Festival du Senegal
Join artists, performers, & vendors for a family festival celebration of Senegalese life. Free events for children & adults, as well as a Senegalese marketplace. This event is being held in conjunction with the exhibition "A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal." Please click on the title for the festival schedule.
Sunday, June 01, 2003
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fowler Museum of Cultural History
Sunset Blvd. & Westwood
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Festival Schedule as of Friday, May 16, 2003:
(Please check schedule for additional events beginning Monday, May 19)
Hair Braiding by Coiffure Artists Maimouna Barry & Aissata Fall – noon – 3 PM in the William Goldenberg Galleria
*Space is limited, sign-ups required!
Arabesque Drawing Workshop -- noon – 5 PM outside of Fowler entrance
Tie Dye Workshop with Bayette Davis-Dassy -- 12:30 – 2:30 PM & 3:30 – 5 PM on the 2nd floor Museum Terrace
*Space is limited, sign-ups required!
Reverse Glass Painting Workshop -- 1:00 – 2:30 PM & 3:30 – 5 PM in Studio at the Fowler, 2nd floor
*Space is limited, sign-ups required!
Dance & Music Performance & Workshop by Mussukeba Sane, Malik Sow & others
2:30 – 3:50 PM in the UCLA Art Council Amphitheater
Cora Performance by Baajali Cissoko
4 PM in the UCLA Art Council Amphitheater
Also featuring a Senegalese Marketplace and walkthroughs of “A Saint in the City” with curators Polly & Al Roberts throughout the afternoon.
For more information, please call (310) 825-8655. *Sign-ups for limited-space activities will be taken on-site on a first-come, first-served basis. Festival Du Senegal! is made possible by the Yvonne Lenart Public Programs Fund.
Cost: Free and open to the public
Special Instructions
Enter UCLA from Sunset Blvd. at Westwood. Stay in the middle lane on Westwood and drive straight into Parking lot #4. Parking is available in Lot 4 for $7.
For more information please contact
Fowler Museum of Cultural History, James S. Coleman African Studies Center
Tel: 310-825-8655 or 310-825-3686
jscasc@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/jscasc or www.fmch.ucla.edu
Sponsor(s): African Studies Center, Fowler Museum at UCLA
