Upcoming Talk
Sunday, January 20, 2008. 1pm – 4pm
GIRLS GONE WILD: Tupperware Parties to Riot Grrrls
Feminine Mystique Panel @ Jersey City Museum
This panel features four artists from the Feminine Mystique exhibition--Alison Weld, Aliza Augustine, Jessica Lagunas, and Swati Khurana--representing various generations of women artists. Each artist will discuss the role of feminist studies or texts in their works. Dr. Midori Yoshimoto, Associate Professor, Art Department, New Jersey City University, leads the discussion.
~~ www.jerseycitymuseum.org ~~
with exhibition
Feminine Mystique @ Jersey City Musuem
curator: Rocío Aranda-Alvarado
Jersey City Museum
350 Montgomery Street
at the corner of Monmouth Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302
T. 201.413.0303
Artists: Gema Alava-Crisostomo, Louise Bourgeois, Aliza Augustine, Shelly Bahl, Sandra Bermúdez, Caroline Burton, Pam Cooper, Mary Beth Edelson, Carson Fox, Nancy Friedemann, Ayakoh Furukawa, Heather Hart, Swati Khurana, Jessica Lagunas, Megan Maloy, Jeanette May, Esperanza Mayobre, Jennifer Mazza, Margaret Murphy, Adrian Piper, Babs Reingold, Justine Reyes, Kara Rooney, Rachael Serbinski, Lorna Simpson, Jennifer Sullivan, Juana Valdes, Alison Weld, NoelleLorraine Williams, and Meghan Wood.
Upcoming Exhibition
Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 4:30 pm
"Passage to New Jersey: Women Artists of the South Asian Diaspora in Our Midst": Panel Discussion
Mabel Smith Douglass Room, Douglass Library
8 Chapel Drive, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
RSVP: events@rci.rutgers.edu
Panel discussion moderated by V. G. Julie Rajan of the Women & Gender Studies Department, Rutgers University, featuring artists Siona Benjamin, Anuradha Das, Swati Khurana, with curators and scholars.
"Passage to Jersey: Women Artists of the South Asian Diaspora in our Midst"
curators: Dr. Ferris Olin & Professor Judith K. Brodsky
January 15 – July 31, 2008
Brodsky Center Gallery, Heldrich Conference Center
10 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Gallery hours: 9 am - 5 pm; weekdays
Artists: Siona Benjamin, Anuradha Das, Priya Kambli, Swati Khurana, & Ela Shah.
~~ http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/exhibits/dana_womens.shtml ~~
(in conjunction with "Tiger by the Tail! Women Artists of India Transforming Culture"
Tuesday, January 15 - Thursday, July 31, 2008
Mabel Smith Douglass Library Galleries
8 Chapel Drive, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Artists: Navjot Altaf, Arpana Caur, Kanchan Chander, Sheba Chhachhi, Anita Dube, Sonia Khurana, Pushpamala N., Gogi Saroj Pal, Shukla Sawant, & Arpita Singh.
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”Cost of Living” with Chanika Svetilas
International Resource Center Gallery,
Queens Public Library
January 23 – April 14, 2008
89-11 Merrick Boulevard @ Jamaica, NY
~~ http://www.queenslibrary.org/gallery/ ~~
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"Exploding the Lotus"
curator: Jaishri Abichandani & Jane Hart
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
February 29 - May 25, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday Feb. 28 from 6-9 pm
Artists: Jaishri Abichandani, Rina Banerjee, Anna Bhushan, Ansuman Biswas ZERO GENIE, Mareena Daredia, Chitra Ganesh, Runa Islam, Vandana Jain, Rajkamal Kahlon, Jesal Kapadia, Swati Khurana, Bari Kumar, Naeem Mohaiemen, Prema Murthy, Yamini Nayar, Sa ’dia Rehman, Mithu Sen, Seher Shah, Jaret Vadera
~~ http://artandculturecenter.org/exploding-the-lotus ~~
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"Aljira's Emerge 9"
Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art , Newark NJ
Summer 2008
Artists: Hima B., Firelei Baez, Soyeon Cho, Helen Dennis, Oasa DuVerney, Jeff Feld, Beth Gilfilen, Clare Grill, Juan Hinojosa, Swati Khurana, Beth Krebs, Barbara Landes, Sujin Lee, Sungmi Lee, Elizabeth Livingston, Ivan Monforte, Dominic Miller,
Meridith Pingree, Ronny Quevedo, Rene Smith, Bisa Washington, Rachael Wren
~~ http://www.aljiraemerge9.com/ ~~
Upcoming Projects
"Unsuitable Girls: The Awards Ceremony"
Video Project through BCAT/Rotunda Gallery
with Anjali Bhargava
January & February 2008
"The Stories We Tell" (tentative title)
Experimental video program at Art in General
for New York South Asian Arab American Film Festival
with SAWCC & Alwan Center for the Arts
Tuesday March 11, 2008
"Sandarbh U.S."
International Artist Residency Program
Moultrie, Georgia
March 2008