A Decolonizing Vision Speaker Series artist talk with visual artist Shahzia Sikander Date & Time: Monday, September 25, 2017, 6-8 PM Organizer: NYU Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality Venue: 285 Mercer Street, 4th Floor This event is free & open to the public. Venue is accessible. This talk will explore Sikander’s pioneering practice that takes classical[…]
Date & Time: Thursday, July 13, 2017, 6-8 PM Organizer: A/P/A Institute at NYU Venue: NYU Global Center, Grand Hall, 238 Thompson Street, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10012 Registration is free! RSVP here. In 1997, DJ Rekha (Rekha Malhotra), brought her love of bhangra and hip-hop to the New York City party scene and launched[…]
Image courtesy of Sweta Vikram Date & Time: Saturday, June 3, 2017, 12-2 PM Place: Asian American Writers’ Workshop, 112 West 27th Street (between 6th & 7th Avenues), New York, NY 100010 Workshop Fee: $10 Limited spaces available, advance sign-up required. To sign up, send a brief email stating your interest to info@sawcc.org Many obstacles[…]
Image courtesy of Sa’dia Rehman When your head is spinning from the alternative facts that a bumbling, fascist government is throwing your way, come out and set the record, your mind, and your body straight with some good old-fashioned truth-telling and dancing. This year, to celebrate 20 years of arts and resistance, SAWCC is hosting[…]
The South Asian Women’s Creative Collective (SAWCC) is pleased to present Archival Resistance, an afternoon of discussion, strategy-sharing and artistic activation in conjunction with our 20th anniversary visual arts exhibition, Archival Alchemy. At a moment when South Asian communities, women, and immigrant neighborhoods like the Lower East Side are being targeted by an evidence-averse administration,[…]
With Saisha Grayson at Abrons Arts Center, April 27th, 6:30-8PM Join Saisha Grayson, SAWCC’s 2017 visual arts exhibition curator, for a walkthrough of Archival Alchemy at Abrons Arts Center on April 27, 6:30-8PM. This tour will provide visitors with details about the exhibition, the artworks on view, and insight into Grayson’s curatorial process. Saisha Grayson[…]