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Race Matters Series
Deconstructing Images of African Americans in the Media Byron Hurt
MCC Lounge
Award-winning filmmaker, Byron Hurt, will discuss how he uses film to deconstruct, critique, and raise awareness about the images of African Americans in the media. Hurt will show clips from his films Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, Barack & Curtis, and Soul Food Junkies to analyze gender and class representations as well as health and wellness as it relates to African Americans.
Co-sponsored by American Cultures & Global Contexts; AntiRacism, Inc.; the Black Student Union; and the Center for Black Studies Research.
Cup of Culture
No Look Pass
MCC Theater
This film follows Emily Tay’s transition into adulthood between her senior year at Harvard into her first year playing professional basketball in Europe. Although Emily is expected to comply with an arranged marriage, she must follow her own Dream, which means moving to Germany and falling in love with a U.S. servicewoman living under Don't Ask Don't Tell. Melissa Johnson, 88 min., English, 2011, USA.
Art Exhibit
Between the Stripes Doris Bittar
MCC Lounge
Interdisciplinary artist Doris Bittar's paintings, photos, and interactive installations explore the intersection between the decorative arts and history. Marrying seemingly oppositional icons, the paintings probe the concepts of loyalty, identity, nationalism, and power. The installation addresses multiculturalism and heritage, which are continually redefined within the discourse of social anxieties. Bittar has shown in several exhibits in Europe, the Middle East and the United States, and her art is in several public collections. Bittar graduated from the University of California San Diego with a Masters of Fine Arts and participated at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. She is a curator, writer, and teaches at California State University, San Marcos.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies and EOP-Middle Eastern Resource Center.
Chalk Art Exhibit
Chalking for Justice Delphine Louie Anaya
MCC MEETING ROOM
Concept artist Delphine Louie Anaya will conduct a live exhibit using the MCCs chalk wall as a canvas. A veteran of I Madonnari, Italian street painting festival, Anaya hopes to create an image that embodies the MCCs mission. Everyone is welcome to watch her work (and even contribute to the piece). She will begin working on April 7th and will complete her work in early May. Anaya is a Digital and Visual Arts Teacher at Laguna Blanca School in Santa Barbara. Curated by Lauren O’Brien and Liglin Lopez. Co-sponsored by: the Museum of Art, Design & Architecture and the National Science Foundation: Partnership in International Research and Education in Electron Chemistry and Catalysis at Interfaces
