Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz "Contemporary Visual Arts"

African & African American Studies (AAAS)
Spring 2006 Lecture Series- Part 2
"A Bit of Art: Artists, Patrons, & Critics"

"Contemporary Visual Arts"

Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz
Stanford University

Professor Martinez-Ruiz completed his masters and Ph.D. in the History of Art department at Yale University in 2004. Born and raised in Cuba , he taught Art History at Havana 's High Institute of Art for five years prior to coming to the United States. Since arriving in this country, he has lectured frequently on African Art and Afro-Caribbean religions. Additionally, Martinez-Ruiz has both curated exhibitions on contemporary and African art, and presented his own multimedia work in solo and group exhibitions in New York and Alabama . He is currently researching and teaching African Graphic Writing Systems in the Kongo world. From 2002 to 2004 he was an adjunct professor at Rhode Island School of Design, teaching a course on African and Afro-Caribbean writing systems.

Date and Time:

Friday, June 2, 2006. 12:00 PM.
Approximate duration of 1 hour(s).

Location:

Hartley Conference Center (Mitchell Earth Science Building, 397 Panama Mall) [Map]

URL:

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/AAAS/

Audience:

Faculty/Staff
Alumni/Friends
General Public
Students

Category:

Lectures/Readings

Sponsor:

African & African American Studies