CFP: “Italian American?” @ Italian American Studies Association Conference

The 2013 conference of the Italian American Studies Association (October
3-5, New Orleans) examines the politics of the identifying term “Italian
American” from multiple perspectives and in different time periods. What
are the social conditions in which the ever-changing narratives of
collective identity are formulated and perpetuated? How are ethnic symbols
and practices mustered and re-invented at the service of “Italian
American?” And ultimately, how do competing politics reveal and engender
intragroup tensions but possibly also productive dialogue, both of which
might re-configure understandings and enactments of the very term “Italian
American?”  The conference is open to scholars in different disciplines,
creative writers (novelists, poets, and memoirists), and visual and media
artists.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: JUNE 15, 2013.

Abstracts for scholarly papers (up to 500 words, plus a note on technical
requirements) and a brief, narrative biography should be emailed as
attached documents, by June 15, 2013, to
iasa2013conf@italianamericanstudies.net to whom other inquiries may also be
addressed.

Prospective presenters may expect to be advised of their acceptance or
otherwise by August 1, 2013. All presenters, respondents, and discussants
must be members in good standing of the Italian American Studies
Association by September 15, 2013.

Conference Committee: Bénédicte Deschamps, Michael Eula, Laura E. Ruberto,
Joseph Sciorra, chair

Tribute to Fitzroy 'Fitz' Harrack (1945-2013)

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The following is a tribute from the National Gallery in honour of Harrack's life's work, as it appearedin Kamaica’s Observer:

MASTER sculptor Fitzroy 'Fitz' Harrack passed away on January 10 and Life Tribute joins with his relatives and colleagues at the National Gallery of Jamaica in hailing this icon of the visual arts.

Born 1945, in St John's, Grenada, Fitzroy Harrack received his early artistic training in Grenada and then Trinidad before attending the Jamaica School of Art (later Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts) on a scholarship.

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Jasmine Thomas-Girvan wins 2012 Aaron Matalon Award

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Jasmine Thomas-Girvan, jeweller and sculptor, has been awarded the 2012 Aaron Matalon Award for being deemed the artist who made the most outstanding contribution to the National Biennial exhibition at the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ), Jamaica’s Observer reports.

The award was granted by NGJ’s Exhibitions and Acquisitions Committee, which said that Jasmine’s two mixed media sculptures: Dreaming Backwards, a wall-based assemblage, and Occupy (Alchemy of Promise), which is freestanding; are truly indicative of recent developments in Jamaican art.

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CFP: Photography as Witness: Power and Politics, the charged landscape of the 21st century

EXTENDED DEADLINE EXTENDED DEADLINE
NEW DEADLINE: DECEMBER 14, 2012

Call for Participation in a Juried Exhibition

Photography as Witness: Power and Politics, the charged landscape of the 21st century

Exhibition: January 25 through March 9, 2013

This exhibition seeks artists whose photographic practice interrogates contemporary issues, and documents our global conditions and challenges. Technology has extended our awareness of events taking place around the world from the Arab Spring, the Occupy Movement to the ongoing poverty caused by corporate greed, corrupt governments, criminal organizations, and religious and tribal violence. These challenges affect the two-third of the world, emergent nations and under-reported regions of the West. It is the witnessing of the devastation of humanity and the environment that moves us to action.

For submission guidelines go to: http://www.geneseo.edu/galleries/photography-witness-juried-exhibition

Call for Submissions: Meditations on Emancipation (in the 21st Century) @

This exhibition Meditations on Emancipation (in the 21^st Century) is being developed as part of the semester long programming in support of Celebrating the 150^th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation at Geneseo. The Bertha V.B. Lederer Gallery seeks artist’s submissions that specifically address the Emancipation Proclamation and what it means today.

Submissions are due: November 15, 2012

Artist Notification:  December 15, 2012

http://www.geneseo.edu/galleries/meditations-emancipation

 

Renee Cox: Challenging Stereotypes and Empowering Minorities through Art

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Phillip Spradley won the July section of the Icons of Culture Competition  with his essay “Renee Cox: Challenging Stereotypes and Empowering Minorities through Art:” “Fierce, fabulous, and one of the most controversial African American artists of our time, Renee Cox uses photography to question our views on the state of politics, race relations, the female body, the role of women and feminism today.

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Santiago de Cuba Gets Ready to Host Caribbean Festival/Fiesta del Fuego

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Santiago de Cuba gets ready to become, for a week, one of the most cosmopolitan cities during the 32nd International Caribbean Festival, to be held from July 3rd through the 9th.

Preparations include the fitting-out of the main 29 areas where artistic activities will take place –from the central stage at Cespedes Park, in the heart of the city, to the Monument to the Runaway Slave in the town of El Cobre and the Morro Castle, a World Heritage Site.

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Antonio Martorell Completes Sculpture of Ramón Emeterio Betances for the Puerto Rican Athenaeum

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President of the Puerto Rican Athenaeum Dr. José Milton Soltero Ramírez and artist Antonio Martorell will hold a press conference this coming Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at 11:00am in the Central Chamber of the Puerto Rican Athenaeum to present the completed statue of Father of the Nation Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances. As Soltero explains, “the statue of the patriot—which represents the struggle of the Puerto Rican people by reaffirming the spirit of nation, homeland, and identity—was created by Dominican sculptor José Cadaveda, and its base—on which one will read Ten Commandments of Free Men—was designed by the artist Antonio Martorell.”

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Art Exhibition: Charles Juhasz Alvarado at the Cherry Blossom Festival

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As one of the five artists invited to participate in the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC, Charles Juhasz-Alvarado has contributed a large-scale temporary public sound sculpture called The Cherry Blossom Cloud. It is fashioned from cherry wood in the shape of a xylophone and it is situated outside the Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Drumsticks are available for passers-by to activate the work by playing a melody or creating their own musical work.

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Video of the Week: After Hot-En-Tot: Two conversations with Artist Renée Cox

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Following on from the popularity of an earlier post – If you don’t ask, you don’t get, and then you get kicked to the curb – focusing on the work of Renée Cox this week’s video feature includes two clips, each containing an interview with artist Renée Cox recorded at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art on 22 October 2009.

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