Talks

Seven Minutes on the B67 (May 22-June 29, 2019) | Artist Talk with Monica Jahan Bose: May 3, 7-9pm

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WHERE:Open Source Gallery306 17th StBrooklynNY 11215 Opening Reception/Iftar: May 22, 7-9pmArtist Talk: May 3, 7-9pm SAWCC co-presents Seven Minutes on the B67, a site-specific installation and social practice project by Monica Jahan Bose, presented by Open Source Gallery. Monica Jahan Bose’s work explores ideas about climate change and community by linking together communities across international borders as[…]

Screening of “A Suitable Girl” with Directors Sarita Khurana and Smriti Mundhra | Saturday, April 7, 2–5PM

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Date & time: Saturday, April 7, 2018, 2-5PM Venue: Queens Museum (New York City Building, Queens, 11368) Free and Open to the Public on a first come basis, no advance ticketing or RSVPs available. SAWCC co-presents Screening of A Suitable Girl with Directors Sarita Khurana and Smriti Mundhra on Saturday, April 7th, 2-5PM at Queens[…]

Between protest and pleasure: Feminists occupying public space | Saturday, February 10, 12-3PM

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Date & time: Saturday, February 10, 2018, 12-3 PM Location: NYU Department of Social & Cultural Analysis, 20 Cooper Sq, Fl 4th, New York, New York 10003 Please join us for a conversation that delineates strategies employed by South Asian feminists to occupy public space in South Asia as well as New York City. Shilpa Phadke,[…]

Apparatus of Power: Artist Talk with Shahzia Sikander | September 25, 6-8 PM

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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[…]

Transform Your Writing: Writing and Wellness Workshop with Sweta Vikram | June 3, 12-2 PM

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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[…]

Archival Resistance

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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,[…]