February 2018
The #MeToo Age: Power & Gender Equity in the Art World
The #MeToo Age: Power & Gender Equity in the Art World February 21, 2018 7PM Beginning in the film industry last year, we have been witnessing more and more #MeToo women speaking out, sharing their stories, and becoming empowered like never before. Has this movement extended into the art world? Two-thirds of participants in professional development classes and workshops are people who identify as women. Many seek permission for their actions, and most shy away from self-promotion. Can we bring…
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Black TED: Independent Research Perspectives in the Field
Black TED: Independent Research Perspectives in the Field organized by Mutant Salon members Sarah Gail Armstrong and Dove Ayinde August 11, 2018, 7 :30PM Black TED is a collaborative think tank erected in 2017 by Dove Ayinde and Sarah Gail Armstrong. Black TED focuses on Black consciousness, thought, and the exploration of such in a satirical manner in order to encourage greater accountability and action from an ever increasing apathetic and withdrawn society. Featuring talks by Sarah Gail Armstrong, Dove Ayinde, Brandon Drew…
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Indigenous Resistance: Maya Intellectuals and Cultural Survival
Image courtesy of Archivo Municipal de Patzicía y Museo Kaqjay Indigenous Resistance: Maya Intellectuals and Cultural Survival Friday, October 12, 2018, 7 – 9PM. Indigenous Resistance: Maya Intellectuals and Cultural Survival is a celebration of Maya intellectual and cultural production as a form of resistance and cultural survival, and indigenous solidarity networks throughout the Americas. This event will be conducted in Spanish with English translations, and it will include the presentation of two book publications: Gobierno comunal indígena y estado guatemalteco:…
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Variety of Futurisms
Variety of Futurisms Saturday, November 17 2018, 12- 1:30PM Research Group Series Second Session featuring: Nasrin Himada Nasrin Himada is a Palestinian writer, editor, and curator based in Tio'tia:ke (Montréal), in Kanien'kehá:ka territory. Their writing on contemporary art has appeared in Canadian Art, C Magazine, Critical Signals, The Funambulist, Fuse Magazine, and MICE Magazine, among others. They are the co-editor of contemptorary.org Saturday, November 3 2018, 12- 1:30PM Research Group Series Second Session featuring: Letters to the Future: Black Women/Radical Writing:…
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Creative Conversations Art of Survival: Artists in Residency Programs
Artists in Residency Programs Organized by EAL/LA Wednesday, October 23 | 7:30pm - 9:00pm How does an artist not only sustain but GROW their practice in a city where even maintaining basic needs can be encumbering? This Creative Conversation delves into LA-based Artist Residence programs that support artistic practice by providing vital resources--such as housing, venue space, and professional development--to innovative and visionary creatives. Through discussion with leaders from 18th Street Arts Center and LA County Department of Arts and…
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