October Nkisi Activation Events Fine Arts Amphitheater with CADVC
CADVC will host periodic activation events of Oletha DeVane's Nkisi Woman-Universal Woman outdoor sculpture in October. 

During these free events, led by guest facilitators, attendees are invited to energize the sculpture by adding beads to its surface. Dates and guest facilitators include:

Thursday, 10/6, noon: Nicole Kozjar
Saturday, 10/8, 3pm: Camille Ollivierre
Saturday, 10/29, 3pm: Camille Ollivierre

Please feel welcome to join with your friends and family.

The nkisi is a Kongo cultural figure invested with sacred energy, and this sculpture will catalyze communion and community-building. The work reflects DeVane's fascination with how materials convey meaning and reemerge as myths and memories.

Oletha DeVane: Spectrum of Light and Spirit is organized by curator Lowery Stokes Sims and is supported by the Maryland State Arts Council and Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences.

See our website for details about the exhibition and related programs. 

Image: Oletha DeVane, Nkisi Woman-Universal Woman, 2021-2022, wood, beads, paint. Photo courtesy of Tadia Rice.

Plan a Visit Free parking is available in Lot 8 during evening and weekend events. The gallery and all our events are free and open to the public.

UMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all students, staff, and visitors. If you have difficulty accessing content through any of our channels, please contact us at cadvc@umbc.edu.

If you would like to request disability-related accommodation on-site or have questions about an event or its location, please contact us at cadvc@umbc.edu two weeks in advance, if possible.



Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, UMBC (shield logo with Maryland flag design in red, white, black, and yellow

1000 Hilltop Circle, Fine Arts Building 105, Baltimore, MD 21250

Gallery Hours: Tues. thru Sat, 10 am to 5 pm

cadvc@umbc.edu| (410) 455-3188


       


Copyright 2021 Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, All rights reserved.

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Featuring nearly 100 artworks, this first retrospective of celebrated Maryland artist Oletha DeVane traces DeVane's extensive career, from her early paintings and works on paper to more recent video artworks and interactive sculpture.

A prolific artist, wayfinder and storyteller, DeVane has spent decades learning and making art about the most profound phenomena of our human condition: spirituality, mythology, and transformative experience, including experiences of hardship. Over the last five decades, as she traveled in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, she became inspired by the stories and characters she encountered. Her artwork brings the unexpected to light, while finding new nuances in the old and familiar, and surprising intersections among those cultures.

A highlight of the exhibition is a large-scale carved sculpture, "Nkisi Woman-Universal Nkisi" (2021-22), which will be activated over the course of the exhibition by visitors who are invited to add beads to its surface. The nkisi is a Kongo cultural figure invested with sacred energy, and this sculpture will catalyze communion and community-building. The work reflects DeVane's fascination with how materials convey meaning and reemerge as myths and memories.

The exhibition also celebrates Oletha DeVane's collaborative activities. Her long-standing collaboration with poet and media personality Tadia Rice, Beyond Bars: Prison Women Speak, will be updated for the exhibition in the form of new video works.

"Oletha DeVane: Spectrum of Light and Spirit" is organized by curator Lowery Stokes Sims and is supported by the Maryland State Arts Council and Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences.

See our website for details about the exhibition and related programs. 

Image: Oletha DeVane, "Garden of the Heart," 2021, mixed media, 47 x 36 in. Photo: Mitro Hood

Plan a Visit Free parking is available in Lot 8 during evening and weekend events. The gallery and all our events are free and open to the public.

UMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all students, staff, and visitors. If you have difficulty accessing content through any of our channels, please contact us at cadvc@umbc.edu.

If you would like to request disability-related accommodation on-site or have questions about an event or its location, please contact us at cadvc@umbc.edu two weeks in advance.



Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, UMBC (shield logo with Maryland flag design in red, white, black, and yellow

1000 Hilltop Circle, Fine Arts Building 105, Baltimore, MD 21250

Gallery Hours: Tues. thru Sat, 10 am to 5 pm

cadvc@umbc.edu| (410) 455-3188


       


Copyright 2021 Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, All rights reserved.

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Featuring nearly 100 artworks, this first retrospective of celebrated Maryland artist Oletha DeVane traces DeVane's extensive career, from her early paintings and works on paper to more recent video artworks and interactive sculpture.

A prolific artist, wayfinder and storyteller, DeVane has spent decades learning and making art about the most profound phenomena of our human condition: spirituality, mythology, and transformative experience, including experiences of hardship. Over the last five decades, as she traveled in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, she became inspired by the stories and characters she encountered. Her artwork brings the unexpected to light, while finding new nuances in the old and familiar, and surprising intersections among those cultures.

A highlight of the exhibition is a large-scale carved sculpture, "Nkisi Woman-Universal Nkisi" (2021-22), which will be activated over the course of the exhibition by visitors who are invited to add beads to its surface. The nkisi is a Kongo cultural figure invested with sacred energy, and this sculpture will catalyze communion and community-building. The work reflects DeVane's fascination with how materials convey meaning and reemerge as myths and memories.

The exhibition also celebrates Oletha DeVane's collaborative activities. Her long-standing collaboration with poet and media personality Tadia Rice, Beyond Bars: Prison Women Speak, will be updated for the exhibition in the form of new video works.

"Oletha DeVane: Spectrum of Light and Spirit" is organized by curator Lowery Stokes Sims and is supported by the Maryland State Arts Council and Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences.

See our website for details about the exhibition and related programs. 

Image: Oletha DeVane, "Garden of the Heart," 2021, mixed media, 47 x 36 in. Photo: Mitro Hood

Plan a Visit Free parking is available in Lot 8 during evening and weekend events. The gallery and all our events are free and open to the public.

UMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all students, staff, and visitors. If you have difficulty accessing content through any of our channels, please contact us at cadvc@umbc.edu.

If you would like to request disability-related accommodation on-site or have questions about an event or its location, please contact us at cadvc@umbc.edu two weeks in advance.



Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, UMBC (shield logo with Maryland flag design in red, white, black, and yellow

1000 Hilltop Circle, Fine Arts Building 105, Baltimore, MD 21250

Gallery Hours: Tues. thru Sat, 10 am to 5 pm

cadvc@umbc.edu| (410) 455-3188


       


Copyright 2021 Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, All rights reserved.

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