Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art - Kean University

Newark Museum acknowledges the many contributions of the staff
of the High Museum. In particular, we thank Carol Thompson, Fred
and Rita Richman Curator of African Art at the High Museum, who
organized the exhibition along with Newark Museum curator Christa
Clarke, and graphic designer Angela Jaeger, who produced the original
catalogue. We are also grateful to Dr. Babatunde Lawal, Professor of
Art History at Virginia Commonwealth University, who developed the
conceptual framework of the 2008 exhibition and wrote the catalogue
essay, a version of which is published here. At the Newark Museum,
I thank Christa Clarke, Curator, Arts of Africa, and Senior Curator,
Arts of Africa and the Americas; Zette Emmons, Manager of Traveling
Exhibitions; and U. Michael Schumacher, Marketing Communications
Manager, for guiding this exhibition. Special thanks also go to Kean
University President Dawood Farahi; Holly Logue, Acting Dean of the
College of Visual and Performing Arts; and Neil Tetkowski, Director of
University Galleries, for bringing this exhibition to their campus and
making this catalogue possible.
Mary Sue Sweeney Price
Director, The Newark Museum
Opposite: Epa Headdress, Èkìtì Region, Nigeria. Attributed to Bamgboye of Odò Owá (1888–1978), 21 in. high (detail)
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