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A DEI Arts and Craft Printing Workshop
Jesse Avila
MCC Lounge
Arts and crafts are tools for self-expression and a means to understand the world around us, and this fun and interactive workshop will teach children about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, along with the meanings behind symbols. The children will also create their own hand-made prints by using a printing press and will take home the DEI art they create. Five years and older are recommended, but all are welcome to participate.
Speaker Bio: Jesse Avila received his BA in Art from the University of California Santa Barbara and is currently pursuing his Master’s in Organization and Leadership in Higher Education at the University of San Francisco. He is also the Interim Program Director and Office Manager for the UCSB MultiCultural Center where he bridges his passions for social justice programming with the arts.
Art Exhibition
Day 1 - PYNK POSSIBILITIES: BLACK GENDER CREATIVE + ART FOR SURVIVAL
Matt Richardson (Feminist Studies) and Omise’eke Tinsley (Black Studies)
MCC Lounge
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Art Exhibit: Shades of Black & Pynk: A Celebration of Black Trans+Queer Art, Love, and Writing
The two-day event opens on Sunday, April 30 with art exhibit and panel “PYNK Possibilities: Black Gender Creative + Art for Survival.” This exhibit is a multimedia installation that celebrates the boundless imagination of Black Queer, Trans, and Gender Creative artists. Curated in honor of the release of The Color Pynk: Black Femme Art for Survival by Professor Omise'eke Tinsley (Black Studies), the exhibit features original short film The Siren by Dominican-American filmmaker Helen Peña, collage by scholarartist Mariah Webber (Feminist Studies), and more. This exhibition seeks to spotlight the world-making power of rebellious Black LGBT artists and awaken love, collectivity and solidarity. The exhibit opening is also a party, nail salon, mini runway class, audience-inclusive fashion show, and interactive conversation with the artists as well as Color Pynk authors Omise’eke Tinsley and Candice Lyons.
Art Exhibition
Day 2 - PYNK POSSIBILITIES: THE LONG 1980s – BLACK TRANS AND QUEER SOUNDSCAPES OF UNBELONGING
Matt Richardson (Feminist Studies) and Omise’eke Tinsley (Black Studies)
MCC Theater
Day 2 of 2-day event -
Art Exhibit: Shades of Black & Pynk: A Celebration of Black Trans+Queer Art, Love, and Writing
Interested in the haunting sound of the 1980s? The event closes with a conversation at the MCC between Matt Richardson and special guest Jafari Allen, Director of Africana Studies and Inaugural Co-Director of the University of Miami Center for Global Black Studies. The three will discuss the enduring impact of 1980s Black popular music and culture and its queer/trans resonances in Matt Richardson’s novel Black Canvas: A Campus Haunting. Christopher McAuley, Co-Chair of Black Studies, will moderate the conversation.
Cup of Culture
Mom
A film by Xun Sero
MCC Theater
As a Mexican Tzotzil I grew up between the sacrality both of Guadalupe Virgin and Mother Earth. As a son, I grew up among the derision of not having a father and blaming my mother for it. “Mom” is a dialogue between mother and son exploring their contradictions, knowing and recognizing each other, and reflecting on naturalized violence and its reproduction.
Documentary | Director: Xun Sero | Running time: 80 min. | Country: Mexico | Year: 2022 | Produced by: Terra Nostra Films
