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Art Exhibit
A CONVERSATION WITH THE ARTIST Malik Seneferu
MCC LOUNGE
A self-taught painter, draughtsman, muralist, poet, and illustrator, Seneferu is the founder of Aesthetic Ascension art social network. The purpose of his compositions is to elevate the social, political, environmental, and spiritual issues of people deeply challenged by oppression and to capture the Black experience in America. His work traveled to Durban, South Africa's War against Racism in 2001, as well as to Kenya, Haiti and Italy.
Cup of Culture
Neshoba: The Price of Freedom
MCC THEATER
In 1964, a mob of Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers in the small Mississippi county of Neshoba – the infamous 'Mississippi Burning' murders. The young men, two Jews from New York and an African-American from Mississippi, were in the Deep South helping to register African-American voters during what came to be known as the Freedom Summer. Although the killers bragged about what they did, it took the State 40 years to indict the mastermind, Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old Baptist preacher and notorious racist.
Discussion with Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval, Associate Professor in Chicana and Chicano Studies, following the screening. Micki Dickoff and Tony Pagano, 87 min., English, 2010, USA.
An Evening of Eclectic Balkan & Appalachian Music with Janam
MCC THEATER
Janam creates a compelling, eclectic blend of Balkan, Sephardic, Romani (Gypsy) and American roots music, plus inspired originals. These driving rhythms and sultry melodies deliver a dance- and trance-inducing groove that carries the listener from the shores of the Black Sea to the foothills of the Appalachians. Janam’s fresh and soulful sound features stunning vocals and virtuosic musicianship by several of SF Bay Area’s most innovative interpreters of Southern Balkan and Near Eastern traditional music.
Tickets $5 UCSB students/$15 general. Contact the A.S Ticket Office at 805-893-2064. Limited seating.
COME TOGETHER: Interethnic Collaborations for Equity and Social Change in the 1970s
MCC LOUNGE
This panel discussion is presented as part of the exhibit of the same title featuring selected 1970s vintage posters by San Francisco Bay Area activist artists who represent a spirit of cultural diversity, social equity/social change, and international human rights from various perspectives. Revealed in the imagery are significant interethnic collaborations in which shared interests of African American, Asian American, Chicano/Latino, and Native American communities are united within individual posters. Artists Juan Fuentes and Nancy Hom, featured in this exhibit, will present their past and current work with communities of color. The posters are drawn from major graphic art collections housed in the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA) in the UCSB Library. You can view the exhibit at the College of Creative Studies Gallery from February 7 to March 4, 2011 from 12 noon to 5 pm .
Co-sponsored by CEMA and the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department.
