November
14, 2006
Oakton Hosts Expert on Women's Art in Morocco
Cynthia Becker, Ph.D., assistant professor of art history at Boston University, shares her experiences with the Amazigh (Berber) societies of southern Morocco, Monday, Nov. 27, at the Des Plaines campus of Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road. Becker's presentation follows a continental breakfast reception at 9 a.m. The public is invited to attend. Admission and parking are free (Lot D recommended).
Women artists in Berber societies express themselves through the creation of beautiful textiles, body adornment, and ritualized music and dance. Becker's multimedia presentation, "Women and the Arts in Rural Morocco," draws on her first-hand observations living in this fascinating Islamic culture. Becker's research is supported by grants from the Fulbright Program and the American Institute of Maghreb Studies. She also is the author of Amazigh Arts in Morocco: Women Shaping Berber Identity, published by the University of Texas Press.
For more information about this special program sponsored by the Women's Studies and Honors Programs at Oakton, contact Kathleen Carot at 847-376-7061 or kcarot@oakton.edu.
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