World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean, installation at Krannert Art Museum, 2017.
Talk
Mar 07, 2018 - 3:30
Main Level, East Gallery

Join us for a Gallery Conversation with Jenny Peruski, doctoral student in Art History, titled "Fetishizing the Foot: Mobility and Meaning in Indian Ocean Sandals."

Presented as part of the exhibition World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean

World on the Horizon has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.* Additional sponsorship provided by the ADAA Foundation Curatorial Award and the Association of Art Museum Curators, College of Fine + Applied Arts Matching Funding Program, College of Fine + Applied Arts Creative Research Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus Research Board, and Krannert Art Museum.

 

*Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition or publication do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.