St. John s University opens two art exhibitions about 2020 s unprecedented challenges
Azikiwe Mohammed, Sites of Continuance #4, 2021, embroidered quilt, 23 x 29 inches. Image courtesy the artist.
QUEENS, NY
.- St. Johns Universitys Dr. M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery announced the opening of two new art exhibitions about the historic challenges of the year 2020: Azikiwe Mohammed: 11439 - 39202 and Unprecedented: Posters from a World on Pause. Azikiwe Mohammed: 11439 - 39202 on view at the Yeh Art Gallery from Feb. 10 - April 25 and Unprecedented: Posters from a World on Pause is an online exhibition on view at www.sjuartgallery.org from Feb. 1 - March 30.
Price: Free with registration Sarah Cascone
Tuesday, February 16
This mural at a Chicago public school building is among several early 20th-century works in the city’s collection that have been criticized for having outdated depictions of Native Americans and other races and ethnicities. Photo courtesy of Chicago Public Schools.
2. “Resolving Tensions Over Race and Representation in Public Art” at the National Coalition Against Censorship, New York
The National Coalition Against Censorship is hosting a virtual luncheon to consider the delicate issue of historic WPA murals that whitewash problematic aspects of US history, and whether or not to remove them. Karyn Olivier, an artist and professor at Temple University in Philadelphia; Adriene Lim, dean of libraries at the University of Maryland; and scholar and curator Anthony Huffman will discuss.
Hudson Reporter
Hudson County Community College Welcomes the New Season with Art, Poetry, Timely Discussions, Music, Yoga, and More ×
Beginning this month, the Hudson County Community College (HCCC) Department of Cultural Affairs (DOCA) will host a fresh season of extraordinary, online events from the College’s Benjamin J. Dineen III and Dennis C. Hull Gallery.
Here is just a sampling of the events and exhibits available in February:
Laurie Riccadonna: Eternal Bloom celebrates HCCC Professor Riccadonna’s years of dedication to her artistic practice and teaching career. The exhibit of paintings was curated by Michelle Vitale, Director of the HCCC Department of Cultural Affairs. The recipient of the 2020 Association of Community College Trustees Northeast Region Faculty Award, Professor Riccadonna has overseen the HCCC Art Department as professor and department coordinator for the past 18 years. A graduate from Yale University School of Art, she continues to
Breonna Taylor’s mom to speak at HCCC Speaker Series event and questions are welcomed
Updated Feb 07, 2021;
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JERSEY CITY Tamika Palmer, Breonna Taylor’s mother, will be a speaker at Hudson County Community College’s Speaker Series event this week.
Palmer will virtually attend the live Zoom event on Thursday at noon. Those who wish to access the series can register at https://tinyurl.com/HCCCTamikaPalmer and questions for Palmer can be submitted by Wednesday to mvitale@hccc.edu with the subject line “Breonna Taylor.”
Breonna Taylor was one of the Black deaths who inspired Black Lives Matter protests nationwide during the summer of 2020.
By HUDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
February 6, 2021 at 6:16 AM
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February 6, 2021 at 6:16 AM
JERSEY CITY, NJ – Hudson County Community College (HCCC) will host Tamika Palmer, mother of Breonna Taylor, during a College Speaker Series event at 12 noon on Thursday, February 18, 2021.
HCCC Assistant Professor of History, Dorothy Anderson, and HCCC Director of Cultural Affairs, Michelle Vitale, will co-moderate the discussion with Ms. Palmer. The live Zoom event will open with a performance by Jersey City Poet Laureate Rashad Wright. The event will conclude with a virtual tour of the exhibition, “Azikiwe Mohammed: ‘Tales from Fold Out Chairs,’ and Rashad Wright: ‘in heaven’s Wakanda’,” which has been curated by Ysabel Pinyol Blasi and is being presented in partnership with Monira Foundation in the HCCC Benjamin J. Dineen and Dennis C. Hull Gallery.