Willie Middlebrook installation, Los Angeles
Posted on | June 5, 2011 | No Comments
(I am currently en route to Los Angeles for the summer—I’m making some site updates from the road, currently in Irving, Texas. I’m excited to see Willie’s work installed when I get “home.”)
Willie Middlebrook, Install Exposition/Crenshaw train station 5/3/2011
About 4 years ago Willie Middlebrook was one of a group of artists selected to create works of art for the Expo Line. The station where his work is displayed is located on both sides of Crenshaw Blvd. at Exposition.
SHEILA PREE BRIGHT: Girls Grillz and Dolls
Posted on | June 5, 2011 | No Comments
CINCINNATI
country club contemporary art gallery
SHEILA PREE BRIGHT: Girls Grillz and Dolls
Opening Reception: June 10, 5-7pm
Congrats, Bridget!
Posted on | June 5, 2011 | No Comments
(This was sent out in the Black Art in America newsletter (and the picture appears a little stretched), but the amazing Dr. Cooks also recently received tenure at the University of California, Irvine. Congrats, Bridget!)
Bridget R. Cooks, Assistant Professor of Art History and African American Studies at the University of California Irvine, has worked at the National Gallery of Art, the Oakland Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Recent publications have appeared in The International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, Patterns of Prejudice, Exposure, Pedagogy, and African American Review. In 2000 she received a Henry Luce Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in American art. She is currently writing a book manuscript tentatively titled, “Exhibiting Blackness: Exhibitions of African American Culture in American Museums.”
2011 Whitney Independent Study Studio Program exhibition
Posted on | June 5, 2011 | No Comments
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get this posted before the exhibition ended, but here is one of Crystal Z. Campbell’s images from the show (thanks, Crystal). Check out more of her work at her website.
Crystal Z. Campbell, Camo, (film still) digital video with 5.1 audio, 2:30 minute loop, 2011
The studio exhibition, on view from May 14–22, 2011, presented work made by participants in the 2011 Whitney Independent Study Studio Program: Anthea Behm, Bosko Blagojevic, Heather Bursch, Crystal Z. Campbell, Sara Eliassen, Loretta Fahrenholz, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Lili Holzer-Glier, Michael Just, Jason Loebs, Amanda Matles, Park McArthur, Roberto Meza, Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen, Patrick Price, Anna Sandgren, and Ivor Shearer.
Tags: Crystal Z. Campbell > LaToya Ruby Frazier > Whitney Independent Study Studio Program
CFP: Crossroads in Cultural Studies 2012 — Paris
Posted on | June 5, 2011 | No Comments
(Thanks, Myra)
« go back — keep looking »We are pleased to announce that the 9th International Conference Crossroads in Cultural Studies will be held in Paris, France, from July 2nd to 6th, 2012, hosted by Sorbonne Nouvelle University and UNESCO.
The city of Paris has a long and complex history as a crossroad between cultures and peoples. Paris has played an important role in the development and circulation of the works of authors and thinkers that have shaped the postcolonial imagination in a significant way. Drawing on their tradition of comprehensive and critical thought, the organizers seek contributions in the form of papers and panels that will continue to examine the intersection between culture, power and knowledge from within the framework of Cultural Studies.
The conference will also be hosted by UNESCO, the international organization that has always championed cultural diversity and difference. Given the long association between Cultural Studies research and UNESCO, this conference should be an occasion for Cultural Studies to look back on its own evolution as well as explore new scholarly insights.
12 World-class Keynote Speakers from all over the world will address the conference at keynote and plenary sessions. Among them, Sarah Ahmed, Marie-Hélène Bourcier, Jeremy Gilbert, Achille Mbembe, Walter Mignolo, Bobby Noble, Phaedra Pezzullo, Françoise Vergès. With the participation of Stuart Hall and Jacques Rancière (to be confirmed).
State of the art conference topics. All topics relevant to Cultural Studies, especially new and innovative areas of research are welcome.
Submit your proposal now! The call for papers and organized panel proposals is now open. Check the submission guidelines and submit before September 30, 2011.
ACS Assistance Scheme for Crossroads 2012. The Association for Cultural Studies will offer a small number of grants to assist participants from ACS under-represented regions with travel accommodation or registration expenses.
Attractive and convenient accommodation in the heart of the city of Paris and close to the conference venues. Cheaper campus accommodation will also be available close at hand at the International Paris University Campus.
Spread the news. Please forward this message to your colleagues and friends! We look forward to seeing you in Paris in 2012!
my other sites
photography groups
sites where I contribute
81 Press
- Taking a Break February 4, 2012Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
- A New Mission for Aperture? February 4, 2012[…]
- Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 4, 2012Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]