Saluting Vodou Spirits: Haitian Flags from the Fowler Collection August 8, 2004 to December 12, 2004 Religion and politics mingle freely in Haitian ritual flags, a fabulous array of which hang at the Fowler Museum." Los Angeles Times, August 2004 "A glorious celebration of these richly textured drapos." LA City Beat, September 2, 2004 This exhibition featured the lavishly decorated ritual flags (drapo) that have become the most celebrated genre of Vodou sacred art. Made of satin, velvet, or rayon, and adorned with sequins, beads, or appliqué, these flags are presented at the beginning of Vodou ceremonies to salute the spirits and to marshal the energies of their devotees. Saluting Vodou Spirits featured more than thirty of these dazzling works dating from the early 1900s to the 1990s as well as five newly commissioned beaded flags by women artists, who have only recently begun to work in this medium. This exhibition was curated by Donald J. Cosentino, a scholar of Haitian art and professor in UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures.