By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News
Published March 2, 2021 3:05pm The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and its branches on Tuesday conducted separate ceremonial vaccinations where at least 120 medical healthcare workers were inoculated againstCOVID-19. AFP spokesperson Major General Edgard Arevalo said at least 30 personnel are expected to get vaccinated by Sinovac s CoronaVac s vaccine in each health facility. At the Camp Aguinaldo General Hospital, among the first recipients of the shots were Office of Chief Nurse’s chief admin officer Lieutenant Colonel Jacquelyn Cloma, operations officer Major Francis Jan Andrade, and assistant chief nurse Major Dennis Delgado. Meanwhile, at the Manila Naval Hospital, the health facility’s commander, Colonel Puralyn, led the vaccination of Philippine Navy and Philippine Marines personnel.
Virtual Events in March
“THE BLACK INDEX”
For this exhibit, artists Dennis Delgado, Alicia Henry, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Titus Kaphar, Whitfield Lovell, and Lava Thomas created unexpected and unconventional depictions of Black subjects through drawings, performance art, prints, sculptures, and digital art that challenge traditional methods of portraiture. All of the works will be available for viewing through a virtual tour, and all related performances and lectures will be prerecorded and shared through the college’s website.
Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine, 949-824-2787, arts.uci.edu/boxoffice
MARCH 2
SMETANA TRIO
Originally founded in 1934, this piano trio has long been recognized as the top chamber ensemble from the Czech Republic. The current group with Jan Talich on violin, Jan Pálenícek on cello, and Jitka Cechová on piano has performed across the world and recorded 11 albums. The musicians will perform works by Beethoven, Dvorák, and Novák.
Openings and Closings: February 17 to February 23 Elizabeth Lanza
Scenes 55 and 56 of
the Bayeux Tapestry (Duke William lifts his helmet to be recognized on the battlefield of Hastings, Eustace II, Count of Boulogne points to him with his finger. In the bottom margin, a row of archers), c. 1070.
Image via Wikimedia Commons.
You’ve all heard of the Bayeux Tapestry the 11
th-century, 70-meter-long tapestry that depicts the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. Oh, you’re not familiar? Well, the good news is that the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux launched an online initiative that allows you not only to learn about the tapestry from home, but to explore its intricacies digitally. It has never been easier to see the loomwork, and viewers will never run out of details to investigate with 1500 individual designs and 58 scenes to explore. Or you can search for the seams that join all nine sections of the tapestry together. This monumental piece of history is well worth the sc
It came in response to death.
Bridget Cooks, an associate professor of African American studies and art history at UC Irvine, said in an interview Saturday that the idea for what is now “The Black Index,” an exhibition of works from six different artists that debuted Thursday, rose from an essay that she’d written for a textbook released just last year called “A Companion to Contemporary Drawing.”
The essay focused on the efforts of featured artists Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Titus Kaphar and Whitfield Lovell, whose work Cooks felt were invested in the beauty and survival of Black people. She gave a talk on her essay at Hunter College in New York about two years ago and was approached by Sarah Watson, the chief curator at Hunter College Art Galleries, to turn it into an exhibition.
Virtual-reality tour makes exhibition of Black art accessible to all
The works in Bridget R. Cooks’ exhibition, The Black Index, employ unexpected and unconventional depictions to make viewers aware of their own expectations of Black figuration. Cooks, a University of California, Irvine associate professor of African American studies and art history, organized and curated the exhibition, which debuts at UCI on Thursday, January 14.
A collection of works by six artists, Dennis Delgado, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Alicia Henry, Titus Kaphar, Whitfield Lovell and Lava Thomas, The Black Index sets out to question our reliance on photography as a source of objective documentation and understanding. Through various media, these artists offer an alternative practice a Black index that serves as a source of information about Black subjects, while also challenging viewers’ desires for classification.