http://sawcc.org Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:12:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thursday, July 8, 7-9 pm Join SAWCC for a reading in solidarity with American immigrants! South Asian writers Marina Budhos (author of Tell Us We're Home, Atheneum 2010), Tania James (Atlas of Unknowns, Knopf 2009), and Rinku Sen (The Accidental American, Berrett-Koehler 2008) will read from their recent work which ... http://sawcc.org/left-out-stories-of-immigration-and-exile/ Thursday, June 17, 6:30–8:30pm Reading and Reception Join the celebration of this ground-breaking anthology, the first collection of US poets from South Asia.  Newly published by the University of Arkansas Press, Indivisible brings together forty-nine American poets who trace their roots to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The poems gathered ... http://sawcc.org/indivisible/ SAWCC presents a panel discussion moderated by Professor Gayatri Gopinath (NYU), featuring DJ Ashu Rai (Sholay Productions) & DJ Rekha (Basement Bhangra) Impossible Communities A conversation on the emergence and history of a South Asian Queer Diaspora in NYC, and the use of party spaces as social and political interventions that help define immigrant communities in new hybrid formulations. Thursday, ... http://sawcc.org/impossible-communities/ Readings from the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective Wednesday, April 14, 7 pm The South Asian Women’s Creative Collective presents Look Left, an evening of readings featuring eclectic, left-of-center poetry and prose. Writers explore what it means to them to “look left,” whether it be traveling opposite of expectation or casting a glance out at ... http://sawcc.org/look-left/ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center 22-25 Jackson Ave at the intersection of 46th Ave Long Island City, NY 11101 (718) 784-2084 http://ps1.org/ Satuday Sessions April 3rd, 4-6pm Saturday Sessions on April 3rd is hosted by Jaishri Abichandani (SAWCC) and features an afternoon of music and dance with DJ Ashu Rai from Sholay Productions, Ammr Vandal from the Parul ... http://sawcc.org/ps1moma/ March 24 – May 1, 2010 Curated by Baseera Khan, BRIC Assistant Curator and SAWCC Board Member [caption id="attachment_1357" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Mala Iqbal, In Sight of Coconino, 2007. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 90 in."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1358" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Mala Iqbal, In Sight of Coconino, 2007. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 90 in."][/caption] Opening Reception: Wednesday, ... http://sawcc.org/a-wild-gander/ SAWCC is proud to present a panel discussion in conjunction with Domestic Policy, SAWCC’s 12th Annual Visual Arts Show. Domestic Policy covers a broad range of issues including business, education, energy, health care, law enforcement, money and taxes, natural resources, social welfare, and personal rights and freedoms. The discussion ... http://sawcc.org/domestic-policy-panel-discussion/ Domestic Policy Exhibition Dates: November 12 –December 12, 2009 Opening Reception: November 12, 2009, 6:30–8:30pm Panel Discussion: November 18, 2009, 7:00–9:00pm Conversation with panelists Dr. Gayatri Gopinath, Curator Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, and artists Vandana Jain, Divya Mehra and Sa’dia Rehman. Moderated by Dr. Radhika Subramaniam. at The Guild, NY 45 West 21st Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY ... http://sawcc.org/sawcc-2009-visual-art-show/ The South Asian Women's Creative Collective { SAWCC } is pleased to invite you to our { 3rd ANNUAL ART AUCTION BENEFIT } Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 The Guild Art Gallery, NYC 45 W. 21st Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10010 Cocktail Reception starts at 6:30 PM Silent Auction ends at 8:30 PM Afterparty with DJ Rekha 9:30 - ... http://sawcc.org/2009-art-auction-benefit/ Panel Discussion on Contemporary Pakistani Art Tuesday, September 29th, 7–9pm SAWCC is proud to present a panel discussion on Pakistani art and censorship. As contemporary Pakistani art quickly crosses borders and gains international leeway, local art production is nevertheless stifled by government manipulation and censorship. Acutely aware of the nation’s socio-economic ... http://sawcc.org/don%e2%80%99t-say-a-word-censorship-and-the-artist%e2%80%99s-process/