Puerto Rico and the American Dream

The Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) was a favorite surrealist game from the 1920s onwards. The game involves multiple participants contributing to a single drawing. Traditionally, the participants create their section of the drawing and then cover it so the next person is drawing blind. Only after all participants have finished is the drawing unfolded and revealed.

The Paul Robeson Galleries has played the Exquisite Corpse game with 92 artists of the region to produce 30 drawings to mark our 30th Anniversary.This exhibition will literally manifest Paul Robeson Galleries mission
of inclusivity, participation, and community outreach.

This exhibition is on display at from November 19, 2009 – April 8, 2010

The Paul Robeson Galleries are located in the Robeson Campus Center,
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey,
350 Dr Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Telephone +1 973 353 1610 Fax +1 973 353 5912

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Closing Reception: Friday March 5, 2010 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Exhibit January 15 – Sunday March, 14, 2010

Wednesday, March 10 at 7:00pm-11:00pm
Anthology Film Archives

PROGRAM
1. Special Presentation: THE RÊ BORDOSA DOSSIER, (O Dossiê Rê Bordosa), by Cesar Cabral. (Brazil, 2008, 16 Minutes, 35mm, stop motion animation)
2. Tereza, by Paula Szutan e Renata Terra.
(Brazil, 2008, 17 Minutes, 35mm)
3. Day-in Day-Out (Cotidiano) by Joana Mariani.
( Brazil, 2008, 17 Minutes, 35mm)
4. A Bit of a Chat (Um Dedo de Prosa), by Gabriela Damasceno.
(Brazil, 2008, 14 Minutes, Video)
5- While We Are Sleeping (Enquanto Estamos Dormindo) by Verginia Grando.
(Brazil, 2008, 20 Minutes, 35mm)
6. The Fourth Season (A Quarta Estação) by Cristiane Bourger.
(USA, 2007, 5 Minutes, Video)
7. Own Fabrication: The Disorder of Desire (Fabricação Própria:A Desordem do Desejo) by Carol Thomé
(Brazil, 2007, 13 Minutes, Video)
8. Dislocated (Deslocadas) by Eliza Capai.
(Brazil/USA, 2007, 13 Minutes, Video)
9. Meditation on Carnaval (Meditação no Carnaval) by Ana Costa Ribeiro.
(Brazil,2008, 15 Minutes, Video)

March 18 – May 1, 2010 – EXTENDED TO MAY 15
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 18, 6-8pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, April 10, 3pm

MediaNoche
1355 Park Avenue, Corner Store
(entrance on East 102nd Street)
NYC
212.828.0401
www.medianoche.us

The glamour of the 1960s and 1970s New York will be back this March 31 when Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) presents, Superstar!: A Tribute to Mario Montez.

The inaugural event of a new series titled “Artists at the Center,” Superstar! is a one-day conference to celebrate and foster discussion about the career of one of the most gifted performers of New York’s underground film and theater scene of the 1960s and 1970s, Mario Montez.

For the first time in 30 years, Montez will return to New York to talk about his work and his life. “The Center is thrilled to be the site of this historic conference,” notes CSER’s director Frances Negrón-Muntaner. “Not only is the conference a long overdue tribute to Mr. Montez, it will also engage with the questions of how the cultural practices of this period still offer possibilities to us in the present and how Latinos significantly contributed to shaping New York’s theater and film scene during this extraordinarily rich cultural moment.”

Born in Puerto Rico in 1935, Montez moved to New York when he was eight. As a performer, he first appeared in director Jack Smith’s underground queer classic Flaming Creatures in 1962 and later became Andy Warhol’s first drag superstar, starring in twelve of Warhol’s films. Montez was also a favorite of the queer theater underground, appearing in plays by Charles Ludlam and John Vaccaro of the Playhouse of the Ridiculous.

Program highlights include opening remarks by Negrón-Muntaner; roundtables with scholars Callie Angell, Douglas Crimp, Arnaldo Cruz Malavé, Ronald Gregg, Branden Joseph, and Ricardo Montez; screenings of films by Andy Warhol and José Rodríguez Soltero; a live performance featuring performance art legend Carmelita Tropicana; and an unprecedented conversation with Mario Montez, Agosto Machado, and Marc Siegel.

The event will take place at Columbia University’s Davis Auditorium, Shapiro Center, located at 538 West 120th Street, New York, New York 10027.

For further information, please contact the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race’s website, www.columbia.edu/cu/cser or call 212-854-0507