Events & Exhibits

Ropes to God: Ancient Rock Art of Southern Africa
With Original Works By Peggy Sands

The Bushmen of Southern Africa have been depicting their spiritual understanding of the world in highly detailed cave paintings for thousands of years. On exhibit at The Ringing Rocks Foundation are twelve digital photographs illustrating some of the complexity and beauty of these ancient "stories." In addition local artist Peggy Sands has interpreted the shamanic transformation often depicted in the cave paintings with three new works on canvas.

The ancient rock art was photographed and cataloged as part of a four year partnership between Ringing Rocks Foundation and the Rock Art Research Institute (RARI) of South Africa. During this project, RARI documented and preserved over 170,000 images of ancient paintings throughout southern Africa. This collection has become the largest of its kind in the world.