[Peace] After Whiteness Symposium-this weekend

[kanouse]

For those interested in the anti-racism component of AWARE's mission, this 
symposium 
promises to unmask race and how it operates in art.  The organizers have joing 
Prospect 
for Peace a few times, too.

--Sarah


The Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society presents

October 11 - Symposium: "After Whiteness: Race and the Visual Arts,"
co-organized by Suk Ja Kang Engles and Tim Engles. Location: Levis Faculty
Center, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Ten members of three panels' including artists, curators, and historians' will
address ramifications of the new Critical Whiteness Studies for the study,
practice, and appreciation of contemporary visual arts.

Whiteness and Visual Space: David R. Roediger, Tyler Stallings, and Laurie
Hogin

Whiteness and the Artist: Charlene Teters, Adrian Piper, and Tana Hargest

Whiteness and Art History: Rachel DeLue (Moderator), Kymberly Pinder, John
Bowles, and Jan Nederveen Pieterse.

This event will culminate in a keynote address by Adrian Piper, described
below.

3:30 p.m. - "Now What? Awakening from the Dream of Whiteness"
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 South Gregory, Urbana (A
CAS/MillerComm Lecture)

Adrian Piper, Artist and Professor, Department of Philosophy, Wellesley
College


      Now that we know that the concept of race was developed in order to
rationalize slavery in the Americas and has no legitimate use, meaning, or
reference, how do we deal with the blatant inequities in wealth, status, and
opportunities inherited from the fictional concept of whiteness? In
particular, how do "whites" who have benefited from this fiction deal with
them?

      This talk is part of a symposium on "After Whiteness: Race and the
Visual
Arts" held earlier in the day at the Levis Faculty Center by the Center on
Democracy in a Multiracial Society. Adrian Piper's talk will be sponsored by:
Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, the Center for Advanced Study,
and the School of Art and Design, and in conjunction with: Afro-American
Studies and Research Program, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Gender and
Women's Studies Program, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities,
Krannert Art Museum, Office of the Chancellor, School of Art and Design, Art
Education Program, Narrative Media Program, Painting Program, Spurlock Museum,
and the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program.

Follow this link to view the conference poster and complete schedule.

http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cftde/afterwhiteness.html


Aprel L. Thomas
Assistant to the Director/Office Manager
Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society
1108 Stoughton
Urbana, IL 61801, MC-253
Ph: (217) 244-0188
Fax: (217) 333-8122
Visit us on the web at http://cdms.ds.uiuc.edu