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Symposium: Contemporary Caribbean Art across Borders, Afternoon Session
October 14, 2011
Symposium in conjunction with the exhibition Disillusions: Gendered Visions of the Caribbean and its Diasporas. Artists included are: María Elena Alvarez, Nicole Awai, Firelei Báez, Holly Bynoe, Melissa Calderón, Vladimir Cybil Charlier, Asha Ganpat, Jessica Lagunas, Rejin Leys, Sofía Maldonado, Ana Patricia Palacios, Sandra Stephens. Curated by: Tatiana Flores (with Michelle Stephens)
Contemporary Caribbean Art across Borders
Friday, October 14
10:00 – 5 PM
Morning Session
Middlesex County College, Studio Theatre Gallery MAP
10:30 – 12 PM Gallery talk with the artists Rejin Leys, Jessica Lagunas, Ana Patricia Palacios, Firelei Báez, Melissa A. Calderón, Asha Ganpat, and Sofía Maldonado. Moderated by Tatiana Flores.
Rutgers University, Murray Hall, Room 212
Moderated by Michelle Stephens
Panel 1: Contemporary Caribbean Art in a Global Context, 2:00 – 3:25 PM Jerry Philogene, Assistant Professor, American Studies Department, Dickinson College Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Associate Curator, El Museo del Barrio Nicole Awai, Critic, Painting/Printmaking Department, Yale University
Panel 2: The Caribbean as a Virtual Space: New Technologies, Networks, and Contemporary Caribbean Art,
3:35 – 5:00 PM
Christopher Cozier, Artist and Independent Curator, Port of Spain, Trinidad Holly Bynoe, Artist and Editor-in-Chief, ARC Magazine Sandra Stephens, Assistant Professor of Time and Motion Arts, Pratt at Munson Williams
Sponsors: Middlesex County College,
Rutgers University:
Office of Undergraduate Education ·
Office of the Executive Dean, School of Arts and Sciences ·
Office for Academic and Public Partnerships in the Arts and Humanities ·
Institute for Women and Art ·
Institute for Research on Women ·
Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies ·
Department of American Studies ·
Department of Art History ·
Center for Latin American Studies ·
Center for Race and Ethnicity ·
Global Initiatives Program
Frederico Sève Gallery Violy and Company
The Feminist Art Project
Caribbean Philosophical Association
For directions to Middlesex,
By Car: Follow instructions on http://www2.middlesexcc.edu/about/locations/edison-center-main-campus.html#offcampus
For a campus map, see: http://www2.middlesexcc.edu/images/PDFs/edison_campus_map.pdf
By Train: Take New Jersey Transit, Northeast Corridor line to Metuchen. At the Metuchen station, take a taxi to Middlesex County College, and tell the driver to drop you off at the Performing Arts Center
For directions to Rutgers, see http://maps.rutgers.edu/directions/nb.aspx
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