Join local alumni in a tour at the Saint Louis Art Museum of the Narrative Wisdom and African Arts exhibit. Tour will be led by the curator of the exhibit UW Alumna Dr. Nichole Bridges.
Additional Information
- Adult $8 Child $6
- Includes two hour tour of the ticketed exhibit and Taylor Hall. Our group will meet at the East Entrance.
Museum Policies
- Food is not allowed in the Museum. Please make alternative arrangements or leave on the bus.
- Please leave drinks, umbrellas, and bags and backpacks larger than 11” x 17” at one of the complimentary coat checks.
- Help us protect the art by not touching.
- Silence all cell phones while in the galleries.
Speaker Information
Nichole N. Bridges is the Morton D. May Curator of the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas. Bridges joined the Museum in 2013, having previously served as associate curator at the Newark Museum; as well as the head of the Department of the Arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific Islands at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Bridges holds undergraduate degrees in Fine Arts (Art History) and French from Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. She holds a master’s degree and doctorate in art history from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where her dissertation focused on 19th- century Kongo ivories from the Loango Coast of west-central Africa. She has received numerous academic awards, including a Fulbright grant for research in the Republic of Congo and the 2010 Prix de Thèse from the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris.
The WAA: Saint Louis Chapter will hold this event in accordance with all local public health guidance. Mask usage is welcome but not required. Participants who are sick are asked to stay home to help keep our Badger community safe and healthy. If conditions require a change to this event, you will be notified via email or phone call.
