I'll be speaking on a panel of recipients of the Urban Artist Initiative Grant (UAI/NYC) on Friday (see panel titled in bold below). Twenty minutes of rough scenes from Enemy Alien will be on view at the exhibit, which runs most of the summer.
-- Konrad

The Bronx Council on the Arts and Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos proudly present:

OTHER, OTHER…
Curated by Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
On view at Longwood Art Gallery from June 4 thru August 7, 2008 Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street
2, 4 5 trains and Bx1, Bx19 buses to 149th Street/Grand Concourse

Wednesday, June 4 from 5-9pm
Opening Reception and Bronx Culture Trolley

Friday, June 6
6:00pm – 8:00pm
The Importance of Intermediaries and Panelists in the Urban Artist Initiative process UAI Artists, Panelist and Representatives from the UAI coordinating committee will discuss the grantsmanship process, challenges and recommendations. Panel: Konrad Aderer, Alván Colón, Duron Jackson, Linda Walton. Moderator: Ted Berger

Saturday, June 7th, 2008
12:00 – 1:30pm - The Big Picture: The Changing Demographics of NYC – Impact on Culture -This panel will discuss recent and present demographic studies that provide a new perspective on the way the city will look in the future. It will discuss how these changes are reflected in the work of artists and the implications such changes present for the creative community and the broader community. Panel: Dr. Yasmin Ramirez, Tomie Arai, Dr.Anna Magonson, Omar Freilla. Moderator: Kinshsha Conwill.

1:45-3:15pm – Diversity and Class Within Diversity–Increasing demographic changes within diverse communities add to the complexities of understanding and recognizing the range of ethnicities and cultures. What are the implications for the arts community? Panel: Wallace Edgecombe, Juan Sanchez and Dread Scott. Moderator: Ron Kavanaugh.

3:30 – 5:00pm – Implications for Cultural and Public Policy – This panel will highlight ways cultural and public policy presently responds to changing demographics and suggest ways of responding in the future. It will also discuss our collective responsibility to work towards chance in public policy. Panel: Rocio Alvarez-Aranda, Kinshasha Conwill, Heather Hilzharno. Moderator: William Aguado.

5:30-7:00pm – Reception at the Longwood Art Gallery.

7:00pm- Performance at Hostos Performing Arts Center – Celebrando LaTorva Boricua – A salute to the 51st National Puerto Rican Day Parade and to the city of Lajas, Puerto Rico with Victoria Sanabria “La diosa de la trova” and Prodigio Clausdio, Maestro del cuatro. Admission $15. Box office and information: 718-518-4455

OTHER, OTHER…features works by 18 artists of African, Asian, and Latino ancestry working in drawing, installation, mixed media, painting, performance art, photography, sculpture and video, and represent a sampling of 2007 and 2008 Urban Artist Initiative Grant (UAI/NYC) recipients visual arts and media.

Participating artists Konrad Aderer, Karina Aguilera-Skvirsky, Keith Anderson, Tomie Arai, Cat Chow, Nicolás Dumit Estévez, Edwin Gonzalez-Ojeda, Skowmon Hastanan, Wennie Huang, Janelle Iglesias, Duron Jackson, Teru Kuwayama, Jessica Lagunas, Alfonso Muñoz, Juan Sanchez, Dread Scott, Shen Wei, and Injoo Whang

OTHER, OTHER… refers to the varying degrees of “Otherness” that artists of color reflect within the issues of multilayered representations (or misrepresentations), classification of identity and visibility.

Sponsored for Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture and The Bronx Council on the Arts

This exhibition is made possible with funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts-Visual Arts Program, AG Foundation and Carnegie Corporation

Free Admission

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Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street
2, 4 5 trains and Bx1, Bx19 buses to 149th Street/Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10451
Information: 718.518.4455