Slide Slam 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011, 7-9pm
SAWCC presents a slide slam with five visual artists working across genres to produce lyrical animations, installations, drawings, and paintings. … Continue readingSlide Slam 2011
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Closed Captioned
Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 7pm
Outsourced and Slumdog Millionaire have recently drawn South Asian faces into the mainstream. But while the New York Times uses these pieces as evidence that South Asians have finally “made it” in Western pop culture, breaking into the world of the screen still presents unique challenges for South Asians in film and television, particularly women, who remain a minority in the field. … Continue readingClosed Captioned
Open Heart/Closed Fist
Thursday, June 9, 2011, 7pm
Women of all faiths have joined radicals in solidarity, even as their own rights come under fire by conservative elements. But besides the images we see—women in hijab with their fists raised in Tahrir Square; women of all races with their fists raised in Madison—what about the women we don’t see, women who advocate for themselves and their sisters in the homes, gurudwaras, mosques, and temples? Neesha Meminger, Tejpreet Kaur, and Simran Kaur discuss the ways in which their works explore issues of faith and feminism as it pertains to the diaspora. … Continue readingOpen Heart/Closed Fist
Closing The Books
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 6:30pm
Personal finance expert Carmen Wong Ulrich gives advice on how to hand debt, investments, and everything in between in this financial workshop geared toward women artists and freelancers of South Asian descent. … Continue readingClosing The Books
Process / Practice / Portfolio
Saturday, March 26, 2011
SAWCC presents an opportunity for emerging visual artists with an intensive all-day seminar geared toward helping female South Asian visual artists who are committed to their practice to meet established artists, curators, and arts professionals; participate in a slide slam; receive individual portfolio reviews; and tour artists’ studios. … Continue readingProcess / Practice / Portfolio
Parallel Urbanism
Monday, February 28, 2011
Major decisions that affect design and planning of cities are made by urban planners, policymakers, and real estate owners, while local people don’t have much say in how their city is being planned, designed, or restructured. This panel hopes to explore the middle ground between local people and decision-makers … … Continue readingParallel Urbanism