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Art Exhibition
Abstractions of Black Citizenship: African American Art from Saint Louis
Dominic Chambers, Damon Davis, Jen Everett, De Nichols, and Katherine Simóne Reynolds
Online
Welcome to the virtual exhibition for Abstractions of Black Citizenship: African American Art from Saint Louis, a group exhibition of works by Dominic Chambers, Damon Davis, Jen Everett, De Nichols, and Katherine Simóne Reynolds, five Black Saint Louis, MO-based artists. Curated by Jasmine Jamillah Mahmoud, PhD, this exhibition presents painting, photography, mixed-media, works on paper, sculpture, music, and video. The exhibition runs February 11 - 28, 2021 in partnership with UCSB's Multicultural Center.
Within this online exhibition, there are 54 frames with seven themes, as well as introductory and concluding slides. To fully engage content, aim for at least 25 minutes. You are also welcome to engage within the time that you have available in various ways, such as by theme. For optional engagement, press on the square button at the bottom of the frame to initiate full screen view.
Find the exhibition below or at the following link:
https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu/node/2435
All images, sounds, and videos of the work are courtesy of each artist. All quotes from artists, unless otherwise noted, are from interviews conducted by the curator in 2020. You can find more about this exhibition – including the research guide (with sources cited through the exhibition), studio visit videos with each artist, and education guides – on the exhibition website.
Spoken Word
Corazón a Corazón: An Evening of Poetry
Yesika Salgado
Online
Yesika Salgado is a Los Angeles based Salvadoran poet who writes about her family, her culture, her city, and her fat brown body. She has shared her work in venues and campuses throughout the country.
Salgado is a two time National Poetry Slam finalist and the recipient of the 2020 International Latino Book Award in Poetry. Her work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Teen Vogue, Univision, CNN, NPR, TEDx, and many digital platforms. She is an internationally recognized body-positive activist and the writer of the column Suelta for Remezcla. Yesika is the author of the best-sellers Corazón, Tesoro, and Hermosa, published with Not a Cult.
Art Exhibition
Collection of Resistance: A UCSB Student Covid Series Exhibition
UCSB Students
MCC Lounge
Art Exhibit runs September 28 to December 10, 2021
Over a year and a half into the pandemic, community spaces have been impacted. To bridge the gap between the adversities caused by COVID-19, the many ongoing forms of systematic oppressions, and the human experience, the MultiCultural Center is hosting a student exhibition that emphasizes QTBIPOC experiences.
This exhibition seeks to highlight and give voice to marginalized experiences as we navigate a pandemic and collectively pave the way to envision and create a new future that holistically centers community, belonging, and social justice art.
Exhibition sample by UCSB student Olivia Averett.
9th Annual Social Justice Conference: Revitalizing Community in a Changing World
Jackson Social Justice Legacy Scholarship
The MCC's Jackson Social Justice Legacy Scholarship Interns Presents:
For nearly two years, marginalized communities across the globe have struggled to survive amidst a global pandemic that has exacerbated systems of inequality and oppression. Our relationships with ourselves, our loved ones, and our environment have been fundamentally transformed — the damage inflicted has been heightened by the state's rush to return to the profit-driven status quo. In response, our communities have supported each other through mutual aid efforts that helped many survive.
To honor these responses from the community, this year’s Social Justice Conference theme is Revitalizing Community in a Changing World. The conference will include a series of interactive workshops, activities, and presentations centered around cultivating conscious, collective care.
There is no way to go back to a “normal” we once knew. Now, we’re grappling with questions surrounding how we create new systems of growth and care. How do we embrace change? How can we find joy in such tumultuous times? How can we move forward while uplifting our communities in this new era?
The Jackson Social Justice Legacy Scholarship Interns invite you to RSVP and take part in this community-centered educational space on February 26th and 27th, 2022. SJCON 2022 will be a virtual event hosted on Zoom with closed captioning and ASL interpretation services provided.
