Victoria
Rovine
School of Art + Art History
Associate Professor
T: 273-3069
E: vrovine@ufl.edu
Address:
College of Fine Arts
University of Florida
PO Box 115801
Gainesville, FL 32601-5801
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Research Interests:
Africa, textiles, contemporary art
Degrees:
PhD art history, Indiana University, 1998 MA art history, Indian University, 1991 BA art, Grinnell College, 1986
Presentations:
2009 “Embroidered Cultures in West Africa: Viewing Travel, Text, and Tradition through Malian Garments,” Broder et Raconter: Embroidery and Storytelling, University of Rouen, France 2009 organizer and presenter: “Recycling in African Art: Necessity, Metaphor, Creative Expression,” symposium at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 2009 “Strangelove: Social Action through Fashion in South Africa,” Dress, Popular Culture and Social Action in Africa (Symposium marking 60th anniversary of African Studies Program), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 2008 “Fashion and Power: African Styles and Colonial Encounters,” Humanities Seminar Series, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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