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Celebrate Congo! Basket Making at the Bronx Zoo
June 26, 200911:00am - 4:00pm
Free with admission. The scheduled times for each 20-minute workshop are: 11:00 am, 11:40 am, 1:00 pm, 1:40 pm, 2:20 pm, 3:00 pm and 3:40 pm.
Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo is hosting ten days of craft making workshops in collaboration with the Museum for African Art. They will take place at WCS Bronx Zoo’s Dancing Crane Plaza. Each workshop is based on artistic traditions from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Central Africa. These programs will inspire children and their families, through the art that they create and the knowledge they gain in the process. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the Democratic Republic of the Congo from teaching artists while participating in the arts of mask making, basket making, gourd adornment and beading. Workshops will take place 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Fridays and Saturday from June 19 – July 11.
Theophile Mikouizambassi, a master craftsman and an educator will conduct this interactive program on traditional basket weaving from the DRC.