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Today at the Museum

May 23, 2013
LECTURE

Thinking Globally: Exploring the MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian Art Collection

7 – 8 p.m.
Pillsbury Auditorium

Presenter: Risha Lee, the MIA's Jane Emison Assistant Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art. The MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian art collection contains many gems of art, produced in a variety of times and places. In an introduction to the collecti...
Exhibition

Josefina Aguilar
Mexican, b. 1945
Noah’s Ark, late 20th century
Ceramic, pigment
Gift of Charlotte Karlen  97.165.1-44

Warmth and Whimsy: Josefina Aguilar

Saturday, August 22, 2009—Sunday, February 28, 2010
Gallery 261a
Free Exhibition

Josefina Aguilar is the renowned member of a family of noted ceramicists from Oaxaca, Mexico. Working in the folk art tradition, she creates figural sculptures known for their liveliness and individual detail. Although she often makes art based on scenes of everyday life, she also is known for her depiction of biblical stories. The selection of objects in this exhibition represent important events from the Bible, all sculpted in Aguilar's warm, whimsical style.