Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center Announces Events to Accompany Exhibition ''Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa''.Entertainment Editors/Arts Writers STANFORD, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2001 The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor B. Gerald Cantor ( January 17 1916– July 17 1996 ) was the founder and chairman of securities firm Cantor Fitzgerald and an important philanthropist supporting the visual arts institutions in the United States. Center for Visual Arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → at Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. presents the exhibition "Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. " through Jan. 6, 2002, with a schedule of related programs. Admission to "Liberated Voices" and the programs is free. The exhibition, organized by the Museum for African Art The Museum for African Art is located in the neighborhood of Long Island City in the borough of Queens in New York City (USA). Founded in 1984, the museum is "dedicated to increasing public understanding and appreciation of African art and culture. in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , includes nearly 60 works made by 13 ethnically diverse artists since apartheid's end in 1994. "Liberated Voices" begins with Resistance Art -- the politically inspired movement that flourished during apartheid -- then explores major trends in contemporary South African art African art, art created by the peoples south of the Sahara. The predominant art forms are masks and figures, which were generally used in religious ceremonies. that followed the change in government. The art communicates universal themes: the struggle against oppression, the quest for self-determination, individual and collective responsibility for silence in the face of injustice, forgiveness and healing, and the power of grassroots expression to effect social change and the maintenance of dignity despite overwhelming odds. In conjunction with the exhibition, the Cantor Arts Center presents the following programs: -- Screening of Long Night's Journey into Day, Nov. 3, 18, 24, free, at 1 and 3 p.m. -- This 94-minute video, made in 2000 by Deborah Hoffmann and Frances Reid, follows several South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases over a two-year period. The stories in the film underscore the universal themes of conflict, forgiveness and renewal. Visit web site www.newsreel.org/films/longni ght.htm for more about this video, which won the Grand Prize for Best Documentary at the 2000 Sundance Festival and the American Library Association Booklist's Editor's Choice Award for best video of 2000. -- Performance by dancers from South Africa and workshop, Sunday, Nov. 11, free -- Umzansi Dancers (Siyazi Preton Zulu, Myaka Mcabango and Phillemon Hamole) will perform at 1 and 3 p.m. and lead an open workshop at 2 p.m. No registration is required. Sponsored by the Committee on Black Performing Arts and the Stanford Humanities Center in conjunction with the Rockefeller Fellowships in Black Performing Arts at the Humanities Center. -- Free tours of "Liberated Voices," Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. and Sundays at 2 and 3:15 p.m. throughout the exhibition -- Tours do not require a reservation for groups of 10 or fewer; call 650/723-3469 to request tours for larger groups. In addition to the events accompanying the "Liberated Voices" exhibition, the Cantor Arts Center offers "Storytelling at the Center," a day of storytelling and other activities on Sunday, Nov. 4, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The program is open to visitors of all ages and is free. No registration is required; visitors are invited to drop in at any time. The day's schedule will be available in the lobbies. Cantor Arts Center Visitor Information HOURS: The Center is open Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday until 8 p.m. ADMISSION IS FREE. LOCATION: The Cantor Arts Center is on the Stanford University campus off Palm Drive, at Lomita Drive and Museum Way. PARKING: Parking in most areas is free after 4 p.m. and on weekends. Weekdays there is limited pay parking in front of the Center on Lomita Drive and in the parking structure at Roth Way and Campus Drive. PUBLIC INFORMATION: Call 650/723-4177 for information or visit the Center's web site at www.stanford.edu/dept/ccva. "Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa" was curated by Frank Herreman and assisted by Mark D'Amato. It is made possible by generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Independent agency of the U.S. government that supports the creation, dissemination, and performance of the arts. It was created by the U.S. , a federal agency, and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York. It was established in 1960 through a bill introduced in the New York State Legislature by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell (1905-1996), with backing from Governor Nelson . Major funding has been provided by grants from the Department of Trade and Industry The Department of Trade and Industry was a United Kingdom government department which was disbanded with the announcement of the creation of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on 28 June 2007[1]. , South Africa; the LEF LEF Life Extension Foundation LEF Leading Edge Forum (CSC) LEF Local Education Funds LEF Literacy Empowerment Foundation LEF Library Exchange Format (Cadence Design Systems) Foundation; Jason H. Wright; and Jerome and Ellen Stern. The exhibition's presentation at Stanford is overseen by Dr. Manuel Jordan, Wattis Curator of the Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, and is made possible by the Phyllis Wattis Program Fund. The media is invited to contact Anna Koster for publicity images and more information. Anna Koster, Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Manager Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University Phone: 650-725-4657 Email: akoster@stanford.edu |
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