Intermedia Arts header with imagemapped links blank spacer image//Intermedia Arts is a catalyst that builds understanding among people through art.//
blank spacer image
red line image
Immigrant Status: Contributions logo

Immigrant Status: Contributions

September 28, 2006 - January 6, 2007
 

Brown Bag Dialogues

 

Brown Bag Dialogue Coordinator: Robina Rai
All Immigrant Status Brown Bag Dialogues at Intermedia Arts

Wednesday, October 4, 2006, 12 PM - 1 PM

Contribution/Assimilation - Guests: Immigrant Status Artists

  • How do artists take traditional and contemporary POVs and create their own aesthetics?
  • What do immigrants have to do be "assimilated" into mainstream culture and society?

Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 12 PM - 1 PM

Cosponsored by Family and Children's Services
Generational Contributions - Guest: Betto Limón, Immigrant Status '07 Featured Artist

What have immigrants of different generations contributed to our communities?

  • Immigrant Middle Generation - discuss what your parents' and grandparents' contributions are to our communities.
  • Immigrant Parents/Grandparents - reflect on what the younger members of your family have contributed to our communities.
  • Contribution to your own generation
  • Addressing 2nd and 3rd generation cultural issues

Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 12 PM - 1 PM

Art and Health - Guest: Niccu Taffarodi, Immigrant Status '07 Featured Artist

  • How does art heal?
  • How can we take advantage of the healing power of art?

Wednesday, January 3, 2007, 12 PM - 1 PM

Art and Religion - Guest: Koffi Mbairamadji

  • How do immigrant artists demystify/deconstruct culture and religion through their art?
  • How do art and religion affect the social, cultural, economic, political aspects of our community lives?