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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
Cup of Culture
Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust
MCC Theater
Narrated by Liev Schrieber, Rescue in the Philippines is the untold story of how the five Frieder brothers, together with Manuel Quezon (first president of the Philippines), Paul McNutt (US High Commissioner and former governor of Indiana), and ambitious Army Colonel, Dwight Eisenhower, helped 1200 Jews escape the Nazis and immigrate to the Philippines. 3 Roads Communications, 56 min., English, 2013, USA.
Performance
Terakaft
MCC Theater
Terakaft ('caravan' in Tamasheq) is a band that must be seen live! They are the perfect embodiment of all that is wild and free in desert blues today. The perfect mix of two rhythm guitars and the deep tones of the bass will send you on a journey to the deepest heart of the desert, from which you’ll never want to return. The heavy, pulsating heartbeat of the percussion holds everyone together and completes the sound of Terakaft. Tickets $5 UCSB Students and Children under 12/$15 general. Contact the A.S. Ticket Office at 805-893-2064 or buy online at www.mcc.ucsb.edu (extra fees apply). Limited Seating. Co-sponsored by KCSB-91.9FM.
