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A Con t r ibu t ion byKaydean Mc inn is Wh i l eg i v i n gtou r sonth eA f r i c a n ,O c e an i c andN ew Wo r ld A r t co l l e c t ion ,Ithough tth i sw a sa nin t e r e s t ing quo t econ c e rn ingth emy s t e ry b eh indm a sk w e a r ing . l lr ad i an c eo fth ed e adi sb rough tc om p e l l i n g l y "Th efu e ta tth es am et im ei ti slo s tinth ei n f i n i t e . Th e c lo s e ,y w e a r e ro fth em a sk i sg r ipp edb yth esub l im i tyand ftho s ewho h a v ec e a s edtob e .H ei sh im s e l f d i g n i t yo e tano th e rM adn e s sh a stou ch edh im ,som e th ing andy emy s t e ry o fth er a v i n gGod ,o fth esp i r i to fa o fth em a sk andwho s el a t e s t doub l eb e ingwh i ch l i v e sinth sth ea c to r . "WF .O t to ,D iony su s d e s c end an ti ;1 9 3 3 ) ,p p .I 9 4 f . (F r ank fu r t e rS tud i e s ,IV t ei sapp rop r i a t e Th ef o l l ow i n gquo e"S e a son wh en d i s cu s s ingth fth eCon s t an t in i an S a r coph agu so e An c i en tA r tG a l l e r y . P e r iod "inth " I nth er e a lmo fD iony so s th e r ei sno e r ea r ed e adp eop l ewho b yth e i rp r e s r e a ld e a th ;th t t e s tth ei r r edu c ib i l i tyo fl i f e .Byv i r tu eo fth e en c ea m a s k , ab e ingwho i son lys e em ing lyr emo t ei sp l a c ed inth i swo r ld . A n d th i sc anb edon eev enw i th th e .god s :am a sk c a np l a c eagodinth i swo r ld soth a tth ey no tm e r e ly app e a rbu ta c tu a l lyl i v eamongu s ,though tth es am et im ef a ro f fandn ev e rr e l i n r em a in inga e i rr emo t en e s s . Th i sp a r adox i c a lph enom e q u i s h i n gth ss t i l lev id en tinth eth e a t r i c a lm a sk su s eda s noni o rn am en t sonm a n y an c i en ts a r coph ag i .Fo rth e an c i en tm a sk i sb yth i sdu a l i tyfo r ev e rboundu pw i th th etomb . "F romC f .K e r e n y i ,"M a nandM a s k , "S p i r i t u a l D i s c i p l i n e s ,(P r in c e ton ,N J ,1 9 6 0 ) ,p .1 5 8 . Menage r ie :An ima ls inA r t On b eh a l fo fa l lth es t a f fa tth eU t ah Mu s eum o fF i n e e wou ld l i k et oex t endab i gcong r a tu l a t ion sand A r t sw edo c en t s who h e lp edt ocu r a t eth e th ankyou toth M e n a g e r i e :A n im a l sinA r t exh ib i t ionth a ti snowinth e Edu c a t ionG a l l e r y . Ka te Ande rson , Kaydean Mc inn is , Ca ro l Spu rgeon ,andMa rgeW i lson b eg anp l a n n i n gfo rth e exh ib i tinth eSumm e ro f2002 . Th ey h e lp edtos e l e c t th ea r t ,w r i t eth el a b e l s ,r e s e a r chth eob j e c t sandc r e a t e th es e l fgu id e s .Th e i rcon t r ibu t ion sm ad e th eexh ib i t ion th esu c c e s si ti s .Th ankyoufo ryou rh a rdwo rk . r e abou tou rA f r i c a nA r t Co l l e c t ion .W ea r e L e a r n mo p r e s en t ingano th e rE v e n i n gfo rEdu c a to r s onF eb ru a ry 1 9f rom5 :30-8 : 3 0 .D r .W i l f r ed S am u e l s ,P ro f e s so ro f E n g l i s h andE t h n i cS tud i e s ,w i l lb esp e ak ingonth eh e r r tandcu l tu r einAm e r i c a . i t a g eo fA f r i c a na rk shop sw i l lf o l l owth esp e ak Fou rwo e rtog i v ey o uh and s -onexp e r i en c e s r t .A l though th e i th A f r i c an a even ing w e v e n i n g i s g e a r e d t o w a r d s s c h o o l fo r e taw e a l th t e a ch e r s ,do c en t sc a ng educa to rs o r s .No fin fo rm a t ionfo ryou r tou r e s e rv a t ion i sn e c e s s a ry bu ti fyou i k etoh e lp ou tth a te v e n i n g ,w e wou ld l e ckint e a ch e r sand h e lp a l so n e ed vo lun t e e r s toch ewo rk shop s .I fyoua r ein t e r e s t edinh e lp coo rd in a t eth i n gou t ,con t a c tAm y Edw a rd s .I fy o uw an t mo r e in fo r tth eA f r i c a nA r tE v e n i n g fo rEdu c a to r s , m a t ion abou con t a c tV i r g i n i aC a th e r a l l . 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