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SUMMARY:ARTtalk: belonging to place
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation inspired by the belonging to place: The Creative Community & Artistic Legacy of bell hooks exhibition and the visual art\, writing\, and legacy of author\, activist\, and critic\, Dr. bell hooks. Dr. Linda Strong-Leek\, close friend of bell hooks’s and Director of the bell hooks Institute at Berea College\, will share about the mission and re-opening of the bell hooks Institute\, followed by an ARTtalk by exhibiting artist Chanell Stone. Centered on hooks’s statement that “everything that I am was made in the ground of Kentucky\,”1 the talk will examine how geography\, land\, and local community inform creative work and regional connections. \nbell hooks\, “See The Art\, Meet The Artisan\,” YouTube\, September 9\, 2015\, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–CWCKZqZEA. \nAbout the Speakers\nDr. Linda Strong-Leek\, close friend of bell hooks and Director of the bell hooks Institute. \nChanell Stone earned her M.F.A. in Visual Arts from the University of California San Diego and B.F.A. in Photography from the California College of the Arts. She has exhibited in institutions across the United States and internationally. Her debut solo exhibition Natura Negra was presented at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco from 2019 to 2020. Recent exhibitions include presentations at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Carnegie Museum of Art; San Diego Museum of Art; Pier 24 Photography\, and Museo Cabañas\, Guadalajara. She will be presenting her new solo exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art in Spring 2027. Stone’s practice has been featured in The New York Times\, NPR\, FOAM and Aperture. www.chanellstone.com
URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/at-belonging-to-place/
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SUMMARY:ARTtalk: Six Yards of Stories
DESCRIPTION:Join guest curator Saloni Mahajan alongside a panel of saree wearers representing the Indian\, Nepali\, and Bangladeshi diaspora. Together\, the panelists will explore the saree not merely as a garment or museum artifact\, but as a living\, breathing archive of personal memory\, migration\, and cultural resilience. \nAbout the Speaker\nSaloni Mahajan is an Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts (Costume and Makeup) at Appalachian State University. Her work brings together practice of costume design and scholarly research on performances. She began her career in fashion in India before working in costume departments for Bollywood films. Her on-set experience inspired her to pursue formal training in Costume Design at UCLA. She is currently completing her PhD in Performance Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Saloni has designed costumes for theatre\, dance\, and films across the United States and India. Through her creative practice and scholarship\, she seeks to draw greater attention to the role of costume and clothing in storytelling across a range of performance contexts\, from stage and screen to the street.
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