The Least Orthodox Goddess
Thursday, August 22, 2013, 6-9pm
An artist/curator exhibition walk-through and an open mic/rapid-fire reading that explore the embodiment of the female superhero. … Continue readingThe Least Orthodox Goddess
Category: Events
UNIFICATION 2013
Saturday, August 10, 2013, 10pm
The fifth annual UNIFICATION: A Demonstration for Peace in South Asia and at Home is New York’s largest annual demonstration for peace in South Asia. Highlighting the talent of the South Asian American community, we celebrate the region’s first major victories in the anti-colonial movement and stand in solidarity for peace in the region. … Continue readingUNIFICATION 2013
Process/Practice/Portfolio 2.0
Saturday, July 13th and Sunday July 14th, 2013
SAWCC presents Process/Practice/Portfolio 2.0, an intensive seminar for South Asian women visual artists and academics to meet SAWCC artists, curators, and arts professionals; participate in panels; present and receive feedback on their work; and tour artists’ studios. … Continue readingProcess/Practice/Portfolio 2.0
Illuminating Contemporary Feminisms in South Asia
Monday, April 29, 2013, 7-9pm
Given the recent media attention to gender-based violence in South Asia, SAWCC presents two projects that imagine and create feminist spaces in urban and rural South Asia: Shilpa Phadke’s novel, Why Loiter? Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets, and Monica Jahan Bose and Nandita Ahmed’s collaborative printmaking and story project, “Storytelling with Saris.” … Continue readingIlluminating Contemporary Feminisms in South Asia
Freedom. Safety. NOW! 2.0
Friday, March 8, 2013, 10 am-12 pm
Take a stand against sexual violence globally and regionally: Call for just reform of India’s rape laws! … Continue readingFreedom. Safety. NOW! 2.0
Be/Longing
Friday, March 1 – Saturday, April 13, 2013
SAWCC debuts in Washington, D.C., featuring ten South Asian women artists’ works that engage with the body, directly or metaphorically, whole or dismembered, to address the duality of female experience within the framework of a post-colonial, globalized world. … Continue readingBe/Longing