3rd Annual Art Auction Benefit
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 6:30pm … Continue reading3rd Annual Art Auction Benefit
Category: Events
Don’t Say a Word: Censorship and the Artist’s Process
Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 7-9pm
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 state of affairs, controversial imagery as a means of commentary and communication is still gravely discouraged and suppressed. … Continue readingDon’t Say a Word: Censorship and the Artist’s Process
Beyond Gossip Girls: An Evening With Young Adult Authors
Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 7pm
Join SAWCC for a reading and discussion with young adult novelists Neesha Meminger and Sheba Karim. Meminger and Karim deal with issues ranging from the Sikh experience post-9/11 and single parenthood to body image and Muslim American identity, while providing cohesive narratives of South Asian American adolescences and their growing pains. … Continue readingBeyond Gossip Girls: An Evening With Young Adult Authors
A Change of Heart
Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 7-9 pm
“A Change of Heart” looks at performance poetry transformed within the queer South Asian experience. While looking back at the scene, how have we made it our own and transcended identity politics, and what happens now? For example, what other questions of visibility are still left unanswered, etc. … Continue readingA Change of Heart
Slide Slam 2009
Friday, April 24, 6:30-9 pm
The SAWCC Slide Slam 2009 is an amazing night celebrating artists and art lovers. Enjoy wine and appetizers during a stimulating conversation with Hamra Abbas, Vandana Jain, Pooneh Maghazehe, Divya Mehra, and Sonali Sridhar sharing their recent work followed by Q&A with the artists. … Continue readingSlide Slam 2009
Stranger Love
Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7, 2009
SAWCC’s sixth annual literary festival is a two-day series of readings, panel discussions, and writing workshops featuring South Asian writing that explores love between strangers and love that is strange. … Continue readingStranger Love