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Duane Deterville is an artist, writer and scholar of visual culture. A former Contra-Mestre of the African Brazilian martial art known as Capoeira, his primary interest is in African and African Diasporic cultural expression. Deterville’s independent field research includes trips to Haiti and Brazil to research sacred ground drawings and altars. He has lectured at museums, colleges and universities on the subject of visual culture as it relates to the African and African Diasporic experience. As the Co-founder of Sankofa Cultural Institute Duane produced three symposiums on the history and aesthetics of Jazz. He co-authored the book titled “Black Artists in Oakland” that was published by Arcadia in 2007 and is a columnist for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s online publication called “Open Space.” His visual art practice is focused on drawings that address the intersection between symbols and ritual in African Diasporic religions. As a teaching artist for The Imagine Bus Project he designed lesson plans and curriculum to teach art to incarcerated youth. He is currently Lecture Faculty in the Africana Studies Department of San Francisco State University. Deterville received his BFA and an MA in Visual and Critical Studies (2009) from the California College of the Arts located in San Francisco California. In 2015 he received the Visual and Critical Studies department’s alumni award and is only the second scholar to receive the honor.

Listed skills include Art, Public Speaking, Museums, Photography, and 30 others.