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VISUAL GRIOTS OF MALI
An Exhibit of Photography by African Youth
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The Smithsonian
National Museum of Natural History
10th Street and Constitution Ave., N.W. - on the National Mall
Opens: October 2, 2006 - Closes: April 29, 2007
The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. except Christmas
The exhibit is located in the Baird Ambulatory Gallery on the ground
floor
Admission is free
The Malian sixth graders photographs are the result of the Academy for Educational Developments Visual Griots project, a series of interactive workshops in Mali led by U.S. and Malian photographers that empower and engage youth in a powerful process of self-exploration and expression through the lens of a camera.
Learn more at: www.aed.org/visualgriots
or contact Shawn Davis at 202.884.8233 / sdavis@aed.org.
The exhibit is dedicated to the memory of Nestor Hernandez, creator of Visual Griots.
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