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Gifts from Afar: Five International Artisan Crèches from the James and Emilia Govan Crèches Collection at the Loyola University Museum of Art

Whether you live in Lansing, Dyer, Chesterton, or Portage, visit South Shore Arts in Munster, this holiday season, to see five international crèches from Loyola University Museum of Art’s James and Emilia Govan Crèches Collection. 

For over a millennium, artists have given free reign to their imaginations in their depictions of the Nativity. As Christianity, trade, and travel globalized, they adapted the imagery to their own cultures: replacing the sheep with indigenous animals, dressing the kings in native costumes, and substituting the traditional gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh with items of great value in their own societies. See how exuberant color distinguishes a Mexican crèche from a bedazzled one from India. A Thai artisan simulates the shimmer of rich Asian silks, while the Malawian artist, Suwedi Bigula, costumed his kings to represent three indigenous tribes: the Yao, Ngoni, and Chewa. Their gifts of ivory, a chicken and medicine gourd have great significance in Malawian culture.

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More than 15 exhibitions fill four South Shore Arts galleries each year, showcasing regional, national and international artists and cultures. If you are an artist interested in exhibiting with South Shore Arts, submit your exhibit proposal here or contact Brandon Johnson, Gallery Coordinator, at Brandon@southshoreartsonline.org

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219/836.1839, ext.101
 

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