women of Panama, the mola –a hand-sewn cotton blouse and a key component of traditional dress is a powerful symbol of culture and identity. “Fashioning Identity” explores the mola as both a cultural marker and the product of an artistic tradition, demonstrating the important role women artists play in the construction of social identity.
The Guna (formerly Kuna) are an indigenous people living on the Caribbean coast of Panama. Guna women began creating molas by the early 20th century. When the Panamanian government sought to suppress their culture, the Guna rebelled in 1925, rallying around their right to make and wear molas as a statement of their independence.
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Wilkes University
January 19, 2021|Submitted by: Today@Wilkes
Brutal Beauty: The Transformation of Women through Mythology
Martha Posner
Feb. 9 through April 11
Brutal Beauty: The Transformation of Women in Mythology at the Sordoni Art Gallery is a mid-career retrospective of the interdisciplinary artist Martha Posner. Posner is a mixed media artist living and working in Martins Creek, Pennsylvania. Examining themes of trauma and recovery through the lens of classic mythology, Posner’s large scale paintings and sculptures haunt the viewer with an unparalleled perspective on familiar folklore.
The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University is free and open to the public and offers