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POTSDAM -- The Roland Gibson Gallery at SUNY Potsdam will celebrate Black History Month with a special exhibition celebrating the artistic heritage of the Igbo-African people of Oba-Idemili, Nigeria. …
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POTSDAM -- The Roland Gibson Gallery at SUNY Potsdam will celebrate Black History Month with a special exhibition celebrating the artistic heritage of the Igbo-African people of Oba-Idemili, Nigeria. There will be an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 3, at the museum. The exhibit will run from Jan. 31 to Feb. 26.
"Nmuo Spirits" will highlight the use of masks as both ritualistic and communication figures among the Nigerian Igbo people, with a selection of spirit masks, costumes, divination objects, Ikenga figures and Igbo shrine panels.
Admission to the Gibson Gallery, located at Brainerd Hall, is free and the art museum is open to the public from noon until 5 p.m. on Monday - Friday, from noon until 5 p.m. and from noon until 4 p.m. on Saturdays.
For more information, call 267-3290 or visit www.potsdam.edu/gibson.
