2014 Annual FLASC Symposium Moca @ The Crossroads

2014 Annual FLASC Symposium 

2014 Annual FLASC Symposium  Moca @ The Crossroads

What happens when politics of class and culture collide? 

Saturday, June 14, 2014  |  4 - 8 pm

MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, NORTH MIAMI

770 NE 125 Street, North Miami, FL 33161

While communities across the United States are becoming more diverse, more globally connected and less territorialized, artistic institutions that are entrenched in frozen concepts of representation, interpretation, communication, programming and access; not only have less relevance within their communities,  but find themselves in conflict with the very people for whom they were created.

Join some of the nations leading art scholars as they present the latest information and ideas and delve into the salient questions:

What role can artists and art institutions play with residents who live in an 

increasingly globalized and continually de-territorialized world? 

How can artists and art institutions organize sociopolitical and cultural 

dis/order with this globalized existence?

SPEAKERS

Houston Baker

Distinguished Professor, Vanderbilt University

Jessy Benjamin

Kennesaw State University 

Linda Carty

Syracuse University

William Cordova

Artist, Yale University

Margo Natalie Crawford

Cornell University 

Carole Boyce Davies

Cornell University

Jose Gutierrez

Miami Triennial 

Redell Hearn 

John Hopkins University 

Pete Wayne Lewis

University of Massachusetts 

Satya Mohanty

Cornell University   

Nkiru Nzegwu

New York State University at Binghamton

Alfredo Triff

Miami Dade College/University of Miami

For more information, please call  305.893.6511 x 12110

Haiti After the Earthquake

This is the first in a series of discussions focusing on the impact of natural and man-made disasters on culture and the role artists play in the aftermath of abrupt ruptures with the past. Panelists will discuss what was lost culturally in Haiti, what was saved, and how regional and international financial and philanthropic intervention drives new paths of creativity and the dissemination and interpretation of culture.


PANELISTS:

• Alexandra Barbot, Artist, Director, Haitian Historical Museum and Archives
• Philippe Dodard, Artist and Director of the National School of Arts in Haiti
• Jean-Germain Gros, Associate Professor Political Science and Public Policy, University of Missouri, St. Louis
• Babacar M’bow, Independent Curator, Managing Editor, Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora
• Gregory Vorbe, Artist
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HONOREE:    EDWIDGE DANTICAT 


Author Edwidge Danticat will receive the Dodard “Work of the Year” award for her attachment to and promotion of Haiti, its people and culture. For over 10 years, Philippe Dodard, one of Haiti’s leading artists, has dedicated a painting to a fellow Haitian working in the humanities as an expression of solidarity in the struggle for a better tomorrow. Dodard stated, “Edwidge Danticat's body of work has provided. Breath, Eye and Memory" in an articulation of what we all have in common ----our humanity making thereby the world a much better place. As our country re-engages once again in its quest for a better tomorrow Danticat's work and life provide an example to all of us particularly the young generation. She has articulated with brilliancy our hopes and dreams, our tears and bursts of laughter.”



ON VIEW: THE LUMINOUS BREATH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT: DONNA KARAN AND PHILIPPE DODARD


This exhibition on view from May 16 – June 20 focuses on the interactivity between fashion designer Donna Karan and Haitian artist Philippe Dodard.  Known for his fusion of Caribbean mythological iconography with Modern art, Dodard’s strong graphic ink wash paintings inspired Donna Karan’s Spring 2012 Collection.  The MOCA exhibition brings together dresses from the Donna Karan Spring 2012 Collection with Dodard’s paintings.





Moderated by Bonnie Clearwater, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art. Introduction by Daniel Fils-Aime, Chairman, Haitian-American Historical Society.


Admission is free. Seating is limited. For reservations and information, call 305 893 6211 or visit www.mocanomi.org.


The discussion will also be streamed live on MOCA’s website. www.mocanomi.org/live-stream


To submit your own questions for the panel, email us at MOCAPanelDiscussion@gmail.com


Image source: http://www.mocanomi.org/?p=2423