Events Calendar: February–March 2012



February 10–March 1, 2012
Artic Flow
Reception:  Friday, February 10th, 6-10pm

The ice fisherman sits alone tweaking his methods to achieve the best results. The only thing outside his little shack is the harsh cold environment, but this is no concern for the fisherman who works and waits for the catch. We can draw parallels in the way many artists work. The "shack" or studio is a place where an artist can be alone, and the space furnished with the tools needed to get the job done.

We have playfully used the ice fisherman as a timely and wintery metaphor to represent how artists work with ideas and materials that reflect their surroundings. These surroundings could be the white, cold, flat environment of the Arctic, a blank canvas if you will. These artists have looked beneath the surface to find a flow, a movement of life interpreted in varying mediums and styles.

Organized by DC Smith & JL Prez.

Participating Artists: Amina Ahmed Katrina Bello Marcy Chevali Carol Davis Dahlia Elsayed Suzanne Goldenberg Austin Thomas Julie Torres Audra Wolowiec with Wes Berg & Shandor Hassan

Also exhibiting
Reception Room: works by Javaria Sikander
27 Mix: works by Sophia Sobers


Index Art Center
585 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102
http://indexartcenter.org/

February 18, 2012
32nd Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series:
Taking Good Care: A History of Health and Wellness in the Black Community
9:30am–3:30pm


The centrality of health in the history of black Americans will be the focus of the 2012 Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series. New Jersey’s largest and most prestigious conference commemorating Black History Month celebrates its 32nd anniversary on Saturday, February 18, 2012 at the Paul Robeson Campus Center on the Rutgers University’s Newark Campus, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

This year’s program entitled Taking Good Care: A History of Health and Wellness in the Black Community, will examine the intersection of health and race in American life. Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former Surgeon General of the United States under President Clinton, will deliver the Marion Thompson Wright Lecture, Health Disparities in Black America. Dr. William Owen, president of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, will comment on Dr. Elders lecture.

The MTW afternoon session features three distinguished speakers who will further examine the theme of Health and Wellness. Dr. Sharla Fett, associate professor of History, Occidental College, Los Angeles, will explore the healing work of enslaved women on U.S. Antebellum plantations; Dr. Dorothy Roberts, Kirkland & Ellis Professor, Northwestern University School of Law, will look at the new Biopolitics of Race and Health; and Dr. Priscilla Wald, Professor of English, Duke University, will examine the intersections of literature, science and medicine.

At the time of the MTW conference, Generation Fit, a new exhibit on health and wellness, will be on display at The Newark Museum, located within the footprint of the Rutgers-Newark campus. Immediately following the MTW conference, the audience is invited to attend a free reception featuring live musical entertainment by The Bradford Hayes Trio at The Newark Museum as well as visit the Generation Fit exhibit.


Paul Robeson Campus Center on the
Rutgers University’s Newark Campus
Newark, NJ 07102
793 353-3891
http://ethnicity.rutgers.edu