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The Puerto Rican Arts Initiative, started by former Northwestern Prof. Ramón H. Rivera-Servera, will become a joint initiative between NU and the University of Texas at Austin this year.  The initiative focuses on supporting Puerto Rican artists by helping them build community in Chicago and Puerto Rico. Additionally, the program helps participating artists develop and sustain their practices in Puerto Rico and share their art with a wider audience.  The Puerto Rican Arts Initiative is curre...

Ambedkar University Fines Student for Voicing Bias against SC/STs, Fee Hike during Convocation The university accused the student of distasteful remarks and termed them disrespectful towards CM Kejriwal and his deputy Sisodia. The student claims she was singled out as others also protested. Ambedkar University Delhi campus. Photo: aud.ac.in Rights03/Jul/2021 New Delhi: A student of Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD), who is also the state vice-president of All India Students’ Association (AIS...

On June 27th, 2021, in the historic district of Nolan Park, NY Classical Theatre will offer a no-cost reading to the public at Building 10B with support

Hundreds of students and staff gathered on Eastern Avenue today to protest the disbanding of the School of Literature, Art and Media (SLAM) and potential cuts…

This book explores the impact of Mexico’s War on Drugs on migrants, journalists, and the mourning relatives of crime victims, and reveals the political potential of these communities' narratives of vulnerability, as they are represented in novels, journalism, testimonials, and documentaries

This month, Stanford launched the search for a new vice president for the arts with the goal of having the new leader in place by the beginning of the 2021-22 academic year. Reporting to the president, the vice president will represent the arts at th

Lamar Perry Promoted To Role Of Associate Producer, Joined By Kim Montelibano Heil Heil returns to the Globe, where she previously worked in the Artistic Department and then served as Education Programs Manager.by BWW News Desk The Old Globes Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein today announced the appointments of Lamar Perry and Kim Montelibano Heil as Associate Producers. These new positions will be central to the Globes artistic producing operation. Heil returns to the Globe...

Splice streams on demand May 27-29 Uploaded: Tue, May 25, 2021, 2:03 pm Time to read: about 1 minutes Stanford University presents "Splice: 5 Dance Films," streaming on demand May 27-29, 2021, featuring choreography by TAPS lecturers. Courtesy Stanford TAPS. Throughout lockdown and social distancing, dancers keep on moving and choreographers keep on creating. For its spring main stage production, Stanford Universitys Department of Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS) presents "Splice: 5 Danc...

Ozelwe embethe, 2020. Cow dung, oil paint and gesso on canvas. 170 x 300cm. ( © Mawande Ka Zenzile. Courtesy of Stevenson, Cape Town. Photography Mario Todeschini ) The decolonisation of art and art studies has received a boost following the publication of the 49th issue of OnCurating. The issue is titled Decolonial Propositions and co-edited by Nkule Mabaso and Jyoti Mistry. Set against the growing urgency for transformation in art institutions and universities, it propo...

South Africa’s longest-running public arts festival has been renamed (Un)Infecting the City for 2021 to reflect the thematic focus on the psychological and social impacts of living through this tumultuous period of history. (Image courtesy of Mud & Fire Parables.) In partnership with the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Institute for the Creative Arts (ICA), Infecting the City is back. Infecting the City is South Africa’s longest-running public arts festival. This edi...