Venus 2010 @ NYU: Symposium (updated)
Posted on | March 23, 2010 | 1 Comment
Venus 2010
March 27, 2010
New York University
721 Broadway, Riese Lounge
9:30 – Welcome
Deb Willis, Manthia Diawara
9:45 – Keynote: Elizabeth Alexander
10:15 –11:15: Sarah Baartman in Context
Presenters: Charmaine Nelson, Zine Magubane, and Carole Boyce Davies.
Moderator: Cheryl Finley
11:45-12:45: Sarah Baartman’s Legacy in Art and Art History
Presenters: Lisa Gail Collins, Cheryl Finley and Fo Wilson.
1:00 – 2:00: break, book signing
2:00-3:30: The “Hottentot Venus” in Art and Film
Performance: Holly Bass
Presenters: Renee Cox, Lyle Ashton Harris, Ada Pinkston and Zola Maseko.
3:45-4:45: Iconic Women in the Twentieth Century
Poet: Linda Susan Jackson
Presenters: J. Yolande Daniels, Micaela Angela Davis, Terri Francis and Michael Harris.
Moderator: Carla Williams
5:00: film screening and book signing (to end)
Also:
Black Cinema Now Conference
Institute of African American Affairs—New York University
Friday, March 26 and Sunday March 28, 2010
Panelists Include:
Armond White, Leslie Harris, Manthia Diawara, Ed Guerrero, Todd Boyd, Clyde Taylor, Michele Wallace, Tommy Lott, Anna Everett, Sheril Antonio, Mia Mask, Mark Reid, Jacquie Jones, Michael Gillespie, John Akomfrah, Paula Massood, Keith Harris, Toni Francis, Juan Flores,Jane Gaines, Kobena Mercer, Cheryl Finley, Sam Pollard, TreaAndrea Russworm and others.
Schedule:
Friday, March 26th
Location: Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street, NY, NY 10003
7:00 pm Keynote
7:30 Black Cinema Today
Sunday, March 28th
Location: Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street, NY, NY 10003
10-11:15 am Representation
11:30-12:45 pm Hollywood Directors (Black Directors and Black Cinema/White Directors and Black cinema)
1-2 pm Lunch
2-3:15 The Star System
3:30-4:45 New Directions
Free and open to the public
Please RSVP for Black Cinema Now at (212) 998-IAAA (4222)
For more information: http://africanastudies.as.nyu.edu/page/IAAA
Tags: Ada Pinkston > Carla Williams > Carole Boyce Davies > Charmaine Nelson > Cheryl Finley > Deborah Willis > Elizabeth Alexander > Holly Bass > Hottentot Venus (Saartjie Baartman) > J. Yolande Daniels > Linda Susan Jackson > Lisa Gail Collins > Lyle Ashton Harris > Manthia Diawara > Michael Harris > Michaela angela Davis > Renee Cox > Simone Leigh > Terri Francis > Zine Magubane
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