Evelyn Alcide
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Evelyn Alcide (born 1969) is a Haitian drapo Vodou artist.[1] Alcide studied under compatriot Myrlande Constant.[2] Alcide often focuses her work on important Vodou religious figures. Her drapo are heavily beaded and have satin borders. Two of her flags depicting Lasirène were included in Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas a traveling exhibition originated at the Fowler Museum at UCLA that travelled to several venues including National Museum of African Art.[3][4]
Alcide was born in Port-au-Prince in 1969.[1]
Collections
- Vodou Riche: Haitian Contemporary Art, CSpaces: Glass Curtain Gallery[5]
- Drapo Vodou: Haitian Vodou Flags, Indigo Art Gallery
- Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa
- Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles[6]
- Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico[7][8]