Spring 2010
Arts & Lecture Events
CSUSM is pleased to present the annual Arts & Lectures Series. Our spring line-up offers an array of stimulating events that will spark the intellect and imagination.
Programming is generated through a call for proposals in February and co-sponsorship is encouraged. Events are made possible by funding from Instructionally Activities Fees.
FEBRUARY
ARTIST TALK/DANCE
Building Community Through Dance
Eveoke Dance Theatre
WED Feb 3 @ 7pm in ARTS 111
Eveoke Dance Theatre kicks off a 3 day-3 campus NCHEA residency with a lecture-demonstration about social action through arts education, evocative performance, and community building.
Sponsored by North County Higher Education Alliance
PERFORMANCE/LECTURE
A Boy, A Girl, A Virus and the Relationship That Happened Anyway
TUES Feb 9 @ 6pm in Clarke 113
Shawn Decker and Gwenn Barringer highlight issues of safe sex, intimacy, and communication between partners and the medical realities of HIV infection in a presentation of witty and thoughtful performances. Co-sponsored by SHCS/HOPE, The Clarke/USUAB, and ASI CAB
Artist Book Talk & Demo
Terrilynn Quick
WED Feb 10 @ 5:30 in Arts 342
Artist Terrilynn Quick will share the history of artist books and examples of her own handmade works. A workshop follows her talk. If you'd like to participate in the workshop please bring craft items such as: exacto knife and blades, scissors, straight edge ruler, glue stick (archival) papers of all kinds: ticket stubs, journal pages, old love letters you wouldn't mind transforming, etc,
ribbons, small shells, beads, paints, crayons, colored pencils, charcoal, chalks, stamps, small knick knacks and trinkets, photos, images, etc.
ARTIST TALK/EXHIBIT
“Mama Dada”- The Life of Beatrice Wood
Presented by David VanGilder
WED Feb 17 @ 6pm at the McMahon House
Archivist David VanGilder shares personal stories about the remarkable life of Beatrice Wood (1893-1998), whose artwork spanned the 20th century. Selected works will be on exhibit for this evening only.
FILM
SD/TJ DANCEonFILM Festival
Festival de VIDEODANZA
WED Feb 24 @ 6pm in Arts 111
CSUSM will co-host DANCEonFILM's third annual festival of experimental short dance films from around the world. Produced in partnership with SDSU, Tijuana Cultural Center, and Dance Films Association of NY.
MARCH
THEATRE
I Was Raised Mexican
Sayda Trujillo
WED Mar 3 @ 7pm in Arts 111
International performer Sayda Trujillo brings her original solo performance about cultural stereotypes. The story takes place in east L.A., where a Guatemalan teenager is viewed by her community as a Mexican. Questions of identity peel open and expose issues of home and immigration.
MUSIC/DANCE
PASACAT Philippine Performing Arts Company
WED Mar 10 @ 7pm in Arts 111
Since 1969, PASACAT has preserved and promoted Filipino culture through the arts. Come celebrate history and culture through live music, dance, and discussion!
LECTURE/BOOK SIGNING
The Snake Dance of Asian American Activism: Community, Vision & Power
Kim Geron
THUR Mar 11 @ 1:15 in Commons 206
Political Scientist and co-author Kim Geron discusses his book, The Snake Dance of Asian American Activism: Community, Vision & Power. This pivotal research describes the Asian American Movement’s dramatic impact on the direction of Asian American political and social activity beginning in the 1960’s. Book signing will follow.
SPOKEN WORD/PERFORMANCE
Becoming the Subject of Your Own Story - Rather Than the Object of Another's Gaze!
Kimberly Dark
TUES Mar 16 @ 7pm in Arts 111
Join spoken word performer and sociologist Kimberly Dark for a fun and illuminating evening in celebration of Women’s History Month. Kimberly addresses body image and sexuality to help you see yourself and share your gifts as a more powerful person.
DANCE
Locally Grown Dance Series
Liam Clancy
WED Mar 24 @ 7pm in Arts 111
San Diego-based choreographer, Liam Clancy blends dance improvisation, theater, vaudeville and circus to create fresh new works!
APRIL
LECTURE
Picking Up the Pieces: When Does a War Really End? Some Feminist Clues
Cynthia Enloe
THUR Apr 8 @ 12pm in Clarke 113
Professor Cynthia Enloe is recognized around the world for her work on U.S militarization/war and gender relations. Her widely-acclaimed publications are many including: The Curious Feminist (2004) and Globalization and Militarism: Feminists Make the Link (2007). Enloe will be speaking about her latest project, an incisive analysis of the gendered dimensions of the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
LECTURE
The Audacity of Races and Genders
Zillah Eisenstein
THUR Apr 8 @ 5:30pm in Clarke 113
With her relentlessly anti-racist feminist narrative, author Zillah Eisenstein engages the
2008 election of Barack Obama as a key historical moment. She uncovers the shiftings and changes surrounding race, gender, and class to look for the “newly new” political configurations that can create a politics of and for the globe.
THEATRE
Crónica de Fuente Ovejuna
MON Apr 19 @ 6pm & 8:30pm
(2 performances) in Arts 111
Crónica de Fuente Ovejuna is an innovative take on Lope De Vega’s world-famous 17th-century Spanish play about power and unity. The play deals with love, honor, and the potential for “common folk” to make big changes in unfortunate circumstances.
Performance will be in Spanish.
SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE/LECTURE
YOU'RE GONNA CRY
How could gentrification be violent if artists started it?
Paul Flores
TUES Apr 20 @ 7pm in ARTS 111
Exploring the intersection of urban culture, Hip-Hop, Spanglish and transnational identity,
prominent spoken word performer, playwright, and professor Paul S. Flores will perform
and discuss the cultural flow between the US and Latin America and its influence on
a new generation of Latino artists. Raised in Chula Vista, and based in San Francisco, Flores'
performance projects have taken him from HBO's Def Poetry to Havana, Cuba, Mexico City,
and El Salvador. He is author of the novel Along the Border Lies, and his most recent play
REPRESENTA! was directed by Danny Hoch and presented by the Hip-Hop Theater Festival 2007.
MUSIC
Fresh Piano
Peter Gach
TUES Apr 27 @ Noon Arts 111
A performance of new music by pianist Dr. Peter Gach, Palomar College’s exceptional artist-in-residence. This performance celebrates the release of Dr. Gach’ new CD from Innova Records, Fresh Piano: New Keyboard Music from Southern California. Joining Dr. Gach will be composers Ellen Weller and Madelyn Byrne (Palomar College) and William Bradbury (CSUSM).
MAY
FILM
Free Land (Preview screening)
Minda Martin
MON May 3 @ 7pm in Arts 240
Free Land is a personal historical documentary that examines what it means to be constantly looking for opportunity in America. Using family history of homelessness and displacement, Martin examines the unfulfilled promise of "The Land of The Free" and reveals how the search for free land has geographically and psychically uprooted people created social inequalities and left legacies of emptiness.
