The Art & Science of Indigo with Aboubakar Fofana

Following our March symposium Le Bleu Perdu, we are thrilled to welcome Malian artist Aboubakar Fofana for a presentation of his work using indigo, followed by a workshop where he will teach us how to extract indigo dye from fresh leaves. This program is in partnership with Villa Albertine and the Consulate General of France in Louisiana.

This event is free but registration is required.

About Aboubakar Fofana:

Aboubakar Fofana is an artist and designer whose mediums include calligraphy, textiles and natural dyes. He is known for reinvigorating and redefining West African indigo dyeing techniques, and he is devoted to the preservation and reinterpretation of traditional West African textile and natural dyeing methods and materials. Fofana’s work stems from a spiritual belief that nature is divine, and through respecting this divinity we can understand the sacred universe. His materials come from the natural world, and his practice revolves around cycles of nature, the themes of birth, decay and change, and the impermanence of these materials.

Host or Publisher Atelier de la Nature