Micro Museum seeking artists' response to OPPOSITES ATTRACT (Dec 15)

Micro Museum is offering artists an opportunity to respond to the theme OPPOSITES ATTRACT. Visual Artists can send images directly to executive@micromuseum.com. Please identify artists, name of the work, size and sale price. Micro Museum will publish the exhibit regionally and offer an artist reception. For more information, please visit: Micro Museum.
DEADLINE: December 15th

“Photographs by Iraqi Civilians,” a fund-raiser and print sale benefiting CPJ’s distress fund for journalists

“Photographs by Iraqi Civilians,” a fund-raiser and print sale benefiting CPJ’s distress fund for journalists, will run from December 3, 2007-February 29, 2008 at Gallery FCB in New York City at 16 West 23rd St., 3rd Floor. The exhibition, curated by Pixel Press, features a selection of photographs by and of Iraqi civilians taken in 2004. There will be an opening reception on December 7, 6-8 PM. November 11 and Friends of Jassim, two organizations working to help local media support workers in Iraq and Afghanistan, are presenting the event.

ICTJ NEW YORK TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE ESSENTIALS COURSE (Feb 25-27)

The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), in partnership with New York University's School of Law, is pleased to announce the New York City-based Essentials Course: a 3-day intensive, non-credit course on transitional justice.

TOPICS

The course covers essential themes, mechanisms, and case studies in the field of transitional justice. It will focus on a range of topics including prosecution mechanisms, truth commissions, reparations programs, vetting mechanisms, and reconciliation initiatives. The course will also explore the intersection between efforts to achieve justice and accountability, and negotiations to ensure sustainable peace.

OBJECTIVE

The course aims to equip busy professionals with the knowledge required to conceive and implement transitional justice policies and programs that are in line with international best practices. The program is primarily targeted at mid-career and senior staff of multilateral agencies, governments, NGOs, foundations, and universities who wish to undertake an intensive course on cutting-edge developments in this important and expanding field.

DATES, LOCATION & COST

This seminar will be held at the Greentree Estate, formally the Whitney family home for nearly one hundred years. The course will be held from February 25-27, 2008.

This course will be taught in English. (An equivalent program is offered in French in Brussels on an ongoing basis).

The cost of the course is $1600 US dollars, payable within 15 business days following admission into the course. Included in the course fee are two nights and three days of full room and board, plus extensive course materials. (Payment arrangements will be described in the acceptance letters.)

INSTRUCTOR

The primary instructor for the course is Paul van Zyl, Executive Vice President at the ICTJ and Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University. Other senior ICTJ staff will also teach part of the course.

MATERIALS

Upon arrival at the course, applicants will receive a resource packet including a CD-ROM of extensive core readings and materials on transitional justice.

TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATION

Although the ICTJ does not cover participants' travel, visa, accommodation, or insurance costs, it will provide letters in support of participants' visa applications. All travel and accommodation arrangements must be organized by the participant.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Applications are due no later than January 14, 2008. Decisions on these applications will be communicated by January 25, 2008. The course will be limited to a maximum of 30 participants.

Due to high demand during previous courses, we now offer an Early Admissions deadline for initial consideration: December 21, 2007. We strongly recommend that all applicants requiring visa support letters use this deadline. Decisions on early applications will be communicated by January 11, 2008.

To apply for the course, please submit a brief cover letter, CV, one reference, and a completed application form http://www.ictj.org/en/workshops/courses/index.html#essentials to the following email address: nyessentials@ictj.org .

Register Now for Arts Advocacy Day 2008

National Arts Advocacy Day
Capital Hilton Hotel
Washington, DC
March 31–April 1, 2008

Arts Advocacy Training
Congressional Arts Breakfast on Capitol Hill
Meetings with Your Members of Congress

To register, go to:
http://ww2.americansforthearts.org/vango/core/events/eventdetails.aspx?meeting=AAD2008

'REPRESENT BROOKLYN' Call for Entries

TRA Gallery of Brooklyn, New York is announcing a call to artists for ╲Represent Brooklyn,╡ an exhibition that is scheduled between April 12th and May 10th 2008. The exhibition is open to painters, photographers, and sculpture artists. Artists must be 18 years or older to apply. In order to be eligible an artist must live in Brooklyn, work in a studio in Brooklyn or be listed as a member of a Brooklyn art association. If the artist does not live or work in Brooklyn, their artwork must be influenced by or have some connection to Brooklyn. Deadline: February 1st, 2008. No entry fee. To download entry form visit www.tragallery.net/Callforentry.html or send SASE to: TRA Gallery, 35 Claver Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238. Questions? Please contact us at info@therisingartsgallery.com , or 718-498-6082.

Back from Utopia - Human Rights and Cinema in Post-Communist Societies (Dec 6&7)

An International Conference sponsored by Columbia University's East Central European Center, the University of Bucharest (Faculty of Political Sciences), and RCINY.

The two-day conference brings together academics, activists and filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe who focus in their scientific and artistic endeavor on human rights after the fall of communism.

Political science and political philosophy sometimes fail to grasp the complex human aspects embedded in a society. Film can help compensate that. That is why the event combines theoretical discourse on post-communism with its illustration by means of cinematographic discourse.
(Image: "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu")

Conference program:

Thursday, December 6
12:00 -12:30 Welcome address: John Micgiel, Corina Suteu, Iulia Motoc
Introduction
Professor J. Paul Martin ( Columbia University ): "Human Rights in East Central Europe "
Nick Danziger (photographer, writer, EUIC Venice): "Human Rights and Cinema: a new field of study?’’

12:30 Taxidermia, directed by Gyorgy Palfi, 91 minutes
2:00 Coffee Break

2:15 Solidarnosc, Solidarnosc…, various directors, 113 minutes
4:00 Coffee Break

4:15 Panel Discussion
Chair: Dr. Yuri I. Shevchuk ( Columbia University )
Ewa Turczynska (Independent Motion Pictures): "The Making of Solidarnosc, Solidarnosc..."
Dr. Lauri Malksoo ( Tartu University ): "Soviet Past and Human Rights in Estonian Film"
Professsor Ruth Wedgwood ( John Hopkins University ; UN Human Rights Committee): ’’The transformation of Human Rights in Eastern Europe: a UN Human Rights Committee’s Perspective”
Dr. Ivan Sanders ( Columbia University ): “Gyorgy Palfi and Contemporary Hungarian Cinema"
6:00 Reception


Friday, December 7
2:15 The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, directed by Cristi Puiu, 153 minutes

3:45 Panel Discussion
Chair: Paul Kahn ( Yale University )
Alex Leo Serban (‘’Dilema veche’’ journal): "Collecting Stories: Romanian Cinema's New Wave in Cinema"
Dr. Doru Paul ( Weill Cornell University , Respiro Magazine): "An Inconvenient Truth: The Death of Mr. Lazarescu and Medical Care in Post-Communist Romania "
Dr. Filon Morar: (‘’22’’ journal, diplomat): "Neither angels nor devils: in the pursuit of lost humanity’’

Chair: Corina Suteu (Romanian Cultural Institute New York )
Violeta Krasnic (Witness International): "Human Rights Advocacy and Cinema”’
Dr. Mona Momescu ( Columbia University , Ovidius University ): "The East and the Rest in Post-communist Cinema"
Dr. Maria Zanichelli ( University of Parma ): "Postcommunist cinema: is there a place for a philosophy of human rights?”
5:45 Concluding Remarks, Professor Iulia Motoc ( University of Bucharest , UN Human Rights Committee)
6:15 Reception

Presented films:
Andrzej Wajda & others: "Solidarnosc, Solidarnosc…" ( Poland , 2005)
György Pálfi: "Taxidermia" ( Hungary , 2006)
Cristi Puiu: "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu" (Moartea domnului Lazarescu) ( Romania , 2005)

Thursday, December 6, 12-6 pm
Columbia University
Room 1501, International Affairs Building
420 West 118th Street , NYC

Friday, December 7, 2-6 pm
RCNY – Auditorium
200 E 38th Street
New York , NY 10016
FREE ADMISSION
For more information contact mmm2120@columbia.edu & icrny@icrny.org


This symposium is presented by Columbia University (South Eastern European Studies Department, Nicolae Iorga Chair for Romanian Studies), University of Bucharest (Faculty of Political Sciences) and Respiro Magazine, in collaboration with RCINY.

The Gabarron Foundation Carriage House Center for the Arts - DECEMBER HISPANIC CULTURAL NEWSLETTER

Dear Friends of The Gabarron Foundation,

We are happy to invite you to our two upcoming photography exhibitions for the month of December, here at The Carriage House. Los Toros- the book presentation and exhibit, is opening tomorrow, December 4th. Our second exhibit, Paco Caparros- Photographic Hierographs will be opening on December 12th and on view through February. In addition, we are pleased to present you with our third edition of our monthly Hispanic Cultural Newsletter. Although the holidays are approaching and winter is finally here, there is still a lot to view and do in New York City this month. Below please find our links to the wonderful happenings that we have selected for your enjoyment and recommend you attend.


All the best,

Cynthia Angel
Operations Manager

The Gabarron Foundation Carriage House Center for the Arts
149 East 38th Street New York , NY 11101
Tel. 212-573-6968 Fax. 212-808-9051
www.gabarronfoundation.org info@gabarronfoundation.org


Current and Upcoming Exhibitions in December at The Gabarron Foundation:

LOS TOROS December 4, 2007. The book and Exhibition: Los Toros by photographer Michael Crouser will be presented. The Los Toros book consists of

123 toned silver gelatin images, 18 photos have been selected for the exhibition that will be displayed through December 10th, 2007.

PACO CAPARRóS PHOTOGRAPHIC HIEROGRAPHS, December 12, 2007. Paco Caparros' exhibition is a substantial series of large-format photographs,

a video creation and sound installation formed with writing and light to convey the artist's view of the fascinating city of New York.

The African Holocaust and Colonial Experience: A Dialogue Towards Understanding

brooklyn--nako symposium:
the african holocaust and colonial experience
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The New York Chapter of the National Association of Kawaida Organizations
(NAKO) presents its 19th., Annual Symposium on Culture, Community and Struggle
entitled:

The African Holocaust and Colonial Experience: A Dialogue Towards Understanding.

Invited guest speakers are attorney and professor Howard Jordan, who host's
WBAI (99.5 FM) Jordan Journal. Also poet/essayist Luis Reyes Rivera and host
of WBAI program PERSPECTIVE, and poet, playwright, educator Jesus Papoleto
Melendez. Dr. Marta Vega, President of the Caribbean Cultural Center African
Diaspora Institute, and poet/visual artist Sandra Maria Estevez.


The seminar will discuss the issues of mixed race and national identity,
culture, historical, political, sociological formations and more.



This event will take place on Sunday, December 9, 2007, 3pm to 5pm at
Restoration Plaza; 1368 Fulton St. Restoration Plaza is located in the Bedford
Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York.



Donations are requested.



For directions and all other information, please call (718) 398-1729 or
(718) 523-3312, or email nakoinfogroup@yahoo.com