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Bio of Kidist Paulos Asrat in display case
Kidist Paulos Asrat
Artist, Designer and Writer
Kidist Paulos Asrat has an extensive background in the arts. She has studied film and photography at Ryerson University, and textile design at the Ontario College of Art and Design. Her film and photography have been exhibited in Canada and Europe. She has designed unique material for various organizations. Her contributions to the arts community include Board of Director for Trinity Square Video, a non-profit video art organization in Toronto, and as a member and writer for The Botanical Artists of Canada.
Kidist has participated for two consecutive years, in 2016 and 2017, in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals annual conference in New York as a workshop presenter. These workshops addressed culture and the empowerment of Ethiopian girls. She assisted in developing the concept and material for the workshop programs.
She regularly engages in the intellectual discourse on beauty, and was invited to present a paper at the Power of Beauty Conference at the Franciscan University in Ohio in 2014, to discuss her upcoming book ”Reclaiming Beauty: Winning Back Our Western Civilization.”
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Introductory note in display case
ETHIOPIAN RELIGIOUS ART:
Its Significance and Forms of Expression
Warszawskie Studia Teologiczne XII/2/1999, 47-4
Stanisław Chojnacki
University of Sudbury, Ontario
The advent of Christianity to Ethiopia in the 4th century marks the beginning of a tradition of religious painting that continues to this day. Until recently, however, the art of Christian Ethiopia has remained relatively unknown outside its borders. This has been due in part to the geographical position of the Ethiopian nation and its people who for centuries have lived on their high East African plateau removed from the currents of world history. Yet, in course of the past centuries Ethiopian artists produced a prodigious body of manuscript miniatures, church murals and icons. These works hold a unique position in the history of art.
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Exhibition Images
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Top Shelf - ETHIOPIA SERIES:
Item description in display case
- Orthodox Christian neck crosses
- Small woven basket with lid
- Shawl border embroidery
Photographs by Kidist Paulos Asrat
- Ethiopian woman in traditional shawl and dress pouring coffee
- Orthodox Christian Church in rural region north of the capital city Addis Abeba
- Priest standing before church
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Middle Shelf - TORONTO GABLE SERIES:
Item description in display case
- Tablecloth
- Wall hanging
- Banner
- Greeting cards
- Toy Mobile
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Bottom Shelf - TRILLIUM QUEEN ANNE'S LACE SERIES:
- Wallpaper
- Lampshade
- Book cover
- Clock
- Cushion
- Box
