In the center of a meditative gallery, artist Tsedaye Makonnen’s seven light towers—made from mirrored boxes featuring the ...

The totemlike illuminated towers, patterned with intricate motifs of Ethiopian Orthodox crosses stenciled and laser ... who lived in D.C. for many years and taught art at Howard University.

A 16th-century Ethiopian Orthodox cross made from iron, on view in the exhibition “Tsedaye Makonnen—Sanctuary :: Mekdes” at the National Museum of African Art Event Photojournalism ...