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Eskenazi Museum of Art to showcase ‘Life and Legend: Storytelling and Greek Pottery’

<p>A student-curated piece created with a head of a woman decorated with doves and flowers is pictured. The &quot;Life and Legend: Storytelling and Greek Pottery&quot; exhibit opens May 4, 2023.<br/><br/></p>

A student-curated piece created with a head of a woman decorated with doves and flowers is pictured. The "Life and Legend: Storytelling and Greek Pottery" exhibit opens May 4, 2023.

The Eskenazi Museum of Art will present “Life and Legend: Storytelling and Greek Pottery” starting May 4. The exhibit explores the rich ancient Greek culture of pottery which would be painted with human figures, scenes of nature or stories from mythology and the battlefield. 

The exhibit is the latest in the Eskenazi Museum of Art’s collaboration with the Arts and Science Undergraduate Research Experience program, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Art History. 

Related: [By Hand Gallery displaying ‘Rites of Spring’ exhibit until May 27]

As part of the partnership, the exhibition will be curated by the students from the various departments collaborating on the exhibit. During the afternoon reception from 3-5 p.m. on May 4 , the student curators and their mentors will be present to discuss and showcase the various forms of pottery. 

The Eskenazi Museum of Art exhibit is free to attend and open to the public during regular hours.

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