Artist and retired educator Carl Lopes will speak at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 840 Sandwich Road, East Falmouth, on Wednesday, March 22 at 7 PM. The title of the talk is “Embracing African Design.”
Mr. Lopes will bring some of his original works with him as well as use slides to illustrate the talk. The event is in conjunction with an exhibit of African Art in the vestibule of the meetinghouse.
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