* ABYSSINIAN ILLUMINATIONS: ART, RELIGION AND EMPIRE (Museum of Russian Icons)

Lecture
ABYSSINIAN ILLUMINATIONS: ART, RELIGION AND EMPIRE 
with Amy Fagin of 20th Century Illuminations  

Saturday, March 14, 1:00- 2:00PM
Members, $8; Nonmembers, $12
$1 off with WOO card.
Snowdate: Saturday, March 21, 2:00-3:00PM
Amy Fagin is a New England based visual artist specializing in the traditional art form of manuscript illumination.This illustrated lecture will traverse the social and cultural evolution of what is now known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia through the art of Abyssinian/Ethiopic Illuminated Manuscripts. The presentation will explore culturally significant illuminated texts and the patron centers responsible for their creation. Click here for more information.