Tag: arts
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All of Us or None: Responses & Resistance to Militarism
All of Us or None: Responses & Resistance to Militarism Across the globe, militarism directly impacts all of our lives. The American Friends Service Committee’s new traveling exhibition, All of Us or None, examines the effects of militarism at both the foreign and domestic policy levels. It also highlights alternatives and positive nonviolent solutions. Exhibition: …
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Dee Craig’s latest mural in Northern Ireland
Lee Smithey had the opportunity to meet up in Belfast, Northern Ireland with Dee Craig a couple of weeks ago. Dee is the artist who painted the mural on the Science Center here at Swarthmore. (See photos, video, and more.) Here is his latest piece on the Newtownards Road in East Belfast! Dee sends warm…
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ShaKea Alston ’17 Receives Coveted Arts Internship
Congratulations to ShaKea Alston ’17, a special major in Peace and Conflict Studies and Dance for winning a coveted arts internship during which she will be working at the documentary company POV, which many of you may associate with PBS public television. This story was initially posted by the News and Information Office. By Ryan…
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Theatre of Witness: Bearing Witness to Stories of Suffering, Transformation, and Peace
Theatre of Witness: Bearing Witness to Stories of Suffering, Transformation, and Peace A Public Presentation by Teya Sepinuck Monday, February 9th, 7 pm Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema Swarthmore College (directions) Free and Open to the Public Join Teya Sepinuck, founder and Artistic Director of Theatre of Witness for an inspiring multi-media program of films…
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Radical Democracy and Humanism: Intersections between Performance and Action
It is our privilege to be a co-sponsor of events in the David Dorfman Performance Residency! RADICAL DEMOCRACY AND HUMANISM: INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN PERFORMANCE AND ACTION WITH DAVID DORFMAN DANCE AND OTHERS Swarthmore College (Departments and Programs of Music and Dance, Black Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Theatre, and the Lang Center for Civic and Social…
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“Stop Telling Women to Smile” with artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
“Stop Telling Women to Smile” with artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh November 19th and 20th, 2014 Join the Womyn’s Resource Center and artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh in conversation around street harassment and art in activism. “Stop Telling Women to Smile” is an art series by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. The work attempts to address gender based street harassment by placing…
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Muralist Dee Craig Leaves His Mark at Swarthmore
by Sam Cleaves ’14 November 26, 2013 Swarthmore News and Information Office http://www.swarthmore.edu/muralist-dee-craig-leaves-his-mark-at-swarthmore.xml David “Dee” Craig, a prolific mural artist from Northern Ireland, created a large mural that is now mounted on the southeast end of the College’s Science Center. Craig’s work was facilitated by the Mellon Tri-College Creative Residencies Program. Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,…
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Mural launch at Swarthmore College
Mellon Creative Residency Mural Launch Tuesday, November 12, 2013 12:00 Noon Science Center Wall closest to DuPont Parking Lot (Directions) The large mural being painted on Swarthmore’s campus by Mellon Creative Resident, David “Dee” Craig, will be launched on TUESDAY, November 12 at 12:00 NOON on the southeast corner of the Swarthmore College Science Center…
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Public Conversation with mural artist Dee Craig
We would like to thank the crowd of over 50 swarthmore faculty, staff, and students who attended the public conversation with Dee Craig on Thursday afternoon in McCabe Library. We appreciated the thoughtful dialogue and we look forward to much more of the same over the coming weeks of Dee’s residency at the Tri-Colleges. Many…
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Video of Collage Installation in Kohlberg Hall
As part of the Mellon Creative Residency that we are sponsoring, Paul Downie of the Community Arts Center near campus introduced Dee Craig to a mural arts technique yesterday by creating a collage on the second floor of Kohlberg Hall. You can continue to follow the residency as it develops at http://bit.ly/craigstory Mellon Creative Residency…