Upcoming Events
10/2 ~ Kristina Wong: Going Green the Wong Way
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Benson Auditorium, Pitzer
GOING GREEN THE WONG WAY is an 80-minute theatrical show by artist Kristina Wong. The performance addresses the culture and challenges of pursing green living in Los Angeles. Kristina Wong is a multidisciplinary performance artist who integrates race, gender, and class into her work. Through her incisive use of humor, Wong recounts in GOING GREEN THE WONG WAY the adventures of her life-long attempt at sustainable living and the challenges & triumphs of being eco-friendly.
10/8 ~ Margo Okazawa-Rey Fellowship reportback with Siwaraya Rochanahusdin
Monday, October 8, 2012
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Founders Room, McConnell Center, Pitzer
10/20 ~ Youth Empowerment and Arts Program
Saturday, October 20, 2012
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
IDAAS Seminar Room, Lincoln 1121, Pomona College
What: Top 10 Tips for Thriving in College (A participatory workshop)
Who: Asian American & Pacific Islander high school students living and around the city of Pomona, CA
Last week of October/First week of November ~ Asian Americans in Media (AAIM) Film Festival
Mini film festival selected from the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Further info will be added at a later date.
11/12 ~ Spring 2013 IDAAS Course Info Session
Monday, November 12, 2012
4:15-5:30 p.m.
IDAAS Seminar Room, Lincoln 1121, Pomona College
Learn about the IDAAS courses to be offered in spring 2012. Meet and greet with faculty, staff, and students.
11/14 ~ Brown Bag Lunch with CGU Professor Susan Paik
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
12:00 p.m.
IDAAS Seminar Room, Lincoln 1121, Pomona
More details coming soon.
12/5 ~ Brown Bag Lunch with Pomona Professor Anna Kim
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
12:00 p.m.
IDAAS Seminar Room, Lincoln 1121, Pomona
More details coming soon.
2/13 – 3/9, 2013 ~ Activist/Artist-in-Residence (AAIR): Memory and the Occupied Body featuring Denise Uyehara
February 13, 2013: Artist Talk: Shedding Light on Memory & the Occupied Body
In an evening of performance, video presentation and narrative, Uyehara shares highlights from her repertoire that challenge and inform her as an artist. She traces her early solo work in Asian American queer-identified identity, through her years with the Sacred Naked Nature Girls, to her expansion into new territory linking her community to experiences in Native American, Arab American and Muslim communities, and a recent site-specific project at sites of deportation in Tucson, Arizona. Talk is followed by reception and discussion with students and community.
February 16, 23, and March 2, 2013: 3-hour Community Workshops
Workshop attendees must participate in all the workshops and the showing on March 9. Participation is capped at 21 (one-third to Claremont College students; one-third to community off-campus community members; one-third to IDAAS community engagement partners). Limited space available.
February 14, 21, 28, and March 7, 2013: Class Workshops in ASAM 197: Arts and Activism (SC) ~ Erin O’Brien facilitator with students.
Four consecutive in-class workshops (2 hours and 50 minutes each). March 2 joint workshop with community workshop participants. Class must participate in the showing on March 9.
March 2, 2013: Collective Class
Joint workshop with class and community workshop participants.
March 9, 2013: Showing
1 hour duration, in a gallery or black box space, indoor/outdoor. The showing will be presented in a performance/installation format in which the audience can walk throughout the room and view performances as they happen, and view visual work and performance/installation from various angles. This showing is not a full performance but simply sharing the work and process from the residency.
For more information, contact the project manager, Erin O-Brien.
Past Events in 2012-2013:
9/26 ~ Joint Open House
