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1996

Jonkonnu Festival

Vincent D. Smith

American, 1929 - 2003

Jonkonnu (sometimes spelled “Junkanoo”) is an annual carnivalesque celebration that may have originated in Jamaica and other Caribbean islands, although variations are also held in areas of the southeastern United States. Usually held around Christmastime, the festival blends African and English traditions of masquerade, mimed performance, parading, and dance.

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Jonkonnu Festival

This print depicts a celebration of Jonkonnu, an annual masquerade and dance tradition dating back to the time of African slavery in the seventeenth century.
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Full Spectrum: Prints from the Brandywine Workshop

Cultural identity, political and social issues, portraiture, landscape, patterning, and pure abstraction are among the subjects highlighted in the exhibition, Full Spectrum
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Full Spectrum: Grabados Del Brandywine Workshop (Spanish)

La exposición Full Spectrum: Grabados del Brandywine Workshop celebra el cuadragésimo aniversario del Taller Brandywine en Filadelfia con el obsequio al Philadelphia Museum of Art de cien grabados en memoria de la difunta directora del museo Anne d’Harnoncourt. El taller promueve el grabado como arte y respalda la participación de artistas plásticos y audiencias de origen étnico y nacionalidades diversas. Algunos de los temas que se destacan en la exposición son la identidad cultural, asuntos políticos y sociales, retratos, paisajes, patrones decorativos y abstracción. La exposición se presentará en el museo desde el 7 de septiembre al 25 de noviembre del 2012.
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Vincent D. Smith, Jonkonnu Festival, 1996 | Philadelphia Art Museum