Mud Cloth of Mali Workshop

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Culture

Age Group:

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
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Details

In this Arts for Learning workshop, participants will create a simple Malian mud cloth, an earth-dyed cloth that reflected wealth and cultural status by women of Mali’s Bamana culture centuries ago. Funding through Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission and Helen G. Gifford Foundation

Nfon Asuquo is a clothing designer, painter, and graphic designer in Virginia Beach. He received his B.A. in Studio Art from Chowan University and is pursuing his Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies at Norfolk State University.

Grades 4-6. Registration Required.