Conference "Terra de Ninguém! Conversas sobre Arte Pública / Nobody's Land! Conversations on Public Art" September 12-13, 2006

CLAS is pleased to co-sponsor a two-day conference on public art on September 12 and 13.

"Arte Pública e Consciência Social no Brasil / Public Art and Social Consciousness in Brazil"
September 12, 4:00-6:00 pm
370 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley (map)

"Arta pra Quê?: Intervenção Urbana e Arte Pública no Brasil"
Ibraim do Nascimento Santos, Visiting Artist from Brazil
(in Portuguese w/translation)

"Living Culture: A Look at the 'Pontos de Cultura' in Brazil"
Meg Stalcup, graduate student, Department of Anthropology, UC Berkeley

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"Sementes para a Paz - Arte Pública e Direitos Humanos"
September 13, 2:00-6:00 pm
Gifford Room, Kroeber Hall, UC Berkeley (map)

Workshop - Seeds for Peace: Youth Empowerment and Human Rights in North and South America
East Oakland Community High School, with the participation of Célia Alves, Andrea Fitzpatrick, Debby Kajiyama, and Mariana Ferreira

The Color Red. Fighting with Flowers and Seeds in Xavante Territory, Central Brazil
Mariana Leal Ferreira, Professor of Medical Anthropology, San Francisco State University

Performance: "The Revenge of Huitlacoche"
Navarrete x Kajiyama Dance Theater

Co-sponsored with the Townsend Center for the Humanities, the Departments of Anthropology, Art Practice, Spanish and Portuguese and Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley, and the Public Research Institute at San Francisco State University.