Curator-led Tour: Portraiture and Archives in African Photography

Name: Curator-led Tour: Portraiture and Archives in African Photography
Start: 2025-08-29T13:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-29T14:30:00-04:00
Location: Indiana University 1133 E 7th St, Bloomington, IN, United States, Indiana 47405

Schedule

Fri Aug 29 2025 at 01:30 pm to 02:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Indiana University 1133 E 7th St, Bloomington, IN, United States, Indiana 47405 | Bloomington, IN

Join us for our final public tour of this featured exhibition. Enjoy an expert-led exploration with Dr. Allison Martino and Pious Amissah.
Portraiture and Archives in African Photography explores how artists of African descent have approached portraiture in historical and contemporary photography, how contemporary artists use and engage with photographic archives, as well as new directions in portrait photography among contemporary lens-based artists working in West Africa. It features work by Malick Sidibé’, Tijani Sitou, Zohra Opoku. and Ibrahima Thiam, including a newly commissioned artwork by Thiam, made specifically for this exhibition.
This tour provides a rare opportunity to not only see these artworks together in one place, but also to spend time looking at the artwork with curatorial staff.
Space is limited to 15 participants. RSVP to reserve a space at https://events.iu.edu/artmuseum/event/1981484-curator-led-tour-portraiture-and-archives-in
Walk-ins are welcome if space is available. If this page says “registration has closed”, this means that registration and the waitlist have filled for this date and time.
About your guide(s):
Dr. Allison Martino serves as the Laura and Raymond Wielgus Curator of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous Art of the Americas at the Eskenazi Museum of Art. Martino is also Affiliate Faculty in Indiana University’s African Studies Program and serves as secretary on the Board of Directors for the Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA). Martino’s research interests include textiles and fashion, photography, and contemporary arts in Africa. She is co-curator of the exhibition Portraiture and Archives in African Photography (2025) with Ibrahima Thiam and Beth Buggenhagen.
Pious Amissah is a second-year graduate student in Arts Administration. As a graduate assistant for the Arts of Africa at the Eskenazi Museum of Art, he conducts provenance research, examining the history and ethical stewardship of art collections. With a passion for Arts education and curatorial practice, Pious aims to work within schools and arts institutions teaching and advocating for accessibility to the arts.