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RIVAA Shows Celebrate Black History

Read article from The Main Street Wire, Roosevelt Island’s Community Newspaper, featuring a splendid review of PAX Rwanda

(Volume 36, Issue 10 – February 13, 2016)

by David Stone

Photos by Piaskowski

“Black Lives Matter” pierced the fabric of American culture in the past year, sparking debate and filling newspapers. The subject of race was forced to the mass media forefront by community reaction to a series of violent police confrontations. In Afrocentric Images, the Annual Black History Month Exhibition at Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main Street, the political meme is given vivid, positive expression in depth and subtlety within art.

an incredible story

An incredible Story

The Embroideries of the Women of Rwanda captures Rwanda’s remarkable convergence of art, socioeconomics, and political upheaval ...

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exceptional exhibit

An Exceptional exhibit

Our exhibit is completely unique, filled with pieces showcasing culturally rich depictions of Rwandan activities. Pax Rwanda is more than ...

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Featured Work

Traditionally, males prepare the clay and women make the pottery in Rwanda. The woman in this work appears larger than the man as a way to highlight ...

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Rutongo Embroideries, LLC, promotes the work of Savane Rutongo-Kibuye, a group of self-taught Rwandan artisans that originated in the small village of Rutongo and now work in the city of Kibuye in Rwanda, East Africa. These women work as a collective to produce museum-quality embroideries that beautifully render images of Rwandan culture.

Pax Rwanda: Embroideries of the Women of Savane Rutongo-Kibuye is a traveling exhibit that has been featured at the Museum of African Art of the SMA Fathers in Tenafly, NJ; The Textile Museum in Washington, DC; The Puffin Foundation in Teaneck, NJ; and other art spaces. Selected works are available for sale.

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