FAQ
5/10/2008
Film: Asian and Asian American Independent Feminist Shorts
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor
Felix Endara, filmmaker and programmer for DocuClub at Arts Engine, presents a collection of independent feminist shorts by Asian and Asian American filmmakers that explore identity and culture. A question-and-answer session follows the screening.
5/31/2008
Talks and Tours: Panel Discussion: Envisioning Japan—Portrayals of Women, Beauty, and the Erotic
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor
This panel discussion examines the varied representations of gender and sexuality as they are manifested in both historic and contemporary Japanese art and popular culture with Sarah Thompson, Assistant Curator of Japanese Prints, Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Nina Cornyetz, author of Dangerous Women, Deadly Words: Phallic Fantasy and Modernity in Three Japanese Writers; Midori Yoshimoto, author of Into Performance: Japanese Women Artists in New York; and Noriko Shinohara, Japanese artist. The panel is moderated by Eric C. Shiner, independent curator.
6/1/2008
Talks and Tours: Panel Discussion: Gen X, Gen Y, Baby Boomers, and Traditionalists
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Generation X, Generation Y, Baby Boomers, and Traditionalists—these are the current descriptors of the ages of female activists. Join four women of Gen X and Y as they consider activism and women's issues today. Sharna Goldseker, Vice President of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies and Director of 21/64 moderates a panel with Ai-jen Poo, Lead Organizer of Domestic Workers United and Associate Director of CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities; Olivia Greer, Associate Producer of Culture Project and Founder of EMANCIPATE; and Kyung Ji Rhee, Director of Prison Moratorium.
6/15/2008
Talks and Tours: Artist Talk: "The Inspiration of Activism in Art"
2:00 p.m.
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor
Feminist artist Cristina Biaggi will discuss the impact her political involvement has had on her artwork and writing.
6/21/2008
Film: Film and Discussion—"American Women in the Political Process"
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor
Examining over 100 years of women's involvement in the democratic process, Dr. Kay Sloan presents and discusses her film Suffragettes in Silent Cinema with Melissa Messina, curator of Votes for Women; and writer and television producer Coline Jenkins.
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum