The Image of the Ballerina

The unexpected imagery of a ballerina: how it challenges visitors’ assumptions about African art; and encourages deeper questioning of identity, history, and artistic meaning. Erica Jones and Carlee Forbes also explore issues of diaspora, displacement, and agency, suggesting that objects, like people, carry changing identities as they move across places and histories.

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    PEOPLE

  • Carlee Forbes wearing a blue blazer and a striped shirt, smiling at the camera.

    Carlee

    Forbes

    Associate Curator of African and Oceanic Art

    Baltimore Museum of Art

  • Erica Jones wearing glasses, a black shirt and white bead necklace

    Erica

    Jones

    Senior Curator of African Arts and Manager of Curatorial Affairs at the Fowler Museum at UCLA