Black History Month @ MMA

Mask, 19th-20th century Senufo peoples; Côte d'Ivoire. Wood, horn, fiber, cotton, feather, metal, sacrificial material; H. of mask 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1965 (1978.412.489).

Celebrate Black History Month Gallery Talks Saturday, January 27, 7:00 p.m. African Influences in Modern Art Denise Murrell Sunday, January 28, 1:00 p.m. Royal Arts of Africa Gayle Rodda Kurtz Thursday, February 1, 11:00 a.m. American Artists: Documenting History Hazel Rodriguez Thursday, February 15, 11:00 a.m. Medicine in the Metropolitan Museum—Egypt David T. Mininberg Saturday, February 17, 3:00 p.m. The Spirits of Animals in African Art Gayle Rodda Kurtz Sunday, February 18, 1:00 p.m. Royal Arts of Africa Gayle Rodda Kurtz Thursday, February 22, 11:00 a.m. American Artists: Documenting History Hazel Rodriguez Tuesday, February 27, 11:00 a.m. African Influences in Modern Art Denise Murrell The Art of Learning: Classes for Adults Friday, February 16, 3:00 p.m. Discussion of the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1958) and gallery talk. Led by Alisa LaGamma, curator, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Part of a series of monthly seminars in which an experienced art historian leads a small group of adults in the galleries and discusses how a selected book provides new ways of looking at and understanding great works of art. For complete details see our online listings of classes for adults. Ticket prices for these classes do not include handling fees. To purchase tickets by mail or telephone, please call 212-570-3949 or fax 212-650-2253, Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. For more information, please contact [email protected] or call 212-396-5460. Films Saturday, February 17, 2:00 p.m. Uncommon Images: The Harlem of James Van Der Zee (1977), directed by Evelyn Barron (22 min.); Conversations with Roy DeCarava (1983), directed by Carroll Parrot Blue (28 min.). Saturday, February 17, 3:00 p.m. Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (1993), directed by Amber Edwards (57 min.).